Podcasts about Sam Lowry

We're kicking off our month of Weird-Ass Dystopian Cities with Terry Gilliam's classic satirical nightmare, Brazil! Join us as we pick apart this strange world of failing systems and bureaucratic ass-covering that holds absolutely no similarity to the real world in which we live. Heh. Heh. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 127: Brazil (1985) (00:00:11) - Intro. (00:01:47) - Our movie this week: Terry Gilliam's Brazil! But which version?!? (00:06:11) - A cinematic Rosetta Stone. (00:17:26) - Our respective attachments to various Gilliam and Monty Python things. (00:21:35) - Was this movie successful? Also, digging into the production. (00:28:04) - Our star-studded cast. (00:37:40) - An intro of exploding televisions and ruinous clerical errors. (00:43:40) - The dreams of Sam Lowry. (00:47:31) - Untangling the web of responsibility for the Buttle/Tuttle affair. (00:52:01) - Break! (00:52:28) - We're back, and it's time to stretch some flesh. (00:58:24) - HVAC anarchy. (01:03:46) - Sam decides to make a house call. (01:10:14) - Central Services gets revenge. (01:16:17) - A Christmas party full of demons. (01:19:26) - Welcome to Information Retrieval. (01:22:49) - The Lint reveal. (01:27:07) - Sam can't stop running into his dream woman. (01:35:06) - Sam has had enough. (01:41:50) - A post-coital SWAT raid. (01:50:05) - A jailbreak in the cooling tower, and things go off the rails. (01:55:27) - The funeral of the seeping woman, and all is not as it seems. (01:59:59) - Final thoughts. (02:06:26) - Our film for next week: Walter Hill's The Warriors! (02:09:48) - Outro. 

In this episode Ant considers some of the main parallels between the movie Brazil and George Orwell's classic book 1984.  He reveals how modern society is increasingly mirroring the dystopian vision that the director Terry Gilliam so brilliantly portrays in the movie.  Ant also explores how the main character, Sam Lowry, navigates his escape from The Ministry whilst forging connections with the other characters such as Jill Layton and Harry Tuttle.

Tonight, we bring your the next episode in our Futuristic February series where we take a look at Terry Gilliam's 1984 film, Brazil. The film tells the story of Sam Lowry, an overworked technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. Sam dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry Buttle, Sam meets the woman from his dreams. However, the bureaucracy has labeled him as responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger.  What did we think of it? Listen in and find out!

Charli has Sam Lowry and Dwight Leeper on this week to talk about pumps in Senegal and how they continued to give of their skills even in retirement. Sam Lowry was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1952 and then spent his childhood and early youth in Cincinnati, Ohio. Currently a retired engineer living in Huntsville, Alabama he joined Rotary International in 2018 as a member of  the Huntsville Rotary Club for the opportunity to be involved with volunteer work.  Sam has a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering and Applied Physics from Harvard University, a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a PhD in Engineering Sciences from the University of Tennessee Space Institute.After service as a Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, he arrived in Huntsville in 1981  from Cleveland, Ohio to work as a NASA engineer in the MSFC  Analysis Branch during the early years of the Space Shuttle.In 1991 he joined CFD Research Corporation, where he spent 14 years helping develop a class of computer software tools known as Computational Fluid Dynamics.After CFD Research Corporation, he spent a year as a full-time science teacher at Lee High School and then as a volunteer for the next seven years teaching their AP Physics class. Following his full year as a teacher at Lee, he went back to the private sector as CEO and co-founder of Simerics. Simerics develops simulation software for modeling pumps and fluid systems used in a variety of applications, including the oil and gas, water, and automotive industries.  Having retired from Simerics in 2016 , he enjoys a mix of consulting, travel, recreation and volunteer work, including serving as one of the leads on a recently approved Global Grant to introduce deep-water hand pumps into rural communities in Senegal, working with the West Chester PA Rotary Club as the International Sponsor and the Dakar Soleil  SN Rotary Club as the Host.This year, he is very much looking forward to helping provide reliable access to clean water for  rural communities in Senegal under the Rotary  Club  Deep-Water Pumps for Senegal  project.  Dwight Leeper's philosophy, borrowed from Scouts, is “to leave the world a better place than we found it.” He  began his Rotary journey in D7510 NJ in 2002 with the Fanwood Scotch Plains Club. There he served two terms as Membership Chair and two as President. He  served the District with a three-year term as Assistant Governor, as Deputy Governor, Vice Governor and was District Governor 2012-13 during which he led a U.S./Canada NID in Pakistan and subsequently hosted a GSE team from Pakistan. He is a graduate of the Leadership Institute, a multiple Paul Harris fellow, a member of the Paul Harris Society and have been a facilitator at multi-district PETS. He chaired a District Long Range Planning Committee for two years and joined a District team to Nepal, He joined the West Chester Rotary Club in 2015.  With our District, I have been a DG trainer.  Most recently, he has participated in a Rotary school project in Leogane, Haiti.  Read up at EmpoweringPumps.com and stay tuned for more news about EPIC in Atlanta this November!Find us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn,  Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com

