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Why 'The Brutalist' resonated so deeply with me

JL;DR SUMMARY Daniel Libeskind discusses the profound impact of Brady Corbet's film "The Brutalist" on him personally. 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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HolocaustBauhausImmigrationJewish MuseumModernismCapitalismGround ZeroArchitectureDaniel LibeskindBrady Corbet

Places mentioned

Berlin, Germany
"Daniel Libeskind, who designed the Jewish Museum in Berlin and New Yorks post-9/11 Ground Zero plan, is an expert on the intersection of architecture and film."
New York, United States
"Daniel Libeskind, who designed the Jewish Museum in Berlin and New Yorks post-9/11 Ground Zero plan, is an expert on the intersection of architecture and film."
Israel
"The film depicts a successful Bauhaus-trained Hungarian architect who reaches the shores of America after his incarceration in concentration camps."
Pennsylvania, United States
"He then commissions the architect to design his dream cultural center and chapel overlooking a Pennsylvanian town."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Israel became the only country in which Bauhaus architecture continued. The White City born in Dessau was realized in Tel Aviv with more than 4,000 Bauhaus buildings."

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