The Brutalist 4K 2024 Ultra HD 2160p

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1947. Hungarian architect László Tóth emigrates penniless from postwar Europe to the United States. After receiving a $25 travel voucher from the local authorities, he moves to Philadelphia to live with his cousin Atilla and his wife Audrey, who own a furniture store. There he starts a new life helping a relative in business and tries to smuggle his wife Erzsebet and her sick niece into the country.

Review 4K Movie

For me, personally, there are both bad and good moments in the movie. I'll start with the bad. The obvious time and place for a political Israeli agenda. Globally there is nothing wrong with agendas, as it is simply a tool for forming opinions. But it always involves manipulation and exploitation. It is not really masked in the movie, but it is mixed in with other plot themes. Another slight disadvantage is the dragged out and monotonous plot, which gets a bit boring in the second part, where the action and development disappear and melancholy self-defeat remains. The good themes are the root cross-cutting idea of memory itself and the purely plot-driven thought of the main character, revealed in the finale. This came out really strong. Naturally liked the theme about class stratification and how the poor will always be second-class people to the rich. I didn't quite get the theme of a man feeling like an outsider in a world that will never accept him. It's probably a mix of religion and, again, the same narrative Jewish references. But also a general theme of dreams, possibilities, faith in oneself and loved ones. Technically, the movie is great. The acting is very good and Brody deservedly won a Globe. The aesthetic entourage and architectural themes are hypnotizing. The atmosphere is dark and even hysterical. The movie can produce an unpleasant feeling. There are some really nasty moments. But apparently that's what they wanted, to bring everything to some kind of cleansing and inspiring catharsis in the finale. I don't know how much the movie is worthy of the Venice Lion and the Globe, but the drama is heavy, strong and multifaceted.

The plot. The main character, a Jew, flees to the United States after World War II. Followed by his wife and niece are trying to make their way to him. Despite the fact that he is a talented architect, in the country of great opportunities, he is not particularly lucky. He also dabbles in drugs, alcohol and whores. By chance, he meets an eccentric millionaire who hires him to build a monumental building in honor of his dead wife, which is to become a church and a house of culture. The architect gives himself to the work, even becomes obsessed with it, but the connection with the world of the rich rather destroys than really helps and the protagonist gradually loses himself. And what it leads to - see for yourself.

The movie and its participants won several prizes at the Venice Film Festival, including for directing and several Golden Globes for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. Recommended.