We end Jess Byard July, this year all about surrealist films, with a look at one of the big boys of the surrealism film genre that also pays homage to one of the great literary novels, Brazil. Scary Stories We Tell's Jess Byard and Maggie the Odd join the episode to talk about Terry Gilliam's career, the battle of Brazil, and the 1984ness of it all. Starring Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry, it follows his journey through the retro-future dystopian world that is as oppressive as anything Orwell could write. Along the way, he attempts to find himself and discover the meaning of his fantastical dreams. It's a film that stands alone as a fantastic re-imagining of a classic story while being its own thing. For more Kulturecast episodes and podcasts guaranteed to be your new favorite audio obsession, check out Weirding Way Media at weirdingwaymedia.com.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/2883470/advertisement

Sorti en 1984, «Brazil» de Terry Gilliam dépeint un monde rétro-futuriste régi par un système bureaucratique totalitaire dans lequel Sam Lowry, un employé de bureau sans ambition, s'échappe chaque nuit en rêve de son quotidien sinistre. Mais quand les rêves empiètent sur la réalité, Sam commence à dérégler les rouages de la machine administrative devenant, pour le système, un dissident à abattre. Pour Joan Mompart, comédien, metteur en scène et directeur du Théâtre Am Stram Gram, la découverte de « Brazil » a été un « électrochoc ». Dans ses spectacles, dont « Le Magicien d' Oz » (à découvrir dès le 30 septembre 2022 au Théâtre Am), il explore souvent des thématiques présentes dans « Brazil » comme la puissance de l'imaginaire ou la porosité entre rêve et réalité.

Durée : 1:37:05 | Publié le : 11/07/22 Générique : "Périphérique2" Réalisé par Nicolas & Tmdjc sur la base de Rockestra Theme des Wings. Morceaux diffusés pendant l'émission : 00:00:00 Périphérique2 - Générique par Nicolas et Tmdjc sur le Rockestra Theme des Wings 00:00:46 Introduction de l'émission et du thème à savoir : Hors-Série n°3 00:03:40 Présentation de Manu de Tartine ta Culture 00:04:34 01) Highway Patrolman - Bruce Springsteen (Manu) 00:14:40 Présentation d'Aline Fqpeh 00:15:31 02) Sam Lowry's First Dream (Brazil) - Michael Kamen (Aline Fqpeh) 00:24:50 Présentation de Babar de Beside Zik 00:26:21 03) Watch It Crash - Streetlight Manifesto (Babar) 00:36:54 04) Shock and Awe - Neil Young (Manu) 00:45:19 05) Bachelorette - Björk (Aline Fqpeh) 00:55:33 06) These Days - Bad Astronaut (Babar) 01:05:22 07) My Superstitious Brain [Bass211] - Dewar Cat (dewar868) [Stevie Wonder vs. Cypress Hill vs. Run-DMC vs. Beastie Boys] (Manu) 01:11:01 08) Closer But It's Funkytown - William Maranci (Aline Fqpeh) 01:24:08 09) C'est Pas Space Jam - Wizardogs [Quad City DJs VS C'est Pas Sorcier] (Babar) 01:32:00 Merci et Au revoir 01:35:14 Périphérique2 - Générique de fin et bêtisier par Tmdjc

Sam Lowry relishes his average life and dead-end job in the bureaucratic policy state he resides in… that is until the woman from his dreams shows up in real life. Now the fantasy that plays out when he's asleep is beginning to seep into the real world, sending him down a path that will surely get him noticed in a sea of gray monotony. Will Sam rise to the occasion and find true love, or find himself bound and gagged by the red tape he once found comfort in.

Urzúa y Villalobos se juntan a hablar de Brazil, la estupenda película de 1985 dirigida por Terry Gilliam. La arquitectura, la música, el retrato de una burocracia apenas funcional y la vieja pregunta de en qué momento de la historia Sam Lowry empieza a delirar. 

Guff Stream 41, Lunchtime Review, Monday 14th June 2021, with your regular co-hosts Hector Drummond and Simon Roberts, with Sam Lowry popping in.

