‘The Brutalist’ Review: Brady Corbet Delivers A Masterful Period Epic For The Ages [Venice]
Matter and antimatter in contact will annihilate each other, leaving in its place pure energy. Still, millions of years ago, a particle of a billion managed to survive this frantic exchange of uncontained energy—an inconceivably small fraction of matter that would become responsible for creating life on Earth. Brady Corbet’s period epic “The Brutalist” understands that utter and complete annihilation can, almost miraculously, leave in its place not emptiness but a product of such magnitude the simple mind cannot begin to comprehend it.