Is this movie an homage to Brazil?

It’s strikingly similar: urban dystopia, deteriorating apartments with plumbing problems, Kafkaesque absurdity, government indifference and blundering, musical fantasy sequences that contrast in tone to the rest of the film.

…and of course they’re also both love stories, and they both have people coming through holes in the ceiling.

I like both, although I think Brazil is a significantly better film.