Brazil (1985)

Terry Gilliam constructs an overwhelming dystopia choking on its own retro-fitted infrastructure. Flexible aluminium air ducts burst through sitting room walls, brass pneumatic mail tubes blast canisters across dingy offices, and tiny magnifying lenses sit over clunky mechanical monitors. The heating engineer rogue Harry Tuttle treating unauthorised pipe repair as guerrilla resistance is a joyous tribute to industrial plumbing.