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Best Movie Scenes of 2024: ‘Dune 2’ Sandworms, ‘Wicked’ Ozdust Ballroom and More
Breaking down favorite scenes from the 2024 Oscar contenders, including "Emilia Perez," "The Substance, "Nickel Boys," "A Complete Unknown" and more.
The Brutalist A24Immediately prior to receiving his commission to build an ambitious community center, László Tóth (Adrien Brody) participates in a “stimulating” conversation with his future benefactor, industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), where via personal anecdotes, the two men inadvertently lay out their competing but somehow complementary world views. For László, the endurance of his designs in the midst of unimaginable loss is a defiant testament to the perseverance of the human spirit; for Van Buren, a sniveling request from estranged relatives offers him an opportunity to showcase his success and punish those he considers insufficiently impressed by it. It’s an almost surreal, Buñel-esque scene, with the corrupt swells of society sipping champagne as Emilia delivers a speech and Rita raps (the chorus is quite catchy), dancing around the ballroom and on tables, exposing the hypocrisy on display with righteous anger, clad in a gorgeous, blood-red velvet suit.
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