There are two things Terry Gilliam is legitimately great at: Making provocative films, and provoking the people who fund his creations. In 1985, Gilliam’s masterpiece on both fronts, Brazil, was (barely) released—a delirious fever dream of dystopian sci-fi that blends the best of Fritz Lang and Steven Spielberg into a funny, sad, and scary satire. The only thing more audacious than the film is the story of Gilliam dragging Universal Pictures into a very public street fight to save his film from the scissor-happy hands of the studio—and winning. Savor Gilliam’s victory, courtesy of Artist Repertory Theatre’s “Stage Meets Screen” series, as a companion piece to their production of George Orwell’s 1984.