Oscars best picture frontrunner "The Brutalist" used AI to improve Adrien Brody's accent. Director Brady Corbet responded to the backlash.
When movie editor Dávid Jancsó admitted that he had used AI to change some elements of actors’ voices in “The Brutalist,” he sparked an impassioned online debate about the impact of technology on the arts.
"Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own," says Corbet, after details emerged on how AI technology was used in the editing of the actors' scenes spoken in Hungarian.
Brady Corbet's critically claimed film elicited backlash after the editor said that artificial intelligence had been used.
The A24 film is under fire after editor Dávid Jancsó revealed an AI tool was used to perfect the actors' Hungarian dialect.
Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’s Hungarian dialogue in The Brutalist was enhanced using AI tools, according to the film’s editor Dávid Jancsó. “I am a native Hungarian speaker and I know that it is one of the most difficult languages to learn to pronounce,
Movies like The Brutalist and Emilia Perez feature AI voice cloning performances that should disqualify them from the Oscars.
The Brutalist caused a stir on social media after the Adrien Brody film's use of AI was revealed, calling for an Oscars snub.
The use of artificial intelligence in the Oscar-tipped epic has launched a fresh debate over its applications in the film industry
Fans correlate Sebastian Stan's seemingly disappointed look to the AI discourse surrounding Adrien Brody's The Brutalist.
The Brutalist won three Golden Globe Awards and is one of the top contenders for the Best Pictures prize at Oscars 2025.