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This article was first published out of the Venice Film Festival on September 7, 2024.
Were recirculating it timed toThe Brutalists release in theaters.
However, it must be said: There are a lot of minutes inThe Brutalist.
(The other was that it would be shown in 70mm.)
If you ask Corbet, this obsessive focus on the films length is misguided.
30 seconds:The Statue of Liberty appears upside-down, to represent the skewed promise of the American Dream.
5 minutes:Depressing handjobs.
2 minutes:Increasingly ironic mid-century PSAs hailing the commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a beacon of liberty and commerce.
10 minutes:The Brutalists assimilated American cousin, played by Alessandro Nivola, does weird cuck stuff.
This too represents the skewed promise of the American dream.
23 minutes:The Brutalist demonstrates his fierce independence, but not in like a gross Ayn Rand way.
1 minute:The Brutalist watches vintage pornography.
8 minutes:Guy Pearce bellows derisively about modernist architecture.
22 minutes:Guy Pearce bellows enthusiastically about modernist architecture.
2 minutes:Debates over the relative merits of various building materials.
12 minutes:Veiled anti-Semitism.
2 minutes:Debates with local contractors over the height of the ceilings in The Brutalists masterwork.
1 minute:Period-inappropriate pubic hair.
2 minutes:Naked anti-Semitism.
14 minutes:The Brutalist makes a series of bad decisions vis-a-vis heroin.
2 minutes:Unforeseen misfortune.
4 minutes:After a time jump, the Brutalists niece now speaks.
No explanation is given.
30 seconds:The stark beauty of The Brutalists vision is revealed.
