Adrien Brody Explains Why ‘The Brutalist’ “Needs An Intermission”

As Adrien Brody ‘s post-WWII epic prepares to make its world premiere, the Lido audience is in for quite an onscreen journey.

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The Academy Award winner defended the 215-minute runtime of his upcoming movie The Brutalist , premiering Sunday at the Venice Film Festival , as he also prepares to make his London stage debut in The Fear of 13 .

“The funny thing, which just occurred to me yesterday, is I’m here in London preparing to do a play with no intermission,” he told Vanity Fair . “And I have a movie that needs an intermission. [Laughs] It’s very strange, but I think it gives time to reflect too.

“It’s hard to tell a lifetime in a film. That’s why we have so much episodic content. I think audiences will like the event aspect of this. It’s very exciting to go see a movie and take a little break in between, and talk a little bit about something, and then it’s a new chapter. You come back in. Like, The Godfather —these are movies that had a breadth. It’s a remarkable thing to experience if you’re connected to it,” explained Brody.

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The Brutalist stars Brody as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the United States with his wife Erzsébet ( Felicity Jones ) after surviving the Holocaust. Working through poverty and indignity toward the “American dream,” László lands a life-changing contract with a mysterious wealthy client, Harrison Lee Van Buren ( Guy Pearce ).

Brody praised director Brady Corbet , who co-wrote the script with partner Mona Fastvold , emphasizing that he has “immense trust in him and his vision as a filmmaker.”

Also starring Joe Alwyn , Alessandro Nivola , Jonathan Hyde , Isaach De Bankolé, Raffey Cassidy , Stacy Martin , Emma Laird and Peter Polycarpou, filming kicked off last spring in Hungary.

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