DARKWAVE - POSTPUNK - MINIMAL WAVE MANASYt | Bulgarian Dj/Producer based in Amoy, China SC: @manasyt FB: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063562568805 IG: www.instagram.com/manasyt BC: https://manasyt.bandcamp.com YT: www.youtube.com/manasyt DO: www.discogs.com/artist/124483-MANASYt Bulgarian Petar Tassev (aka MANASYt) has been rocking his own brand of Nurolektro since 2003. He's released on many labels, such as Bunker, Touchin' Bass, Kommando 6 and Musar. Sam Lowry is his other alias for a slightly different sound (on Strange Life Records, Brokntoys and more). Some of his tunes resemble a future horror movie soundtrack, others a visit to a mental clinic but most sound like what exactly hostile aliens would listen to while attacking Earth. Currently based in Amoy, China. This is a mix of influences (French darkwave, minimal wave, post-punk and more!)France, Belgium, Quebec. From sweet and atmospheric to twisted, violent, grotesque and plain weird! All sung in that wonderful language we call French. Enjoy the ride! Please support the artists listed in this Podcast especially during this hard time. Thanks for listening and sharing! > 1. Dilemma - Moderne 2. Il n'y a qu'un pas - Hante. 3. ACABM - Violence Conjugale 4. Les Uns, Les Autres - Merci La Nuit 5. La Vie Est Un Long Fleuve De Merde - Ventre De Biche 6. Les joies du métier - Le chemin de la honte 7. Autour De Toi - Frustration 8. Ecole du Suicide - Violence Conjugale 9. Attaque! - Les Punks À Chiots 10. Le Monde Extérieur - Dolina 11. Je Pars - HNN 12. Toutes Les Histoires Sont Bizarres - Ame De Boue 13. Le Meuj - Hystérie 14. Face au Grand Large - Delacave 15. Phoenix - Philippe Laurent 16. L'île Nue - HNN 17. La Neige Sale - Ame De Boue 18. Travaillez - Duchess Says 19. Noir - Hante. 20. Première Neige - Police Des Moeurs 21. Plaisirs Solitaires - Violence Conjugale 22. L'art Et La Médecine - HNN 23. Je ne m'en remets à rien - Cellule 34 24. Ce Qui Sent La Mort, Je L'Oublie Dans Ton Coeur - Police Des Moeurs 25. Piron N'Veut Nin Dinser - Vitor Hublot 26. Le Coeur De La Ville Bat Pour Nous - Police Des Moeurs 27. La Horde - Hystérie 28. Comme Les Autres Font - Vitor Hublot 29. Carcajou 3 - Essaie Pas 30. Ce Soir Je N'Entends Rien - Merci La Nuit 31. Dépendance - Hante. 32. Le Port Du Masque Est De Rigueur - Essaie Pas 33. La Machine À Rêver - X Ray Pop 34. Mercenaire Solitaire - Moderne

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3mJroTY "Turtles all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a World Turtle that supports the flat earth on its back. It suggests that this turtle rests on the back of an even larger turtle, which itself is part of a column of increasingly large world turtles that continues indefinitely (i.e., "turtles all the way down"). The exact origin of the phrase is uncertain. In the form "rocks all the way down", the saying appears as early as 1838. References to the saying's mythological antecedents, the World Turtle and its counterpart the World Elephant, were made by a number of authors in the 17th and 18th centuries." Read more... However, "tuttle" is not a typo. Archibald “Harry” Tuttle stars in the 1985 film, Brazil. You may remember the tagline of Brazil - “It's about flights of fantasy. And the nightmare of reality. Terrorist bombings. And late night shopping. True Love. And creative plumbing.” The hero, Sam Lowry, played by Jonathan Pryce, finds he has become an enemy of the state simply because he takes it into his own hands to correct an administrative error. In the film, Tuttle, played by Robert de Niro, is the rogue heating engineer out to solve people's real plumbing problems “without filling out a 27b/6... Bloody paperwork”. He explains his motivation, “Why? I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone". Thus, Tuttle is a long-running conversation about interesting stuff with people who aren't afraid to think about or work on radical new plumbing, such as new user interfaces, smart ledgers, artificial intelligence, financial innovation, scientific discovery, disaster relief, music, film, art, and where everything meets up in the Great Café that is London. Z/Yen was proud to host the peripatetic Tuttle Club for a few months back in 2016 - Z/Yen & Long Finance Bid Farewell To The Rogue Plumbers - The Tuttle Club. Speaker: As Chief Client Officer of 10x Banking, Dr Leda Glyptis focuses on driving client success for existing and new 10x clients. Leda is a former banker, technology executive and founding CEO of 11:FS Foundry, where she led the growth of its modular core digital banking offering. Prior to that, Leda was Chief Innovation Officer at Qatar National Bank, the largest bank in the Middle East and North Africa, with responsibilities for employee-driven and market-led innovation strategy and execution. Before QNB, Leda was a Director at business and technology consulting firm Sapient, focusing on digital transformation and emerging technologies, and led EMEA innovation at BNY Mellon. Leda joined BNY Mellon from fintech start-up Great East London Software, where she served as head of services development. Leda holds an MA from King's College, Cambridge, and an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has taught politics, global governance and management principles, while working in management roles across various industries.

