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00:00With a total of 10 nominations,
00:02El Brutalista Cinefilos is without a doubt
00:04one of the most interesting and complete movies
00:07that we have in this competition.
00:09And in this video, I would like you to accompany me
00:11to be able to take you by the hand
00:13to hear the words of its protagonist,
00:16Adrien Broody,
00:17who has to say not only about the film,
00:20but about cinema as an art
00:22and his own experience through the years
00:25with this complicated industry that is Hollywood.
00:28Join me.
00:30Don't worry.
01:00but also the faint hope
01:02to root in a land
01:04that is still alien to him.
01:06As if with each stroke and structure,
01:09he will try to build a place
01:11to which one day he can call home.
01:14Its protagonist, Adrien Broody,
01:16born in New York in 1973,
01:19has built a career marked
01:20by his versatility and acting depth.
01:23Of Polish descent by his father
01:26and Hungarian-Jewish by his mother,
01:28Broody became the youngest actor
01:31to win the Oscar for Best Actor for The Pianist,
01:33an interpretation that consecrated him
01:35as one of the most talented actors of his generation.
01:38Throughout his career, he has explored drama,
01:40genre film and independent art.
01:42And now, with his new nomination for The Brutalist,
01:45he reaffirms his ability
01:47to play complex and emotionally devastating characters,
01:50proving that he is still
01:52one of the most magnetic presences
01:54of contemporary cinema.
01:56And thinking about how art impacts our day-to-day,
01:59I wanted to ask Adrien Broody
02:01how cinema has impacted him,
02:04how he has managed to change his life,
02:06transform it beyond seeing it,
02:08of course, as his job.
02:10This film made me realize
02:12how some people may just, like, see a building
02:15while others uncover, like, a life story
02:18within its walls.
02:19How some people may just watch a movie
02:23while others find purpose and identity in the story.
02:26Beyond being your profession,
02:28what does cinema mean to you?
02:30How has it shaped your life
02:32beyond, like, just the work itself?
02:35Well, thank you for that.
02:36I mean, the beauty of art is it's subjective.
02:40You can interpret things in a way
02:43that may affect you profoundly
02:45and it may or may not affect another individual
02:49in the same way.
02:50And partially that happens from your own experiences,
02:53your own sensitivity to certain things,
02:56or your own sensitivity in general
02:58that makes you more receptive to creativity
03:02and respectful of what is given
03:05and the gift of that.
03:08I think the beauty of cinema is it's permanent.
03:11So much like an architectural achievement,
03:14a film is an indelible, complete work.
03:18And that lives on beyond our years.
03:21It's not like a performance in a play
03:24that is very interesting
03:26and a shared communal experience,
03:29but then lost beyond that moment,
03:32except in the memories of the people that shared that.
03:35There's responsibility in doing work on film
03:38because of that nature
03:41and the kind of films that I hope to be able to do
03:44in my lifetime and to really do work
03:49that feels significant
03:52and has some lasting benefit to audiences
03:58beyond merely entertainment value.
04:14So, when you were starting your acting career,
04:17did you ever feel like you didn't belong?
04:20And if so, how did you manage to overcome that?
04:23It's a lovely question.
04:24I started very young.
04:26I started working professionally at the age of 12
04:30and started taking acting lessons by 11 or so.
04:33And before I was an actor, I was a magician.
04:36I fell in love with magic.
04:38And I think that gave me an introduction
04:39into performing and acting.
04:41I fell in love with magic,
04:42and I think that gave me an introduction into performance.
04:46But I always feel very fortunate
04:47because I began prior to adolescence
04:52and prior to all of the self-doubt
04:56that comes as a teenager and all the shifts
04:59and as we become adults
05:02and begin to take on all the pressures of society.
05:08There's a lot of freedom of spirit and imagination
05:12in our youth that we lose.
05:15And I think it opened a door
05:19to finding purpose for that,
05:23a confidence in keeping that open, so to speak,
05:27that I wasn't encumbered by the self-doubt
05:31that comes in your later teens
05:36when you're changing and less comfortable.
05:39And so I'm very grateful for that.
05:43And acting, not as a profession,
05:46but as an experience and something to connect to,
05:50has always come very easy to me.
05:52And it's something that I love.
05:56I'm always very receptive
05:59to all the beautiful individual traits and human nature.
06:06I was always kind of absorbing that throughout my years,
06:09even in drama school.
06:11The beauty of acting is you can infuse
06:15all of these things from different people
06:17and yourself and your family members,
06:20compile them and mold them into a cohesive character.
06:24And that is something that I've always loved
06:26and gravitated towards.
06:28So, yeah, I've always felt like there's great purpose in it.
06:33The hardship is working in a profession
06:36that is, first of all, very competitive,
06:39and there's not enough brilliant work available.
06:44And if you strive to find great work
06:48and have it accessible,
06:49you really have to fight through
06:53a lot of other stuff within that.
07:10Thank you so much.
07:11And I'm definitely rooting for you for the Oscar.
07:14Let's take it home.
07:15Congratulations.
07:16Thank you so much.
07:53I'll see you in the next video.
07:54I remind you that you can follow us on our social media
07:56like at outoffocuslatam
07:58and also on my personal account at gabymesa8.
08:02Thank you so much for watching this video
08:04and, of course, wait for my Brutalist Criticism very soon.
08:08My name is Gaby Mesa with a Z.
08:10Goodbye!
08:23you