However, not everything is as great as it seems.
Felicity Jones plays Laszlos wheelchair-stricken wife Erzsebet, who arrives some time after Toths time stateside.
There will even be 70mm prints of the movie when it hits theaters viaA24on December 20.
(L-R) Director Brady Corbet and ‘The Brutalist’Getty Images; Everett
The distributorbought the movieout of Venice.
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Were not reinventing the wheel, said Corbet at a CAA screening Sunday.
The reality is that we would have been happier and more comfortable if we had more money.
You have to have blind faith for getting this thing which is completely malnourished across the finish line.
Part of this entailed shooting in Hungary to take advantage of tax credits.
Corbet also worked with previous collaborators including director of photography Lol Crowley.
We were shooting in a country where things would cost what they really should cost, he said.
Hungary is not that cheap where we shot.
Its cheaper than New York City where we spent $1M in transpo on the last movie.
We think money is frequently misspent; a reality that all of us exist in.
I dont think Im overstepping by saying that.
So, really, whats the trick to pulling off an epic at a low budget?
For Corbet, its a no-brainer.
This is how they did it for a century, he said.
It takes time to train contemporary line producers.
Studios are usually run by people who frequently havent made a lot of movies on the ground.
Its a lot of explaining and educating people on the ground.
Its a process, adds the filmmaker.
The Brutalistis Corbets third directed feature; it won Best Director at Venice.
