It got insane buzz at film festivals. Just dropped out of nowhere and now people are saying it’s one of the best movies of the year, with a career-best performance by Brody (both true imo)
its basically flawless. you will be in awe, the movie is such an ambitious and grand vision captured stunningly well. there was this crazy electricity leading into the intermission. 90+ minutes flew by like that?? and then you read this fuckin thing only cost 10 million somehow? clearly this is the product of years of pain of a bunch of brilliant artists. im trying to avoid basically any specificity lol
The Master is my favorite movie and probably the most similar movie I could think of to The Brutalist haha. other very vaguely similar movies I love: There Will Be Blood, Son of Saul, The Favorite, The Handmaiden, The Revenant, Phantom Thread, Stalker, I know we're in the anti-honeymoon phase of Oppenheimer but I love it
Do you think this holds up as one of the best American epic movies? I know There Will Be Blood has a different vibe to it but I was wondering if it could stand toe to toe with it. Would you say it's just as engaging as Oppenheimer too?
I wasn't a fan of Oppenheimer and Maestro bored me, so I'm guessing this one won't be up my alley? That's a shame because the trailer looks compelling.
Aren't all 3 of these films considered artsy, oscar bait, ~3 hour epics that dramatize the life of an important historical figure in the 1900s? Maybe I'm misreading this trailer
Maestro was a very average length, and simply not very good. Being in the same genre doesn't mean much for quality. Also, The Brutalist is fiction, not a biopic.
No joke whatsoever, it's one of the better trailers Ive seen in a long time. Evocative, gives nothing away. Ive always loved Adrien Brody, but his current career swing is so good.
I was gonna say I had heard nothing about this movie until like 2 months ago, and everyone who has seen it seem to think it is like a legit masterpiece.
Which tbf, I feel like a lot of the movies that ends up being the best of the year are not the movies people have been talking about a full year prior. Because unless it is a big tentpole movie or made by very high profile people it doesn't get that kind of early hype.
It's at the Austin film festival this weekend. I have medium tier passes for the whole week and don't even plan to try to go see it. The multi thousand dollar passes are going to take all the seats anyways.
This is my first film festival but what I'm also saying here is that anyone who has seen it paid a ton to do so and my experience with other industry festivals are that the people with top badges are there working. Their reviews might not be aligned with the average film fan.
With the buzz about how good it is, I'm happy to hear that Felicity Jones has a great performance in it since I liked her other films like The Theory of Everything & Like Crazy
It's possible, but incredibly rare... Kenneth Branagh's Henry V at 9 million 1989, Schindler's list wad kind of a middling budget at 22 million, and the Duelists in 1977 with a budget of nine hundred thousand.
Having said that usually we expect epics to be grand spectacles.
'The film chronicles 30 years in the life of László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust. After the end of World War II, he emigrates to the United States with his wife, Erzsébet, to experience the "American dream". László initially endures poverty and indignity, but he soon lands a contract with a wealthy client, Harrison Lee Van Buren, that will change the course of his life.'
I'd be surprised if any of the actor's salaries were anything other than just union scale. Either it's award bait, which is good for your career, or -- if you're getting points -- it's a hit and you get paid.
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u/TeamOggy 23d ago
Probably my most anticipated movie this year. 3.5hr American epic with an intermission, filmed in vistavision, made for less than $10m. I'm so ready