The Brutalist - Flicks (2024)

these are yours yes yes all of them yes tell me why is an accomplished foreign architect shoveling coal here in Philadelphia I'm afraid it is not so simple Adrien Brody stars in the brutalist an Hungarian Jewish architect who barely survived the Holocaust comes to post-war America and begins to do his thing which involves a style of architecture called brutalism and reflects his character I asked Adrian if he tended to take these characters home with him that's a really interesting question I mean some aspects yes of course you spend 18 hours 16 hours every day six days a week inhabiting someone or or living through moments and specific emotional things of another time period inevitably that's going to affect you and your your being being pleas is is the key it's not only a a professional responsibility it's a generosity of spirit if I described it as almost feeding off of each other would that be way off no no you lift each other up by being there together if you're not if the other person you're speaking to is elsewhere it's kind of poured into a void if it's received and reciprocated then you're now you're cooking the brutalist is is is a reference to the kind of construction initially it's concrete right concrete is a material but it's a rough gray gritty material and so is this film it is and it is a very durable practical shapable material and Fortress likee and there are elements of the metaphors of the structure that l creates that are reminiscent of himself and the shell of a man that he is with this cavernous interior and these walled off things trying to protect him and how the traumas of uh the war have deeply affected post-war psychology in influencing architecture with all this kind of Walled off exterior there is this expansive ceiling height illumin ation and accessibility to a higher power through what he's designed in in the ceiling structure and that is also this kind of yearning for grace and connection with with hope Adrien thank you so much I appreciate your time thank you my pleasure flicks with Patrick Stoner explores the craft and culture of film making that enhance our communities for television stations and websites around the country right [Music]