Brazil. Terry Gilliam, 1985.
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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #51, released 2012. English language. Runtime approximately 142 minutes.
Summary: Insect smashing.
Details: A beetle is unnecessarily squashed on a ceiling, 3:24, and falls into a typewriter at 3:38.
There are consequences to the deliberate and pointless killing of this insect.
The Criterion release also includes the 94-minute “Love Conquers All” version of Brazil, along with Rob Hedden’s What Is ‘Brazil’? (1985), Jack Mathers’ The Battle of ‘Brazil’: A Video History (1996), and other featurettes.