There was a lot of conjecture and innuendo in the film, but very little to support it. Rio de Janeiro probably is a hell hole, and difficult to document. This HBO special did very little to penetrate that difficulty. Conspiracy fans will like it, but others will leave wondering about facts vs. fantasy. Interviews with anonymous taxi drivers. Voice over by persons who have an issue but no facts. Comments from the crowd, "don't drag her body," when the film shows a standard body removal in a body bag. Police interviews that are subtly challenged when a later appointment by a colonel is not kept. Suggestions about raids that did not occur, as if there was something suspicious about schedule changes. Allegations about mass murder without any evidence. Assertions that bodies disappear when the burned body is very much in evidence on film. Yes, identification will be problematical, but it hardly was a disappeared body. Brasil deserves a more factual film and analysis.
