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In ‘The Brutalist,’ Adrien Brody wills an impossible dream

JL;DR SUMMARY "The Brutalist," directed by Brady Corbet, features Adrien Brody as László Tóth, a Bauhaus-trained architect and Holocaust survivor who migrates to Pennsylvania to build a seemingly modest community center. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityHolocaustYad VashemBauhausImmigrationSurvivalArchitectureAdrien BrodyThe BrutalistBrady Corbet

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