Movie Director Stands By AI Use in The Brutalist

Director Brady Corbet is speaking up about the use of AI in his film "The Brutalist, " which has sparked a lot of debate. The movie stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, who worked hard to perfect their Hungarian accents with the help of a dialect coach. To fine-tune their accents further, the filmmakers used a special technology called Respeecher. This tool was only used to tweak certain sounds in the Hungarian language, not in English. Corbet clarified that this process was done by hand in post-production, with great respect for the actors' performances.

As for the visuals, Corbet assured that no AI was involved in creating or rendering the buildings seen in the film. Instead, artists drew them by hand. However, a memorial video in the background was designed to look like pixelated 1980s computer graphics. Corbet emphasized that "The Brutalist" is all about human effort and creativity, highlighting the team's hard work. The controversy began after editor Dávid Jancsó revealed that AI was used in the film. Jancsó stressed the importance of discussing the tools AI offers, pointing out that it just speeds up the process and adds details that might otherwise be missed due to time or budget constraints.

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