Brady Corbet and his film The Brutalist are the talk of the town right now in the world of film. This sprawling epic film is attracting audiences in surprisingly strong numbers—especially for a 215-minute film—and sweeping awards shows aplenty,
The director discusses the immigrant experience, his own origins and why America needs a movie about a sympathetic rightwinger
“The Brutalist” is a fictional tale of a Jewish Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor’s struggle to rebuild his life and career, and his fictional creations in the movie include an episcopal church in Greenwich and a reform synagogue in Wilton. In real life, Connecticut has been home to some of the architects who shaped the Brutalist movement.
The Brutalist”—starring Adrien Brody—finally gets a wide release following 10 Oscar nominations. What do critics have to say about director Brady Corbet’s historical epic?
"The thing about a piece of public art, and this goes for architecture and cinema alike, is that no one is necessarily right," Corbet tells EW.
"Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own," says Corbet, after details emerged on how AI technology was used in the editing of the actors' scenes spoken in Hungarian.
Before his days as a director of such acclaimed works as Vox Lux and The Brutalist, Brady Corbet was most known for his acting work, with one of his most notable roles being in Michael Haneke ’s English-language remake of Funny Games.
The Brutalist” is as much the text itself — a story of a Holocaust survivor and talented architect, Laszlo (Adrien Brody), who makes his way to the U.S. and befriends a powerful patron, Van Buren (Guy Pierce),
The A24 film is under fire after editor Dávid Jancsó revealed an AI tool was used to perfect the actors' Hungarian dialect.
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet clarified how AI tools were used on the film during postproduction after social media outrage about the practice spread widely over the weekend. In a statement provided to Gold Derby,
The Childhood of a Leader was Corbet's first feature film as a filmmaker. He recently directed the historical epic The Brutalist, which won Best Director at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, and the Silver Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. He also directed the musical drama Vox Lux.
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