The Brutalist, a historical fiction film set in Europe during the rise of antisemitism, utilizes AI technology in both its dialogue editing and pre-production design process. While actors meticulously honed their Hungarian accents, AI was employed to further refine the authenticity of the spoken language. In pre-production, AI-generated images served as a starting point for the film's architectural designs.
The Brutalist , a historical fiction epic directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Adrien Brody , has generated significant buzz among film enthusiasts. The film, currently in theaters, has already garnered three Golden Globe awards and is notable for its use of VistaVision, a large-format film process rarely employed since the 1960s. Beyond its technical achievements, The Brutalist also utilizes cutting-edge AI technology in its post-production process.
The film chronicles the life story of László Toth, a fictional Hungarian-born Jewish architect who flees Europe during the rise of antisemitism. While actors Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones worked with dialect coach Tanera Marshall to master their Hungarian accents, AI was subsequently used to refine certain vowel sounds and letters for greater authenticity. Director Lanthimos explained that the Respeecher technology was employed solely on Hungarian dialogue, with no alterations made to the English language. This process, he emphasized, aimed to enhance the actors' performances rather than replace them, and was executed with utmost respect for the craft.Further utilizing AI, generative technology was reportedly used to create architectural blueprints featured in one of the film's final sequences, although Lanthimos clarifies that these images were intentionally designed to resemble low-resolution digital renderings from the 1980s. The film's architecture consultant, Judy Becker, confirmed that no AI was used in the creation or rendering of the buildings themselves, which were meticulously hand-drawn by artists. However, during the pre-production phase, architecture consultant Griffin Frazen reportedly used Midjourney, an AI image generator, to rapidly produce a number of Brutalist-style structures. These initial concepts were then refined and redrawn by an illustrator to create the unique buildings seen in the film.
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