On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:32:52 +0100
"Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:26:28 -0700 (PDT), "Sniper8052@yahoo.co.uk"
>  said in
> :
> 
> >I must confess to a certain density, I don't get it.
> 
> One of the themes in the film Brazil is that people are charged for
> "Information Retrieval" when they are accused of a crime.  Since the
> Information Retrieval method is torture, they usually end up
> confessing, and thus convicted.  Hence "Don't fight it son, confess
> quickly. If you hold out too long, you could jeopardise your credit
> rating."
> 
> It is a very amusing satire

Amusing?  I thought it was grim.  Definitely worth watching though.