Scott, Amber, and Kristy talk about not one, but two Colorado miners' strikes, in Ludlow and Columbine, that led to tragedy.  Come see us on Facebook, Twitter, or Insta. Don't forget to come by our Patreon and check out our extra content and other offerings.  Sources: Charles Bayard. Pacific Historical Review. “The 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike.” https://www-jstor-org.pitt.idm.oclc.org/stable/4492179?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents Howard Zinn. Zinn Education Project. “Ludlow massacre.” https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ludlow-massacre/ Wikipedia. “Ludlow massacre.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre; “John Chase” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chase_(general)#Chase_and_Mother_Jones; “Columbine Mine Massacre,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_Mine_massacre; “Milka Sablich,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Milka_Sablich Ben Mauk. The New Yorker. “The Ludlow Massacre Still Matters.” https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-ludlow-massacre-still-matters Caleb Crain. The New Yorker. “There Was Blood.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/01/19/there-was-blood PBS. “American Experience: The Rockefellers. “http://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/sfeature/sf_8.html Perry Eberhart. Lafayette History “The 1927 Columbine Mine Massacre: Trouble in Serene.” https://www.lafayettehistory.com/the-1927-columbine-mine-massacre-trouble-in-serene/ Sam Lowry on Libcom. https://libcom.org/history/1927-colorado-miners-strike-and-columbine-mine-massacre University libraries/University of Washington https://timeline.com/rockefellers-hired-militias-to-shoot-at-strikers-in-ludlow-massacre-115ae488164c https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/social/id/3023/ Findagrave.com

Welcome to the Dropped Culture Podcast where this week the fellas jump into the second movie in Terry Gilliam's Trilogy of Imagination, Brazil!Having moved on from the child's perspective of Time Bandits, the narrative changes to that of an adult With his usual disdain for the "system", Gilliam takes us on a journey that only he could craft!Join Brock and Dan as they follow Sam Lowry on his journey to find the girl in his dreams, escape bureaucracy, and uncover the mystery of the gun toting HVAC repairman/terrorist!Questions? Thoughts? Emotional outbursts?You can message us directly on www.droppedculture.com or send us an email at droppedculturepodcast@gmail.com.Or, if you want to get social, hit us up on Facebook and Instagram @droppedculturepodcast or on Twitter @DroppedCulture .

This time, we're taking a look at the influential cult classic Brazil (movie) and along the way we ask if George Orwell's 1984 really played a part in developing the script, asking how influential is this film and is anyone safe from the ire of Terry Gilliam? Let's dig in…. Brazil (1985) Cast & Crew Directed by Terry Gilliam: We've previously covered Gilliam and his “style” in our previous episode about the movie 12 Monkeys but this film was an early example of his talents much earlier in his directorial career. Prior to this he had directed films like Time Bandits and Jabberwocky and had gained the distinction of being the only American born member of the Monty Python comedy group. He also wrote for many of their sketches and films and brings a certain quirky quality to his dialogue and scenes. He had a hand in writing Brazil, but there is some controversy as to who helped him compose the first draft. For over 20 years, he had contended that his friend, Charles Alverson, did not help him write the screenplay. Now, Alverson was paid for his work and was ultimately not credited in the final product. However, when the first draft was published that contained Alverson's original notes, Gilliam had to own up and admit he had been throwing Alverson under the bus for over two decades. Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry: Pryce wasn't just beginning his great career in the mid 1980's, but he had developed a solid reputation while performing on the London theater scene and had even earned a Tony Award. Brazil is considered his breakthrough performance and has since gone to act in projects like Tomorrow Never Dies, Game of Thrones and was nominated for his first Academy Award for The Two Popes. Kim Greist as Jill Layton: Not much is to be said about Greist in this role. She really just occupies the screen and doesn't offer much compared to the other actors in the film. Other actresses considered for this role were Jamie Lee Curtis, Madonna and Rosanna Arquette. Tom Cruise was also considered to play Sam Lowry so we have to wonder what a version of Brazil would look like with Madonna and Cruise in the main roles. Robert De Niro as Harry Tuttle: In spite of his prominent billing, De Niro is only on-screen for a limited time. De Niro originally sought the role of Jack Lint. but that was given to Michael Palin as his status as a family man would offer a unique juxtaposition to Lint's role as a state sponsored torture artist. De Niro still wanted a part in the film so Gilliam offered him the smaller role of Tuttle.  Also starring: Jim Broadbent as Dr. Jaffe Ian Holm as Mr. Kurtzmann Bob Hoskins as Spoor Katherine Helmond as Ida Lowry Michael Palin as Jack Lint 1984 ½? For those unfamiliar with George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, it follows the lives of two government employees who fall in love with each other and begin an illicit affair. Their affair is discovered and they are forced into a reprogramming regimen and become brainwashed drones of their society. It sounds eerily similar to Brazil after watching the film. In fact, the film was developed under the name of 1984 ½ due to the similarities of the plot and characters. There have already been several adaptations of Orwell's book including one as recent as 1984, the year prior to the release of Brazil. But, if you are thinking that Terry Gilliam would be fan a of the original novel to develop an entire sequel film to the novel, well you'd be surprised to learn that Gilliam has admitted to never having read 1984. That's like asking someone to replicate the Sistine Chapel when they've never even left the country. Gilliam has stated that while the novel 1984 is a jumping off point, he sort of took his own version of the book and wrote a film from a contemporary perspective rather than looking far into the future as Orwell when writing his original novel. An adaption of Orwell's book by Gilliam might be interesting to see,

On this episode of ASAP, Kasey and Anna talk to SEO Analyst, Sam Lowry, about the power of podcasting, Sam's singing voice and communicating with robots.

