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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
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.
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Can’t wait to check it out
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