Director Brady Corbet thought The Brutalist would never get made

At the Golden Globes earlier this month, Brady Corbet’s sprawling historical epic 'The Brutalist' took home best drama, best director and best actor for Adrien Brody, who stars as the fictional Jewish Hungarian architect László Tóth. Brady sat down with Tom Power to reflect on the critical acclaim for his latest film, his transition from acting to directing, and why it's easier to tell historical dramas when the work is fiction.

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[dumpsta-divrr]

This movie also made me realize that most 2.5 hr and up movies would absolutely benefit from an intermission

[craigjhard]

Wow best guests in a row. Show is criminally underrated, on YouTube at least.

[Lagrangeify]

Tom Power is right up there with some of the most skillful interviewers I've ever seen. It's almost unreal how good he is at getting people into a flow. It's not showbizzy, he doesn't polish egos, if he's not getting what it is they're saying he presses them on it. It's just marvelous to watch. Really great work.

[GordonMacLeod]

wow. what an intense dude. very serious. reminds me of oliver stone.

[Andrew-Antioch-Kim]

It's great to see Adrien, Felicity, Guy and Stacy reserve a lot more recognition!

[alexanderg]

This movie surprised the hell out of me! Reminds me so much of Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson’s work on Phantom Thread and even more so, There Will Be Blood. I life so monumentally but catastrophically told.

[BobbyM]

Another great video. Thanks for making me cry again!

[alexanderclaylavin]

It resonates. He respects his audience. Real American yarn.

[Ancaja]

He was amazing in Mysterious Skin. I didn't know he was the same guy who directed Vox Lux, and now The Brutalist.

[dumpsta-divrr]

Ambient tyranny is a fantastic description for the mood of this movie too.

Always happy to see some nuanced leftist cinema, I can tell this one will be simmering in my brain for quite a while. I really need to check out his other stuff

[yasisoufi]

I immediately thought of Draughtsman’s Contract! But of course Belly of an Architect!

[gabelunn]

The film really deserves an extended release in Canada. By the time I learned about the praise for this movie and its 70mm VisaVision format I can't find a screening in my area around lower Van Island. Streaming it from home really wouldn't do it justice.

[CalumRoberts-ix]

Along with Damien Chazzelle & Whiplash, Corbett is the rare modern filmmaker who didnt believe people would see or like his film

Even The Daniels who made EEAAO & were shocked at it becoming an Worldwide hit were expecting "Medicore to Good Reviews"

Same with Sean Baker & Anora
Maybe the extreme over confidence of artists has led to the decline of quality of cinema

In the 70s, 80s & even 90s Spielberg, Scorcese, Verhoven, Forman were expecting to get ridiculed for thier works & ended up becoming cinematic rockstars for that reason
Scorcese famously said if you dont get pyshically ill seeing your first rough cut somethings wrong

[EmilStudzinski]

I’m hoping that The Brutalist actually gets people interested in adult entertainment again. It appears that every screening around me is always packed, and it seems like most attendees don’t expect a superhero to eventually show up. Hopefully other movies without Batman or the Justice League get financed and gain traction with audiences.

[KerioFive]

10 million? What are other director's excuses??

[FikaBastardo]

Ronnie Corbet, vi estas absoluta malhonoro. Kunigu vin, viro!

[orpheus]

How did you get interested in acting? Really, that's your lead question? That's the equivalent of bad plot exposition in a movie. Real Clunky! Doesn't anybody know how to do interesting interviews anymore?

[TheeTonyClayton]

Loved the film, but Corbet is way too pretentious for a guy with just one great film.