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The Brutalist
2024 · Film · 215 min
Directed by Brady Corbet
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
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'Movies' at Blockbuster level pivoted to ersatz carnival rides post-'Pirates of the Caribbean', focusing on safe IPs and simple plots designed to aid comprehension of the major story beats in the SEA markets without the need to resort to subtitles or dubbing.
'True' Cinema has been going from strength to strength the last decade, with even Netflix putting out Fincher spectacles like 'Mank' on streaming, and A24 bringing introducing a new audience to phenomenal Korean Cinema like 'Parasite' and 'Minari'.
Even in the traditional studio system we have been spoilt in recent years by a succession of Palm D'Or and Oscar winners like Anatomy of a Fall, Triangle of Sadness, Zone of Interest, The Brutalist, Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Most Brutalism fans will have seen The Brutalist, if not, you really should ... filmed in VistaVision!
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I did like how The Brutalist at least included an intermission the way long movies used to do.
This has generally been my experience with most highly acclaimed movies over the past 10 years. Most recently had this w/ Marty Supreme... last year had this w/ The Brutalist and The Substance.
The first half has me thinking instant classic, my hope is sky high. But then toward the end I find myself looking at my watch and realize it's simply not going to the stick the landing.
OTOH, many acclaimed streaming series have generally done this well. My take is that as long-form storytelling has evolved, movies have transitioned into this post-modernist phase as directors/writers don't feel they have the runway to tell something truly cohesive that doesn't end up being trite. It's much more about saying 'something' or imbuing a feeling than telling a fully fleshed 3 act story.
> The Oscar-nominated films Emilia Perez and The Brutalist used AI to alter voices. Adrian Brody won the Academy Award for best actor, even with the help of AI to fine tune his accent when he spoke Hungarian in his starring role in The Brutalist. AI has even been used to de-age actors like Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford.
Everyone is going to be able to be acting now if ai can fine tune your accent, it could also fine tune your acting, the emotions you display, voice intonations and so on..
Hollywood was already in some case more focused on actor body than their acting skill, but I feel its now going to be more and more the primary criteria.
I shared the sentiment of this thread for a long time - have a nice setup at home and love to pause/rewind - but started to visit a small cinema as part of a club, to watch new and canvas-worthy flicks like Nosferatu and Brutalist. Regular hall with no fancy tech. It was a transformative experience, 20-30 fellow movie lovers, diverse of all ages. Smell of popcorn, you can turn and exchange a few commentary sentences (if you're the type), the grasps of people during a scene, the sense of leaving while credits roll and hasty deep discourses in the atrium.
I kinda got those remarks from Coppola and Tarantino that I found of "old man yelling at cloud" category before.
The big global business behind it surely is dead - for non-blockbuster genres - but I can't imagine the culture behind it going for a long time. It's the societal standard to enjoy this genre, and a tradition the streaming industry builds upon and uses, there is nothing else. The above flicks had minimal budget in terms of Hollywood. Cinema is here to stay.
1. Know how to shoot a film within a budget
2. Limit the building of sets
3. Shoot in Hungary and get loads of tax credits
4. Also shoot outside the US to get around union requirements
5. Don't pay a salary to many members of the crew, including the director
6. ???
7. The Brutalist!