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The Brutalist (2024) is an instant masterpiece. 

To reduce it to themes here would be a disservice.

I'll offer a brief reflection instead. Have you ever wondered how great artists see the world?  Do you sometimes find yourself drawn to certain museums – not necessarily because of their contents, but because you have a longing to be in some space that was created – its light, proportions, materials? What does one ever *do* with one's great suffering?

As I left the show, somehow seeing sunny New York in a more cinematic frame, I overheard more than a couple people who seemed to greatly dislike the film. I found their reasons too trivial to be repeated, and for a split second I cared.

But there was a kind of jubilation in realizing something that has been dawning on me – that an artist's work being *hated* by some is among the signs that we have something great on our hands.  There's something like a Contrarian's Paradox in art, too, and it is a pleasure to embrace it.

Haven't seen it yet but based on the soundtrack I'm very very excited

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my gf and i are seeing later this week too!

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Let me know what you think! (both Matthews)