February 11, 2025 2:45 am

'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Issues Statement on AI Controversy
'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Issues Statement on AI Controversy

‘The Brutalist’ Director Brady Corbet Issues Statement on AI Controversy

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet has responded to his editor’s recent revelation that they used AI, one that could hurt the movie’s potential awards chances. Running at three hours and 35 minutes, The Brutalist is a sweeping epic that stars Adrien Brody as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survived the Holocaust and immigrated to the United States. Ever since the film debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2024, The Brutalist has been an awards favorite, and following its win for Best Motion Picture – Drama at the Golden Globes, it seemed like a Best Picture front-runner at the Oscars. However, a recent claim about the film’s use of AI has cast doubt on those chances.

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​The director of the possible Oscar frontrunner addresses the film’s use of AI in response to growing backlash. Read More