As Bob Dylan and Laszlo Tóth, Timothée Chalamet and Adrien Brody depict different, but related trajectories for Jewish artists.

Production designer Judy channeled Adrien Brody's Brutalist architect, László Tóth, for Brady Corbet's 'The Brutalist.'

As with many movies that tell stories that take place over a number years, The Brutalist doesn’t always get the pacing right, and one could argue the ending doesn’t provide a payoff that totally justifies the runtime (you know it’s a little egregious when the film has an intermission).