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Brazil (3/10) Movie CLIP - Harry Tuttle, Heating Engineer (1985) HD

248K views · May 27, 2011 · 2:38 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2014–2023

A clip from Terry Gilliam's film Brazil in which the illegal heating engineer Harry Tuttle visits Sam Lowry to fix his heating problem.

Why Hacker News points people here: Used purely as a joke reference to Harry Tuttle and the film's dystopian bureaucracy.

What Hacker News said 3

Jokesdenton4Jul 2014

“Like this guy”

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Wel they DO speculate that the low uptake is due to evil installation people who are maybe going around disabling the filter for everyone... Like this guy: this video

in “New broadband users shun manditory porn filters, (UK regulator) Ofcom finds” · view on HN
JokemistersquidAug 2021

“The name "Harry Tuttle" comes to mind.”

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> Is artist the right term here? Seems more like guerrilla engineer or guerilla highway management person. The name "Harry Tuttle" comes to mind. [0] [0] this video

in “Guerrilla artist faked downtown LA freeway sign in 2001” · view on HN
Jokejavier_e06Sep 2023

“my desk right now resembles a wall panel from the movie Brazil.”

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I was considering putting a light but my desk right now resembles a wall panel from the movie Brazil. this video Is hard to find the middle ground between clutter and chaos.

in “My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards ⌨” · view on HN