Adrien Brody’s Noble Sorrow
Brody’s next The Pianist, Paramount asset sale, Venice premieres
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A Cover Story on Adrien Brody’s new film The Brutalist. It is said to be the best work of his career.
In The Industry News, Deadpool & Wolverine remains #1 at the box office while Sony’s AfrAId underperforms. We look at the Oscar history for Briarcliff Entertainment, the new distributor for The Apprentice. We also look at Disney playing hardball with DirecTV and a Paramount asset sale.
In Actor’s Spotlight, we check out Frankie Muniz’s (Malcolm in the Middle) first lead role in almost two decades. And Leslie Mann’s Spa Night gets some steamy excitement at TIFF. Plus, new roles for Ian McKellen and Mel Brooks.
In Festivals, we break down ten Venice premieres, including one that had walkouts. We reexamine the Telluride Oscar hopefuls and TIFF’s Liam Neeson film.
For Indie Filmmaker Spotlight, we feature an unusual Ukrainian dry-humor sci-fi. Also, Neon and Film4’s wild imagination of our future in 2073.
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Adrien Brody stars in The Brutalist, which is in competition at Venice Film Festival.
It is said to be the best work of his career.
Here’s the official synopsis:
When visionary Hungarian architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.
Brody discussed the role:
“Well, it’s an interesting thing in how much it’s about rigidity, artistic integrity and hollowness within… It was such a personal story. My mother is a Hungarian immigrant, she fled Budapest… in 1956.”
Brody drew on his mother’s experience, internalizing her emotional truths from the experience while also harnessing his experiences acting in The Pianist, explaining:
“The whole joy of being an actor is to harness truths, whether they’re personal experiences or experiences of others that you research and hopefully gain some understanding of or empathy towards.”
Brody carries with him a noble sorrow that allows him to attack longer-form roles.
The Brutalist, a 3+ hr epic, is ripe to put Brody back on the map as one of the greatest actors of our generation.
For More:
First look image of The Brutalist.
Trailer, The Pianist (2002).
The director of The Brutalist is Brady Corbet, a visionary in his own right. Here’s our breakdown of the filmmaker's work: https://theindustry.co/p/adrien-brody-a24-and-a-teacup
THE INDUSTRY NEWS
Deadpool & Wolverine is number one at the box office, currently in week six in theaters, with a global total of $1.2579 bn. That makes it #24 at the box office of all time.
Other top opening earners this weekend include Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid, which made $7.4 M, hitting #4 at the box office. This is a strong opening for a political biopic, with an even snazzier audience score of 98%, driven by conservative viewers. The downsides are the film cost a whopping $25 M, has no international distribution (but will be on Prime), and got a critic's RT score of 20%.
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