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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 forever changed by a mysterious, wealthy client. Filming took place over a total of 34 days. It was filmed in Budapest, Hungary and Carrara, Italy. Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.: When dogs get sick, they often bite the hand of those who feed them until someone mercifully puts them down.
post-World War II horror
Presented in The 7PM Project: December 10, 2024 episode (2024). Brutalist is full of surprises. The characters are not what you expect – not a Scooby Doo ending, but in the more subtle ways that real people reveal themselves – they reveal themselves over time, in a new context, or when circumstances force them. Adrien Brody’s Laszlo, a Jewish architect who has fled the bloody clutches of Europe, finds himself in the welcoming arms of America—or is confronted by them—in a frenetic opening sequence that reminds us that he was born by the Statue of Liberty.
What’s the lesson?
He becomes a constant navigational tool through the horrors of life: existential, professional, familial, intimate—never taking his eyes off the grand prize of achievement, and never appreciating the value of that prize. Is this the shameful discovery that his success was born not in spite of trauma but because of it? Do we owe it to the forces of culture, country, government, and those who govern it, to create our brutal legacy (and homeland)? Is our life more meaningful than gasoline that burns on the way to somewhere?
But there’s no novel
The film is charming, looks great, and isn’t boring (did you hear it was long?). It feels like it’s based on an old novel—a mysterious theme I’d love to dig up some of the details the film refuses to share. This aging man’s search for meaning becomes ours, too. And any greater understanding of Lazslo’s arrival, his family’s machinations, his country, and the rootlessness, for better or worse, I think we need to build on.
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