36/18
The Brutalist is full of surprises
Story
When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client. IMDb editor Arno Kazarian presents short clips of the 12 films he screened at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Anora and the dangerous, strangely erotic Misericordia. Filming took place over a total of 34 days, from March 16 to May 5, 2023, on location in Budapest, Hungary, and Carrara, Italy.
Here, the setting is a postwar horror
The characters are not who you expect—not in the way that you might expect at the end of Scooby-Doo, but in the more subtle, gradual ways that real people are revealed—they grow over time, in a new context, or when circumstances force them to. Adrien Brody’s Laszlo, a Jewish architect who escaped the clutches of a bloody Europe, falls into the arms of America. Or is confronted by them—in a feverish opening sequence that literally evokes the birth of the Statue of Liberty.
What is the lesson?
His journey becomes a relentless sail through the vast array of horrors of life—existential, professional, interpersonal, intimate—never taking his eyes off the prize of great achievement and never weighing the value of that prize. Is it the shameful revelation that his success was not born in spite of trauma but because of it? Are we to blame for abuse?
The forces of culture, country, power, and those who wield it, in creating our brutal legacy?
Are our lives the gasoline that burns on its way to a place of greater meaning? The film is charming, looks good, and is not at all boring (did you hear it was long?). It seems to be based on a mysterious old novel—a tome I’d happily dig through for the details the film refuses to share.
But there’s no novel
And a deeper understanding of Lazslo’s arrival, his family’s intrigues, his country, and his rootlessness, for better or worse, seems to be up to us. Check out our list of exciting new films from this year’s film festivals, including Venice, TIFF, the New York Film Festival, and more.
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