{"id":36720,"date":"2024-12-27T07:19:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/?p=36720"},"modified":"2024-12-27T07:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:19:44","slug":"southcoast-wonders-brutalism-stars-in-one-of-2024s-best-films-where-can-you-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/southcoast-wonders-brutalism-stars-in-one-of-2024s-best-films-where-can-you-see-it\/","title":{"rendered":"SouthCoast Wonders: Brutalism stars in one of 2024’s best films. Where can you see it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dan Medeiros<\/a>, The Herald News
Published December 25, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of 2024’s most praised movies, and a likely contender for the Oscars in 2025, wasn’t shot or even set in Fall River \u2014 but it has an interesting connection to our area that you may see everyday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brady Corbet\u2019s \u201cThe Brutalist\u201d<\/a> is being called a modern masterpiece, the epic story of a Holocaust survivor and architect (Adrien Brody) who flees to the United States and struggles to achieve the American dream.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/em> reviewer Brian Truitt<\/a> called the 3.5-hour saga \u201cbrilliant\u201d and \u201c2024\u2019s best movie,\u201d with many other critics and audiences in agreement; it\u2019s been nominated for seven Golden Globes, including Best Drama<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SouthCoast has a few examples of Brutalist architecture, some very prominent. Let\u2019s take a look: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Brutalism and Brutalist architecture? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a style of architecture that first became prominent after World War II in Europe, usually\u00a0categorized by unpainted concrete formed into rigid geometric shapes that emphasize simple function over beauty<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the word \u201cbrutalist\u201d comes from the French term\u00a0b\u00e9ton brut<\/em>, or raw concrete. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite how it looks, the massive, hulking buildings of Brutalism were actually meant to be inspiring, in a socialist utopia kind of way. It maybe also reflected the weariness people felt rebuilding cities blown to pieces by the most horrific war imaginable. The style was also meant to reflect honesty \u2014 instead of covering buildings with supposedly \u201cunnecessary\u201d decoration, Brutalism was straightforward and plain.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The movement gained prominence in the architecture world in the 1960s and into the 1970s, but fell out of favor \u2014 partially because it\u2019s not conventionally \u201cpretty,\u201d and partially because Brutalist buildings were often uncomfortable and hard to maintain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is ‘The Brutalist’ about? Is it real?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s the story of L\u00e1szl\u00f3 T\u00f3th<\/a>, a Hungarian Jewish architect who immigrates to America. Actor Guy Pearce plays Harrison Lee Van Buren, a rich industrialist who hires, then exploits T\u00f3th. It is fiction, inspired by the lives of real people in the Brutalist movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ MORE HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a style of architecture that first became prominent after World War II in Europe, usually\u00a0categorized by unpainted concrete formed into rigid geometric shapes that emphasize simple function over beauty. Where can you see examples of Brutalist architecture in Fall River?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36724,"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36720\/revisions\/36724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivafallriver.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}