Brutalist follow-up
Brady Corbet‘s notoriety skyrocketed with his ambitious drama, The Brutalist, which garnered a ton of critical attention, including from the Academy. While his last work was two years ago, the director is working on his next project. According to Deadline, Corbet recently made an appearance at Dublin’s Storyhouse Screenwriting Festival and he would tell an audience at the Light House Cinema about his upcoming movie. Corbet reveals,
My new film is a film that is sort of about American mysticism and the history of the occult in America and I’ve been reading tons and tons of material about the migration of the cultist belief systems and structures. I’ve started working with this fascinating guy called Mitch Horowitz, who is an occultist historian of America.”
While The Brutalist was an epic in terms of scope, he is in the process of outdoing his 165-page script, which became a 3-hour 35-minute film. Corbet says that his current script is 200 pages long. When asked about how precise his scripts are, the director explained, “I’ve always been a little limited because of how short the shoots are. So, Vox Lux was 22 days and The Childhood of a Leader was 24 days…The Brutalist was 33 days but it was a 165 page script.” He adds, “I would let people do whatever they wanted for a few takes but I’ve never really had time for it. But I’m not against it. I usually try to have a conversation with everyone in as loving a way as possible where I say, ‘If you have any ideas, tell me now’ because when we start shooting…Also I don’t think I’m a tyrant or anything at all. I think hopefully it’s the opposite. But I’m very focused when I’m under those conditions. You have to be. And frankly, they don’t want to work with someone who wouldn’t be.”
Corbet says that A24 is giving him 50 days to film his movie and he is incredibly thrilled about it. “It’s basically two, 25-day shoots for 100 pages,” he said. “So, I don’t know. I’ll report back in a few months.”
The Brutalist
Our editor-in-chief, Chris Bumbray, loved The Brutalist when he screened it, saying in his review, “Corbet, who wrote the movie with his partner Mona Fastvold (an accomplished filmmaker in her own right), does an excellent job crafting an allegorical tale that can be applied to anyone who’s ever struggled to overcome personal trauma by creating meaningful work. Technically, this is impeccable, with cinematography by Lol Crawley that makes the most of the 70mm format and the locations filmed in Budapest, Italy and more. Truly, this is a sprawling work.”
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