Constructing an epic event movie
BRADY CORBET ON THE BRUTALIST, AN ARCHITECTURAL THRILLER CAUSING A STIR
WORDS JOHN NUGENT
László Tóth (Adrien Brody) and Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr (Guy Pearce);
Felicity Jones plays Tóth’s wife Erzsébet.
Tóth and Lee Van Buren Sr with Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé);
Writer-director Brady Corbet.
AT THE FIRST press conference for The Brutalist, at the Venice Film Festival, director Brady Corbet started to well up. “I’m very emotional today,” he explained, “because we’ve been working on it for seven years. And it felt urgent every day.”