Brady Corbet's film 'The Brutalist' dives into postwar European themes through the conflict between architect László Tóth and businessman Harrison Lee Van Buren. As Tóth, a Holocaust survivor, seeks to manifest his vision in rural Pennsylvania, his drug habit complicates his partnership with Van Buren. Featuring ambitious filmmaking reminiscent of classics and a haunting exploration of loss amid war's destruction, the film symbolically addresses human resilience and societal rebuilding, all while vying for ten Oscars and embodying America's complex relationship with its past and future.
Brady Corbet: We speak about the lives lost in the Second World War, but we don't speak so frequently about the livelihoods lost. Of course, nothing is equivalent to a human life, but that is also an extraordinary loss that shapes societies.
Corbet's film signals its ambitions, evoking imagery from classics like The Godfather Part II and reaching a peak reminiscent of There Will Be Blood’s iconic moments.
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