Via BrightLights:
I wasn’t a huge fan of Escape when I first saw it but it’s the kind of thing you can watch like every year for the rest of your life and it never gets old. It’s always fascinating to see New York predicted as turning into a jail (the date for this future – 1997) and the masterful ease with which Kurt Russell strides around the city like he’s just arrived at a massive Halloween party and everyone’s left already except for a few weirdos over by the fire. That’s your cue…
Brazil is always worth catching, regardless of the version, just for the then revolutionary mix of black comedy and Modern Times-y slapstick. A Monty Python meets Kubrick dystopia that kind of makes you feel bad for laughing, like the funniest comedian in the world is strangling you while you crack up, helplessly. Kind of like, well, you know… this whole damn summer…
