it's always difficult to critique something that was a horrific lived-through experience so i'll try to talk about it from a purely film craft lens.
the sound design is honestly impeccable, and it works in tandem with the "real time" nature of the movie's events well in establishing constant tension that will leave you holding your breath throughout its runtime. unfortunately that's really all that stands out; the film feels so fixated on capturing the nitty gritty of a military…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
from the very beginning, the brutalist is unrelenting in audiovisual scope. the camerawork flows back and forth between the chaotic and the still in complete harmony with genuinely awesome (in the biblical sense) sound editing and an unforgettable score.
each second feels so utterly intentional and effortlessly pulls you into laszlo's everchanging emotional state, and the descent from his celebratory (yet ominous) view of the inverted statue of liberty to his resignation as an immigrant that will forever be an…
