I recently re-watched Brazil -- still one of my favorite movies. Now, more than ever, it's a guide to modern life. So I wasn't surprised to read that Canada's police chiefs propose a surcharge of about 25 cents on monthly telephone and Internet bills to cover the cost of tapping into the communications of terrorists and other criminals. It's only a quarter of a loon to pay to have your own phone tapped, to be sure, but doesn't it sound like Brazil's Ministry of Information?
"I understand this concern on behalf of the taxpayers. People want value for money. That's why we always insist on the principal of Information Retrieval charges. It's absolutely right and fair that those found guilty should pay for their periods of detention and the Information Retrieval procedures used in their interrogations."
Incidentally, the DVD includes some scenes I'd never seen before (from the "European version"), including one where Sam, before his interrogation, is told about the various credit options he can take in order to pay for his own torture.
