The large-scale film directed by Brady Corbet “Brutalist” is now on the list of favorites of the main film awards of the season and has already received three Golden Globes.. But her Oscar nomination is in doubt.

According to ITC, the reason may be the use of artificial intelligence in creating the picture.. In 2023, Hollywood screenwriters and actors held a large-scale strike against the use of AI technologies in films, which resulted in their restriction in film production. However, the authors of “Brutalist” still used the help of neural networks.

The film tells the story of the architect Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian Jew who survived the Holocaust and moved to the United States.. For many years he has been implementing an ambitious project, which leads to irreparable consequences. The main character is played by Adrien Brody. The actor also has Hungarian roots, but he does not speak his native language. To correct his accent in some scenes, the authors of the film used the tool of the Ukrainian AI startup Respeecher.

The film's editor, David Janczo, spoke about this.. " Even with Adriene’s Hungarian origin (Brody’s mother is a Hungarian refugee who emigrated to the United States in 1956), it’s not so simple. It is an extremely unique language,” explained Jancso.

He also added that Brody and his co-star Felicity Jones were specially trained to pronounce Hungarian words. But the goal of the authors of " And for this they needed the help of artificial intelligence in post-production.

In addition, AI helped create the image for the final picture. Drawings of buildings were developed with the participation of the Midjourney neural network. However, then the artist worked on them in order to stylize them well..

With the announcement of Oscar nominations now delayed, the debate over whether Brutalist would be appropriate to include in the list continues. Some observers believe the use of AI could hurt its chances at the film awards..

" " There's nothing in the film that hasn't been done before using artificial intelligence.. It just speeds up the process. We use this technology to reproduce small details that we didn't have enough money or time for,"

Note that work on “Brutalist” continued for seven years. It premiered at last year's Venice Film Festival, and at the end of the film, the audience applauded for 13 minutes, such was the impression the film made on them.

“Brutalist” will be released in Ukrainian theaters on February 20.