Brutalist (the Brutalist , UK, 2024, 215 min.)
A monumental epic about a Jewish architect who learns the dark side of the American Dream in the aftermath of World War II. Silver Lion for Best Director in Venice.
Directed By: Brad James Corbet
Scenario: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Photo: Lol CRA Clamshell Clamshell
Played: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola
Festivals, awards: Venice (Silver Lion for Best Director, FIPRESCI Prize); Toronto; Ne Animatork; Viennale; Liffe; Golden Globe for Best Film in the drama category, for Best Director and Best Male Lead
Distribution: Karantanija cinemas
Genre: historical drama
Story
1947. Hungarian-born Jewish architect L / C / zl / Toth arrives in America to build a new life there. He settles in Pennsylvania, hoping to be soon joined by a consort stranded in Eastern Europe. While doing casual work, his talent is recognized by the wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, who commissions a seemingly dream project for L'accszl …
Comment
"In three and a half hours /.../ Corbet deconstructs the American myth with surgical precision, using the same sharp geometric lines as its protagonist. / ... / Brutalism is a strictly functional direction that advocates simplicity and frankness. In a building consisting of corners and open spaces, there is nowhere to hide. Just as there is nowhere to hide in the Brutalist, a film through which the capitalist rot of the last eighty years spreads like a fog. / ... / We hear the word’ epic ' in the film world every few months, because it is glued to every festival favorite that is in fashion at that moment-but how else to describe Corbet's narrative range /.../ and craft skill? / ... / Each frame is a hopper portrait of American individualism and isolation.«
Hannah Strong, Little Animkhite Lies
Brutalist ( The Brutalist , Velika Britanija, 2024, 215 min.)
Monumentalen ep o judovskem arhitektu, ki v času po drugi svetovni vojni spoznava temno plat ameriških sanj. Srebrni lev za najboljšo režijo v Benetkah.
Režija: Brady Corbet
Scenarij: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Fotografija: Lol Crawley
Igrajo: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola
Festivali, nagrade: Benetke (srebrni lev za najboljšo režijo, nagrada FIPRESCI); Toronto; New York; Viennale; Liffe; zlati globus za najboljši film v kategoriji drame, za najboljšo režijo in najboljšo moško glavno vlogo
Distribucija: Karantanija cinemas
Žanr: zgodovinska drama
Zgodba
1947. Na Madžarskem rojeni judovski arhitekt László Toth prispe v Ameriko, da bi si tam zgradil novo življenje. Ustali se v Pensilvaniji, upajoč, da se mu kmalu pridruži soproga, ki je obtičala v Vzhodni Evropi. Medtem ko opravlja priložnostna dela, njegov talent prepozna bogati industrialec Harrison Lee Van Buren, ki Lászlu naroči na videz sanjski projekt …
Komentar
»Corbet v treh urah in pol /…/ s kirurško natančnostjo dekonstruira ameriški mit, pri čemer uporablja enake ostre geometrijske linije kot njegov protagonist. /…/ Brutalizem je strogo funkcionalna smer, ki zagovarja preprostost in odkritost. V stavbi, sestavljeni iz kotov in odprtih prostorov, se ni mogoče nikamor skriti. Tako kot se ni mogoče nikamor skriti v Brutalistu, filmu, skozi katerega se kot megla širi kapitalistična gniloba zadnjih osemdesetih let. /…/ Besedo ‘epski’ v filmskem svetu slišimo vsakih nekaj mesecev, saj jo prilepijo na prav vsakega festivalskega ljubljenca, ki je v tistem trenutku v modi – toda kako drugače opisati Corbetov pripovedni razpon /…/ in obrtniško spretnost? /…/ Vsak kader je hopperjevski portret ameriškega individualizma in izolacije.«
Hannah Strong, Little White Lies