For the last episode of the season, Sam and Abram invited some friends to watch and discuss Brazil, a surreal film that takes on themes of bureaucracy and alienation. Sam and Abram are joined by Patrick G. Williamson, who works for the NYC Department of Education and produces the podcast 3 Educated Brothas, and Toni Smith-Thompson, who is an organizer for the New York Civil Liberties Union. In Brazil, protagonist Sam Lowry works for a massive bureaucracy called Central Services, but fantasizes about becoming a “lone wolf” hero who rescues a damsel in distress. It inspires a conversation addressing questions like: What is normalcy, and what can we learn by observing who accepts it and who doesn't? How do we balance individual ambition with the call to be of service to other people? How does the dystopia in Brazil mirror the real world? And, should we work to change unjust systems by trying to become revolutionary heroes, or can we build community to work for incremental change? Further reading: Brazil (1985 film), directed by Terry Gilliam. Sorry to Bother You (2018 film), directed by Boots Riley. 3 Educated Brothas podcast (http://www.3educatedbrothas.com/). Jay Smooth – “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdxeFcQtaU) The Coup – “Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last night” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPr1JLoYLW4) Killer Mike – “Reagan” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIqNjC1RKU) Ill Doctrine, a video blog by Jay Smooth (http://illdoctrine.com/)

The 1980s may not have been quite as bleak as 1984 predicted, but the Reagan era did see plenty of doom and gloom in entertainment, from Mad Max and Blade Runner to The Terminator and RoboCop. In When We Were Young’s latest episodes, Reel Gents podcast host Travis Dukelow joins us to dissect a cornucopia of dystopias unleashed in the 80s. In Part One, we cover Terry Gilliam’s legendary BRAZIL (1985), which takes several cues from Orwell’s 1984 and adds a healthy dollop of dryly absurd British humor. Jonathan Pryce stars as meek cog-in-the-machine Sam Lowry, whose heroic fantasies offer the only hope of escape from a dreary, duct-ravaged world — at least, until Robert De Niro shows up as the world’s most swashbuckling repairman. If your vision of the future involves Christmastime, lobotomies, plastic surgery gone awry, and terrorism, this is the dystopia for you! If you prefer a more scathing satire of consumerism and media, however, look no further than John Carpenter’s camp classic THEY LIVE (1987), discussed in Part Two of this episode. It stars wrestler Roddy Piper as John Nada, a down-on-his-luck drifter who suddenly learns that roughly half of America’s population is being brainwashed by television — and the other half are aliens. This cult favorite features magic sunglasses, excessive ass-kicking, and absolutely no bubblegum — and yet feels strangely prescient about the state of the world in 2018. Is it 1984 yet? Join us for this two-part dystopic extravaganza before the inevitable collapse of society renders podcasts obsolete! When We Were Young is a podcast devoted to the most beloved pop culture of our formative years (roughly 1980-2000). Join us for a look back to the past with a critical eye on how these movies, songs, TV shows and more hold up now. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @WWWYshow, on Facebook at Facebook.com/WWWYShow and you can email us your episodes suggestions at wwwyshow@gmail.com. Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes! Help us defray the costs of creating this show, which includes purchasing movies/shows/music to review, delivery food to eat our feelings, and producing & editing in-house at the MFP Studio in Los Angeles, California, by donating to our Patreon account at patreon.com/WhenWeWereYoung.

The 1980s may not have been quite as bleak as 1984 predicted, but the Reagan era did see plenty of doom and gloom in entertainment, from Mad Max and Blade Runner to The Terminator and RoboCop. In When We Were Young’s latest episodes, Reel Gents podcast host Travis Dukelow joins us to dissect a cornucopia of dystopias unleashed in the 80s. In Part One, we cover Terry Gilliam’s legendary BRAZIL (1985), which takes several cues from Orwell’s 1984 and adds a healthy dollop of dryly absurd British humor. Jonathan Pryce stars as meek cog-in-the-machine Sam Lowry, whose heroic fantasies offer the only hope of escape from a dreary, duct-ravaged world — at least, until Robert De Niro shows up as the world’s most swashbuckling repairman. If your vision of the future involves Christmastime, lobotomies, plastic surgery gone awry, and terrorism, this is the dystopia for you! If you prefer a more scathing satire of consumerism and media, however, look no further than John Carpenter’s camp classic THEY LIVE (1987), discussed in Part Two of this episode. It stars wrestler Roddy Piper as John Nada, a down-on-his-luck drifter who suddenly learns that roughly half of America’s population is being brainwashed by television — and the other half are aliens. This cult favorite features magic sunglasses, excessive ass-kicking, and absolutely no bubblegum — and yet feels strangely prescient about the state of the world in 2018. Is it 1984 yet? Join us for this two-part dystopic extravaganza before the inevitable collapse of society renders podcasts obsolete! When We Were Young is a podcast devoted to the most beloved pop culture of our formative years (roughly 1980-2000). Join us for a look back to the past with a critical eye on how these movies, songs, TV shows and more hold up now. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @WWWYshow, on Facebook at Facebook.com/WWWYShow and you can email us your episodes suggestions at wwwyshow@gmail.com. Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes! Help us defray the costs of creating this show, which includes purchasing movies/shows/music to review, delivery food to eat our feelings, and producing & editing in-house at the MFP Studio in Los Angeles, California, by donating to our Patreon account at patreon.com/WhenWeWereYoung.

