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The Brutalist director on why he made a film now set for Oscar glory

JL;DR SUMMARY Brady Corbet's ambitious film "The Brutalist" centers on the fictional character László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor and architect, symbolizing the lost potential of Bauhaus-trained Jewish architects post-WWII. 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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HolocaustBauhausJewish HeritageImmigrationArchitectureAdrien BrodyCultural LegacyBrady CorbetLászló TóthBrutalism

Places mentioned

London, United Kingdom
"when we meet in Londons Soho Hotel."
New York, United States
"at the 2025 New York Film Critics Circle Awards"
Germany
"Bauhaus, the school of design established by Walter Gropius in Germany in 1919."
Hungary
"Id spent so much time in Hungary because I shot my first film [The Childhood of a Leader] there."
Arizona, United States
"who was born in Arizona and raised as an only child by her"

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