Don't You Want Some Good F***ing Food?: On The Brutalist

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Overture

There’s a moment in The Brutalist that I cannot get out of my head.

Over an hour into the film, architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) is having a conversation with wealthy American benefactor Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), who has invited László to a party at his estate to discuss a major, multi-pronged construction project he is looking to …