The 1980s may not have been quite as bleak as 1984 predicted, but the Reagan era did see plenty of doom and gloom in entertainment, from Mad Max and Blade Runner to The Terminator and RoboCop. In When We Were Young’s latest episodes, Reel Gents podcast host Travis Dukelow joins us to dissect a cornucopia of dystopias unleashed in the 80s. In Part One, we cover Terry Gilliam’s legendary BRAZIL (1985), which takes several cues from Orwell’s 1984 and adds a healthy dollop of dryly absurd British humor. Jonathan Pryce stars as meek cog-in-the-machine Sam Lowry, whose heroic fantasies offer the only hope of escape from a dreary, duct-ravaged world — at least, until Robert De Niro shows up as the world’s most swashbuckling repairman. If your vision of the future involves Christmastime, lobotomies, plastic surgery gone awry, and terrorism, this is the dystopia for you! If you prefer a more scathing satire of consumerism and media, however, look no further than John Carpenter’s camp classic THEY LIVE (1987), discussed in Part Two of this episode. It stars wrestler Roddy Piper as John Nada, a down-on-his-luck drifter who suddenly learns that roughly half of America’s population is being brainwashed by television — and the other half are aliens. This cult favorite features magic sunglasses, excessive ass-kicking, and absolutely no bubblegum — and yet feels strangely prescient about the state of the world in 2018. Is it 1984 yet? Join us for this two-part dystopic extravaganza before the inevitable collapse of society renders podcasts obsolete! When We Were Young is a podcast devoted to the most beloved pop culture of our formative years (roughly 1980-2000). Join us for a look back to the past with a critical eye on how these movies, songs, TV shows and more hold up now. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @WWWYshow, on Facebook at Facebook.com/WWWYShow and you can email us your episodes suggestions at wwwyshow@gmail.com. Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes! Help us defray the costs of creating this show, which includes purchasing movies/shows/music to review, delivery food to eat our feelings, and producing & editing in-house at the MFP Studio in Los Angeles, California, by donating to our Patreon account at patreon.com/WhenWeWereYoung.

The 1980s may not have been quite as bleak as 1984 predicted, but the Reagan era did see plenty of doom and gloom in entertainment, from Mad Max and Blade Runner to The Terminator and RoboCop. In When We Were Young’s latest episodes, Reel Gents podcast host Travis Dukelow joins us to dissect a cornucopia of dystopias unleashed in the 80s. In Part One, we cover Terry Gilliam’s legendary BRAZIL (1985), which takes several cues from Orwell’s 1984 and adds a healthy dollop of dryly absurd British humor. Jonathan Pryce stars as meek cog-in-the-machine Sam Lowry, whose heroic fantasies offer the only hope of escape from a dreary, duct-ravaged world — at least, until Robert De Niro shows up as the world’s most swashbuckling repairman. If your vision of the future involves Christmastime, lobotomies, plastic surgery gone awry, and terrorism, this is the dystopia for you! If you prefer a more scathing satire of consumerism and media, however, look no further than John Carpenter’s camp classic THEY LIVE (1987), discussed in Part Two of this episode. It stars wrestler Roddy Piper as John Nada, a down-on-his-luck drifter who suddenly learns that roughly half of America’s population is being brainwashed by television — and the other half are aliens. This cult favorite features magic sunglasses, excessive ass-kicking, and absolutely no bubblegum — and yet feels strangely prescient about the state of the world in 2018. Is it 1984 yet? Join us for this two-part dystopic extravaganza before the inevitable collapse of society renders podcasts obsolete! When We Were Young is a podcast devoted to the most beloved pop culture of our formative years (roughly 1980-2000). Join us for a look back to the past with a critical eye on how these movies, songs, TV shows and more hold up now. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @WWWYshow, on Facebook at Facebook.com/WWWYShow and you can email us your episodes suggestions at wwwyshow@gmail.com. Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes! Help us defray the costs of creating this show, which includes purchasing movies/shows/music to review, delivery food to eat our feelings, and producing & editing in-house at the MFP Studio in Los Angeles, California, by donating to our Patreon account at patreon.com/WhenWeWereYoung.

