‘The Aim Was To…’: Director Brady Corbet Reflects On Accusation Of Using AI On Dialogues Of The Brutalist

Director Brady Corbet, known for his Brutalist style, ponders over allegations that artificial intelligence was employed in crafting the film’s dialogue. This critically lauded movie has made a significant impact this year, with Adrien Brody earning a Golden Globes award for his portrayal of Lazslo Toth.

For several years now, a number of films and television series within the entertainment industry have faced criticism for employing AI during production. Yet, director Corbet maintains that the acting skills displayed by Brody and Felicity Jones in this particular movie were entirely due to their own dedication and effort.

According to comments made to Entertainment Weekly, the director noted that Adrien and Felicity developed unique performances all their own. For several months, they studied and practiced their dialect under the guidance of a coach who assisted them in mastering the Hungarian language.

In his continuation, Corbet highlighted that the Innovation Respeecher tech was employed for maintaining the precision of the conversations.

As a devoted follower, I’d like to share that the filmmaking process involved our sound team and Respeecher in post-production to manually create an alternative language version of Adrien and Felicity’s performances. The goal was to maintain the authenticity of their performances in this new language, not to overwrite or alter them, and we did so with utmost respect for the artistry involved.

In the aftermath of the 2023 writers’ strike, various artists within the industry have faced criticism due to their adoption of AI tools as a means of reducing costs and simplifying production processes during content creation.

The director further explained that Judy Becker and her team did not employ AI for creating or rendering any buildings shown in their work. He added that all images were meticulously drawn by hand, not digitally generated. To make things clearer, he mentioned that the images appearing in the memorial video background deliberately mimicked low-quality digital renderings from the 1980s, created by the editorial team.

Subsequently, the director provided an explanation after it was disclosed by editor David Jancso to Red Shark News that artificial intelligence was employed for editing the Hungarian dialogues through video technology.

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2025-01-21 18:52