Brady Corbet's Extreme Cinema for Extreme Times
'The Brutalist' writer/director Brady Corbet shares 5 films for challenging times.
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Director Elem KlimovStars Aleksey Kravchenko Olga Mironova Liubomiras LauceviciusAfter finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II."A masterpiece seared into the collective memory."
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Director Pier Paolo PasoliniStars Paolo Bonacelli Giorgio Cataldi Uberto Paolo QuintavalleIn World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of torture."One of the greatest films ever made on the subject of fascism. I watch it nearly every year and remain fascinated, repulsed, transfixed. It’s a miracle that it exists."
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Director Gerald KarglStars Erwin Leder Robert Hunger-Bühler Silvia RyderA troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house."One of the most influential films of all time was by a visionary first time director, Gerald Kargl. This was Kargl’s first and last film to my knowledge but sometimes one is enough."
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Director Claire DenisStars Vincent Gallo Tricia Vessey Béatrice DalleTwo American newlyweds in Paris experience a love so strong, it almost devours them."An addictive, intoxicating and sensual film. So romantic, violent — just exquisite work from one of our greatest living filmmakers."
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Directors Andrzej Munk Witold LesiewiczStars Aleksandra Slaska Anna Ciepielewska Jan KreczmarWhile aboard a transatlantic passenger ship, a German woman, Liza, notices someone who looks like Marta, a former inmate at Auschwitz, where Liza used to be a guard."Andrzej Munk died before completing the film so it remains underseen. The most powerful narrative film I’ve ever seen on the camps."