The great thing about entrepreneurs is that they come in all categories.  On almost any topic you could name business owners across the entire scale. Lets start with money – Jeff Bezos is a pretty rich dude and on the other end, a homeless person on a street corner is doing the best they can with the cards they were dealt When it comes to personality, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are total introverts while Joe Rogan & The Dwayne Johnson could probably talk to a fish for 8 hours. There are big personilties and small ones, overflowing bank accounts and a sock full of change hidden under the couch.  Everyone can be an entrepreneur. But there are some fields that you simply know the path to success is a tiny trail up the side of a steep mountain.  Our guest today decided to take one of those. His rugged entrepreneurial trail of choice was comedy found accidentally while he was chasing another hard fought dream, a career in music.  About ten years ago Mat Alano Martin was performing as a singer songwriter under the name of Sam Lowry.  His songs were heavy and sad so he started throwing out whimsical banter between each song to lighten the mood.  At some point, he realized people liked the banter more than the music so he started refining his jokes and performing at open mic nights.  Everything started snowballing from there.  We’re glad you joined us. Topics discussed in this episode include: What inspired Mat as a kid (7:00) How audiences react (12:00) The power of comedy (18:00) How to put together a set (22:30) When to scrap a joke (27:00) Lessons learned in the business of comedy (34:00) Advice for getting started in comedy (43:00) Mentioned in the episode: Tig Notaro The Comedy Attic Beautiful Anonymous Limestone Comedy Festival Gilda Radner   Special thanks to Mat Alano-Martin for taking the time to share his story with us   Contributors to this episode include: Host - Jeremy Goodrich Music - Mark Vinten Editing - Christopher Lang If you enjoyed this podcast, there’s a couple of things we need you to do right now:  SUBSCRIBE to Scratch Entrepreneur on itunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts  While your there, please REVIEW the show  SHARE with friends Finally, please, JOIN the Scratch Entrepreneur Facebook Group Then, please share the show with whoever you think it will inspire. Until the next time, We truly appreciate you listening. Need Shine? More great stories & information at: Youtube - Blog - Podcast Facebook - Twitter  

I am still redefining the soundtrack of the film Brazil, capturing this time the character Mr. Kurtzman. He is Sam Lowry's neurotic boss and named after Harvey Kurtzman, the cartoonist who discovered Terry Gilliam. This track describes the ambivalence of Mr. Kurtzman from beeing nervous, uneasy and coward but also in need and fragile.

We're back! After a week off (yeah, sorry 'bout that), we're coming back in style with a look at our first Terry Gilliam film, 1985's dystopian sci-fi cult classic, BRAZIL. SYNOPSIS: Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies. And yes, BRAZIL does take place at Christmas time so it's also seasonally appropriate! But is it also a contender for the Psychotronic Hall of Fame? We’d love to hear from you! Contact us at any of the social media accounts listed below or give us a call at (864) 372-9931 and leave us a voicemail of 3 minutes or less and we’ll play it on the next show! Theme song: “Foreign Body” by the Slasher Film Festival Strategy from their album PSYCHIC SHIELD. More info: slasherfilmfestivalstrategy.bandcamp.com Follow the show: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // Tumblr Follow Justin: Twitter // Instagram // Letterboxd Follow Gary: Twitter // Instagram // Letterboxd Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes.

