beautifully put, and i've def been guilty of blocking my own view of the whole artifact through pure literalism or symbolism. sometimes a cigar is a cigar AND a penis
Most films are better interpreted via the direct text rather than metaphor... but The Brutalist is not most films. It's not interested in realism or accuracy to the period. The rape scene isn't any kind of natural character development, and Corbet is so uninterested in Laszlo's reaction to it that we never see him discuss it, and instead his wife gets the scene of confrontation. Corbet has deliberately made a film heavy on messages to the audience, hence him confirming that he agrees with Zsofia's quoting of Lazslo on the destination rather than journey being what matters.
what is it about the rape scene that makes it not “natural character development”? is it an unrealistic thing for van buren to do? what makes it “unnatural”? as i said, quotes from corbet don’t impact how i read the film whatsoever
From what I've read, audiences largely see it as coming out of left field. And, yes, it's an unrealistic thing for Van Buren to do. He has put an enormous amount of money into this project with Lazslo, smoothed over conflicts between Lazslo and others working on the project, dealt with that train derailment which disrupted it for a long time, and now that things are back on track he's going to risk Lazslo's further participation in the project like that? We see later in the film that he's unprepared to deal with any reveal of what he's done.
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beautifully put, and i've def been guilty of blocking my own view of the whole artifact through pure literalism or symbolism. sometimes a cigar is a cigar AND a penis
I loved reading this, thank you for sharing! It’s scary to stare down the barrel of the truth that a rape is a rape is a rape.
Most films are better interpreted via the direct text rather than metaphor... but The Brutalist is not most films. It's not interested in realism or accuracy to the period. The rape scene isn't any kind of natural character development, and Corbet is so uninterested in Laszlo's reaction to it that we never see him discuss it, and instead his wife gets the scene of confrontation. Corbet has deliberately made a film heavy on messages to the audience, hence him confirming that he agrees with Zsofia's quoting of Lazslo on the destination rather than journey being what matters.
what is it about the rape scene that makes it not “natural character development”? is it an unrealistic thing for van buren to do? what makes it “unnatural”? as i said, quotes from corbet don’t impact how i read the film whatsoever
From what I've read, audiences largely see it as coming out of left field. And, yes, it's an unrealistic thing for Van Buren to do. He has put an enormous amount of money into this project with Lazslo, smoothed over conflicts between Lazslo and others working on the project, dealt with that train derailment which disrupted it for a long time, and now that things are back on track he's going to risk Lazslo's further participation in the project like that? We see later in the film that he's unprepared to deal with any reveal of what he's done.
well i dont believe rapists are always rational about what they do…. but it’s clear we’re just gonna disagree on that!
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You’re so right about everything keep writing forever
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You finish writing this article. You press post. What’s that noise? You look around. It’s me, standing a slightly awkward number of meters away, giving you an aggressive standing ovation.
Good read, rly thoughtful, thank you for sharing it!