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Brady Corbet did not expect to take the Golden Globes stage twice on Sunday night, winning for both Best Director and Best Motion Picture – Drama for “The Brutalist.” But in his second of two speeches, he stepped away from his prepared remarks and took the moment to champion the work of all directors and make a plea for studios to entrust filmmakers with more control.
“Final cut tiebreak goes to the director,” Corbet said. “That’s sort of a controversial statement. It shouldn’t be. It shouldn’t be controversial at all.”
Corbet said that his post-WWII saga depended on the work of his producers who saw it through, even as it “kept falling apart.” And he made a plea for studios to take more chances even on unlikely stories like his.
“I was told this film was un-distributable. I was told no one would come see it. I was told the film wouldn’t work,” Corbet said. “I don’t resent that, but I want to use this as an opportunity to lift up, when filmmakers, not just my fellow nominees but all the extraordinary directors in the room; films don’t exist without the filmmakers. Please let’s support them. Let’s prop them up. No one was asking for a three and a half hour film about a mid-century designer — on 70mm — but it works! So just please think about it.”
“The Brutalist” dominated the Golden Globes in the Drama categories, winning three prizes (behind “Emilia Perez” in the Musical or Comedy category with four), including for Best Actor Adrien Brody. But the three and a half hour film (with intermission baked in) about the Hungarian architect who fled Europe in 1947 was no doubt a risk for distributor A24. Its Golden Globe victory should be the boost it needs as it approaches the Oscars and expands wider at the box office.
Earlier in the evening Corbet acknowledged that “The Brutalist” had “the odds stacked against it,” during his acceptance speech for Best Director. He also gave a tribute to Aubrey Plaza and her family after the news of the death of her husband Jeff Baena over the weekend.
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