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Author Topic: Ever see the movie Brazil? [Locked]
Aerlinthian  4 stars
Posts: 2,126
Registered: 2001-5-7 23:53:38
If not I highly recommend it. It is a fantastic display of the absurdity of bureaucracy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%28movie%29


Oh why did I bring this up you might ask? Because of this:

http://kdvr.com/2012/02/21/denver-family-stranded-after-passport-denied-because-of-crease/
smellymotor  3 stars
Posts: 519
Registered: 2004-9-12 04:15:23
is that the movie about this guy in Brazil?

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
Its a monty python twist on 1984 and I think it tells the same message even better.

 

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sweeny_comodore  4 stars
Posts: 1,216
Registered: 2007-8-23 18:47:04
article posted:

“To have a passport is privilege, it’s not entitled to you by citizenship,” Priest said. He said the issue may be with a microchip embedded in the back of all new passports. “They have no reason in the world to let you travel if it’s been damaged,” Priest said. “It’s like cutting your photo out or something if that chip doesn’t work.”



so much for being a free country.
we now seem to be imprisoned within our own borders.

 

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LadyGodiva.  1 star
Posts: 145
Registered: 2008-11-8 19:05:36
What a way to ruin someone's vacation. I could understand if the passport were illegible or damaged in a significant way, but that one didn't seem too bad. My passport doesn't even have the new chip so it seems like they should be able to deal without it as long as all other information is there.
Eager_Igraine  4 stars
Posts: 1,036
Registered: 2002-11-21 11:55:52



What a fantastic and depressing film, I loved it.


Especially Bob Hoskins.

 

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RHWarrior  3 stars
Posts: 770
Registered: 2009-9-30 18:42:12
Its pretty good;
Absurd, bizarre and quirky - much like teh OP.

 

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bstulic  3 stars
Posts: 761
Registered: 2002-7-26 04:55:00
Not Monty Python, though...its just directed by Terry Gilliam

 

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