erving from its initial goals of accommodating the growing population to becoming something that is no longer within human control. And without human control, technology loses its functionality.Among one of the largest growing technologies during the 1980s was the internet. The movie Brazil is fascinating in its way of presenting so many different issues with one piece of the plot. In fact, the entire movie Brazil can be interpreted from an internet fearing perspective. The Ministry of information would represent the cybernetic control system. Harry Tuttle, heating engineer, would be the classic hacker (http://www.csad.coventry.ac.uk/IDN/neopraxis/brazil.htm). In its early development, there was a lot of argument on how the internet should be controlled. Would the information be available to everyone or would some higher authority control it? Hackers were arguing it was there right to get any information that they pleased. The use of the internet was a perfect way to get any information that they held synonymous with power. This was going to be the way to discover government secrets and all the conspiracies that had gone on. On the other side, large corporations feared that by having their secrets attainable, their businesses could be sabotaged. Also, trade secrets that give an edge to one company over another would be dissolved. And, the government feared that what it knew, could be used in terrorist actions, for blackmail, or other illegal dealings that would diminish its power.Part of the reason that technology fails in this movie is due to government control; another major theme of the film if not the most important theme. The government has complete authority over every individual. They keep track of everyone through their Department of Records and Ministry of Information. The government also manages to control people by overwhelming them with paperwork. By making it impossible to fill out any forms correctly, no com...
