Yes, the second of 4 Terry Gilliam movies on my list, 1985's Brazil.
I first saw this movie at a 1 am screening in a small cinema in '94. I was totally blown away by it.
Set in a most depressing vision of the future, all concrete buildings, roads walled with billboards with nothing but wasteland and heavy industry beyond. One man tries to literally follow his dream which puts him at odds with the beaurocractic nightmare that he himself is part of. The futuristic vision is expertly crafted. A future with computers, yet everything is still done with paper forms with pipes and ducts for sending/receiving them. (Those were always magical to watch in department stores pre computers) I love the dark humor, fantasy, great satire, and the attention to details.
And it has one thing spot on, the ministry of information is made possible by ordinary people just doing their jobs. Well maybe another one as well, my cable company is not a lot unlike central services...
Great ending too!
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