In episode #4 we discuss the comedic dystopia "Brazil" from director Terry Gilliam. Sam Lowry, an average employee at the Ministry of Information, gets caught up in a quest to solve a bureaucratic mistake while simultaneously searching for the literal woman of his dreams. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro and Kim Greist. SHOWNOTES Brazil - Criterion Collection Terry Gilliam directed Brazil (as well as Twelve Monkeys starring Bruce Willis) Back to The Future Part I (directed by Robert Zemeckis) did not show a dystopian future Back to The Future Part II did show a dystopian future The Ministry of Information in Brazil should not be confused with the Ministry of Magic in Harry Potter Monty Python - Dead Parrot sketch Gilliam has referred to Brazil, Time Bandits, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as his Imagination Trilogy Blade Runner (starring Harrison Ford) was based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The Hudsucker Proxy - starring Paul Newman, Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh Sucker Punch - starring Emily Browning also featured a battle with a giant samurai Clue starring Tim Curry (which was also released in 1985) featured a young Jane Wiedlin as a singing telegram girl Chris Tucker’s character (Ruby Rhod) in The Fifth Element (which also starred Iam Holm and Bruce Willis and was directed by Luc Besson) had a similar outfit as Katherine Helmond (Mrs. Ida Lowry) in Brazil. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote Cat’s Cradle, another ironic look at a dystopian future George Orwell’s 1984 popularized the phrase Big Brother in reference to surveillance The Hunger Games starring Jennifer Lawrence made dystopian futures popular again While Jonathan Pryce (Sam Lowry) is known for his work in the Pirate’s of The Caribbean and Game of Thrones series, his most memorable role (per Adam) was as media mogul Elliot Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies In order, the Pierce Brosnan / James Bond movies were: 1995 - GoldenEye (which also became a classic Nintendo 64 game) featuring Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp 1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies featuring Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin 1999 - The World is Not Enough featuring Denise Richards as Christmas Jones 2002 - Die Another Die featuring Halle Berry as Jinx Johnson Terry Gilliam screened the entirety of Brazil for a film class at the University of Southern California Robert De Niro played Harry Tuttle the “Heating Engineer” Martin Lawrence and Will Smith starred in Bad Boys Michael Palin (Jack) was a regular in Monty Python Other regulars from Monty Python such as John Cleese, Terry Jones and the late Graham Chapman (who died in 1989) were not in Brazil Peter Vaughan (Mr. Helpman) also played Uncle Alfie in Death at A Funeral and Master Aemon in Game of Thrones American Psycho featured Christian Bale as lovable serial killer Patrick Bateman The weird monsters in Sam’s dreams looked like skeksis from Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal The scene where Sam unmasks the samurai seemed similar to the unmasking of Darth Vader in the swamp in Empire Strikes Back Ian Holm (Mr. Kurtzmann) is well known for his roles as Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of The Ringsand Sir William Gull in From Hell The music in Brazil was scored by Michael Kamen who also scored the Lethal Weapon movies (with Eric Clapton) as well as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (which featured the song Everything I Do, I Do It for You by Bryan Adams The mythology of Oedipus The mythology of Icarus Sam Lowry’s face looked suspiciously similar to Ziggy Stardust

Have you experienced the utter majesty of Terry Gilliam’s 1985 dystopian classic Brazil? No? THEN GO WATCH THAT MOVIE AND THEN COME LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST. Join Jesse and Anica as they analyze, theorize, and gush Read more…

  While Terry Gilliam savages ideas of order and bureaucracy with his camera, his characters state with poignant bitterness the resigned motto: We're all in this together.  In 'Brazil' everyone is in it together, and it's a frustrating mess to be in.  Technology is retro-futuristic, you need a government form to wipe your nose (not literally, but you get what I mean) it's a depersonalized society where we are all prisoners of grotesque, societal logic.  Sam Lowry thinks he has seen the girl of his dreams (literally, she is in his dreams) only now she is flesh and blood. Can Sam win her affection and deal with the deadly mix up caused by Information Services?  Better stop reading and go see 'Brazil' yourself! You can download the podcast here by right-clicking on the hypertext link and choosing "save as", or you can use the convenient player attached to this post.

This week Zach learns about Terry Gilliam and his 1985 classic, Brazil. BRAZIL (1985) Brazil is a 1985 British film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard. British National Cinema by Sarah Street describes the film as a "fantasy/satire on bureaucratic society" while John Scalzi's Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies describes it as a "dystopian satire". The film stars Jonathan Pryce and features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm. The film centres on Sam Lowry, a man trying to find a woman who appears in his dreams while he is working in a mind-numbing job and living a life in a small apartment, set in a consumer-driven dystopian world in which there is an over-reliance on poorly maintained (and rather whimsical) machines. Brazil '​s bureaucratic, totalitarian government is reminiscent of the government depicted in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, except that it has a buffoonish, slapstick quality and lacks a Big Brother figure. Jack Mathews, film critic and author of The Battle of Brazil (1987), described the film as "satirizing the bureaucratic, largely dysfunctional industrial world that had been driving Gilliam crazy all his life". Though a success in Europe, the film was unsuccessful in its initial North America release. It has since become a cult film. The film is named after the recurrent theme song, "Aquarela do Brasil", as performed by Geoff Muldaur.

This week Zach learns about Terry Gilliam and his 1985 classic, Brazil. BRAZIL (1985) Brazil is a 1985 British film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard. British National Cinema by Sarah Street describes the film as a "fantasy/satire on bureaucratic society" while John Scalzi's Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies describes it as a "dystopian satire". The film stars Jonathan Pryce and features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm. The film centres on Sam Lowry, a man trying to find a woman who appears in his dreams while he is working in a mind-numbing job and living a life in a small apartment, set in a consumer-driven dystopian world in which there is an over-reliance on poorly maintained (and rather whimsical) machines. Brazil '​s bureaucratic, totalitarian government is reminiscent of the government depicted in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, except that it has a buffoonish, slapstick quality and lacks a Big Brother figure. Jack Mathews, film critic and author of The Battle of Brazil (1987), described the film as "satirizing the bureaucratic, largely dysfunctional industrial world that had been driving Gilliam crazy all his life". Though a success in Europe, the film was unsuccessful in its initial North America release. It has since become a cult film. The film is named after the recurrent theme song, "Aquarela do Brasil", as performed by Geoff Muldaur.