"When "The Brutalist" stormed the festival circuit around this time last year, it seemed like something of a unicorn - as well as an almost impossible sell. Twelve months, 10 Oscar nominations, and one rapturous quasi-musical later, it feels like a new kind of recipe for success. How do you follow an epic historical drama about a traumatized European who sails to America and builds their own church? You make another one, of course."
"but the most exciting thing about this one-two punch isn't their thematic overlap so much as it is their shared sense of scale and self-possession. At a time when Hollywood is both deathly allergic to risk and physically incapable of making anything that costs less than $100 million, the fact that Fastvold and Corbet have now both directed gorgeous, sweeping, and creatively unbound movies for a fraction of that cost in Hungary feels like a new way forward."
Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet have each produced ambitious, large-scale films outside typical Hollywood budgets by shooting in Hungary. The success of "The Brutalist," including numerous Oscar nominations and enthusiastic responses, has created momentum for similarly grand projects. The two filmmakers prioritize a shared sense of scale and self-possession over strict thematic repetition. Their films demonstrate that visually lavish, creatively unbound cinema can be achieved for a fraction of blockbuster costs. Hollywood currently faces both a pronounced aversion to risk and an inability to produce expensive films cheaply. The Fastvold/Corbet model requires considerable zeal and asceticism.
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