The Brutalist Director Clarifies Use of AI in Post Production for the Stars’ Accents

Epic period drama The Brutalist had a positive reception and has received a series of important award nominations and other accolades. It’s also one of the films expected to gain several nominations at the upcoming Academy Award ceremony, which is set to reveal the nominations on Jan. 23.

The three-time Golden Globe-winning film has also reportedly used artificial intelligence in post-production. However, although the use of AI in the entertainment industry is often a no-no, as it often leads to eliminating jobs, this wasn’t the case for the film. Per Deadline, director Brad Corbet highlighted the use of AI was only for refining the Hungarian dialogue, and it featured a manual process.

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“Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own,” Brady Corbet clarified in a statement. “They worked for months with dialect coach Tanera Marshall to perfect their accents.”

The Brutalist is a film about human complexity, and every aspect of its creation was driven by human effort, creativity, and collaboration.

He explained, “Innovative Respeecher technology was used in Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy. No English language was changed. This was a manual process, done by our sound team and Respeecher in post-production.”

Corbet continued, “The aim was to preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or alter them and done with the utmost respect for the craft.”

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The critically acclaimed director further highlighted that they used AI to conjure a series of architectural blueprints for the film’s closing scene. “Judy Becker and her team did not use AI to create or render any of the buildings. All images were hand-drawn by artists. To clarify, in the memorial video featured in the background of a shot, our editorial team created pictures intentionally designed to look like poor digital renderings circa 1980.”

The director concluded, “The Brutalist is a film about human complexity, and every aspect of its creation was driven by human effort, creativity, and collaboration. We are incredibly proud of our team and what they’ve accomplished here.”

The Brutalist’s editor Dávid Jancsó told RedShark News that the two actors’ pronunciation of the “difficult” language was amazing, but that they wanted all to be perfect “so that not even locals will spot the difference.”

About the use of AI, Jancsó explained that, “It is controversial in the industry to talk about AI, but it shouldn’t be. We should be having a very open discussion about what tools AI can provide us with. There’s nothing in the film using AI that hasn’t been done before. It just makes the process a lot faster. We use AI to create these tiny little details that we didn’t have the money or the time to shoot.”

The Brutalist Is an Awards Favorite

The movie was filmed in Hungary and was independently financed with a limited budget of under $10 million. A24 picked up the film for distribution in the U.S., and the movie was released on Dec. 20, 2024. Internationally, Universal Pictures and Focus Features will release the film on Jan. 24, 2025. The Brutalist follows Adrien Brody’s László Tóth. The official logline describes him as “a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and immigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy client changes his life.”

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The Brutalist received stellar reviews and currently boasts a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, paired with the expected Certified Fresh badge. The audience also shared positive reviews for the 215-minute-long film, reaching an approval rating of 83% on the Popcornmeter.

So far, The Brutalist has received many important nominations, including at the BAFTA Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, the SAG Awards, and more, and won three Golden Globes, including Best Drama, Best Director, and Best Lead Male Actor.

Source: Deadline, RedShark News

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The Brutalist

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Drama

Director Brady Corbet

Release Date December 20, 2024

Cast Adrien Brody , Guy Pearce , Felicity Jones , Joe Alwyn , Raffey Cassidy , Stacy Martin , Emma Laird , Isaach De Bankole , Alessandro Nivola , Michael Epp , Jonathan Hyde , Peter Polycarpou , Salvatore Sansone , Ariane Labed , Jeremy Wheeler , Jaymes Butler , Matt Devere , Natalie Shinnick , Stephen Saracco , Peter Linka , Robert Jackson

Writers Brady Corbet , Mona Fastvold

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