'The Brutalist' director Brady Corbet has responded to criticism over his use of AI in his Oscar-tipped film. We speak to those fighting for and against the inclusion of AI in film. Artificial intelligence is at the centre of a new controversy facing some of the most-promising Oscar contenders this year after production members of Golden Globe-winners and confirmed it was used in both films to enhance performances.
For the hotly-tipped , editor Dávid Jancsó said that he used AI to perfect lead actors Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ Hungarian dialogue. In , re-recording mixer Cyril Holtz confirmed at Cannes last year that he improved the singing performance of lead actress with AI. director Brady Corbet has .
“Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own,” he said. “Innovative Respeecher technology was used in Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy. No English language was changed.
” Additionally, Corbet clarified that it “was a manual process” done by both film and Respeecher teams meant to “preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or alter them and done with the utmost respect for the craft.” Corbet’s comments have him straddling the battle lines drawn up in recent years over film’s use of AI. In 2023, for the first time since 1960 both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA went on strike simultan.