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What is the purpose of the abrupt scene cut with the voiceover?
In The Brutalist (2024), furniture store owner Attila, his wife Audrey, and architect László celebrated their
high-priced deal with Harry Lee Van Buren for a mansion library renovation,
even though ...
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What's the significance of opening and closing credits rolling in different manner?
In "The Brutalist," the opening credits roll from right to left,
and the ending credits roll diagonally:
What's the significance of opening and closing credits rolling in different manner?
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What exactly did Erzsébet "know" László had done?
Despite suffering from bone disease, Erzsébet invited her husband,
architect László, to touch her as they slept next to each other. However,
László declined her offer, explaining that he did not want ...
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What is the significance of showing the surroundings in this way?
In The Brutalist (2024), Harrison, a wealthy individual, invites architect László to a dinner party, where he tells him about his relationship with his maternal grandparents, who only cared about ...
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What is the significance of alternating historical context and personal narrative?
The segment from The Brutalist (2024) shows a recurring pattern: first, the reporter narrates
about Steel and its significance in USA, and then Erzsébet reads a letter to
her husband László, while ...
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What's the significance of the reporter boasting about Pennsylvania?
In The Brutalist (2024) movie features multiple instances of a reporter or narrator
boasting about Pennsylvania's economic potential or achievements using
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Why didn't Harry answer Harrison's logical question about finance?
Wealthy individual Harrison's son, Harry, expressed concern to Laszlo,
the architect hired by Harrison, about information from Leslie, the builder,
that Laszlo planned to reinvest his fee. Harry ...
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Why did László give a poetic reply?
In The Brutalist (2024), Harrison, a wealthy individual, questions Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László about his architecture, prompting a philosophical discussion and László's ...
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What exactly is Leslie Woodrow comparing the towers' height to?
In The Brutalist (2024), Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth presented his community center
plan, featuring convertible spaces and a central chapel with a light-activated cross,
to wealthy ...
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Why is the movie titled "The Brutalist"?
I understand the movie "The Brutalist" as follows:
László, a Holocaust survivor, immigrates to America and faces hardships, but
wealthy Harrison Lee Van Buren commissions him to build a ...
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Why count to three with separate left and right slides?
In The Brutalist, Attila, a furniture store owner, recruited architect László, and they secured a
lucrative deal from Harry Lee Van Buren for a mansion library renovation; as part
of their work, ...
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What happened to Van Buren in The Brutalist?
What happened to Van Buren at the end of The Brutalist (2024)? Did the filmmakers intend to show that he ran away or that he took his own life?
I think it was the latter. If it was by suicide, what is ...
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