The sources

Chapter 8. The Water Downstream

7 sources behind this chapter. Each one carries a note on what it is doing in the argument.

The chapter itself, for readers of the book

1. The 4th Industrial Revolution: Artificial Intelligence in Film Post Production and the Impact on the Creative Economy

   Starkey, Richard MFA research report, AFDA Cape Town, 2020

   Directly cited in Chapters 7, 8 and 16. Its broken junior-development pipeline informed Chapter 24 during development, but that prose block was removed; retained under Other Sources as supporting background.

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   Starkey, Richard. The 4th Industrial Revolution: Artificial Intelligence in Film Post Production and the Impact on the Creative Economy. MFA research report, AFDA Cape Town, 2020.

2. The Brutalist director Brady Corbet responds to AI backlash

   The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter (syndicated via Yahoo), March 2025

   The book uses the dispute around The Brutalist to ask what happens when an invisible technical intervention reaches into a performance audiences believed was wholly human.

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   The Hollywood Reporter. 'The Brutalist director Brady Corbet responds to AI backlash.' March 2025. (Editor David Jancso's Respeecher disclosure; Corbet's clarification.)

3. ‘The Brutalist’ Director Brady Corbet Says Use of AI in Post Was for ‘Hungarian Language Dialogue Editing Only’; Filmmaker Asserts Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ ‘Performances Are Completely Their Own’

   D’Alessandro, Anthony, and Natalie Oganesyan Deadline, 20 January 2025

   Brady Corbet’s clarification narrows the claim: AI was used to refine Hungarian-language dialogue, while the actors’ performances remained their own.

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   D’Alessandro, Anthony, and Natalie Oganesyan. ‘“The Brutalist” Director Brady Corbet Says Use of AI in Post Was for “Hungarian Language Dialogue Editing Only”; Filmmaker Asserts Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ “Performances Are Completely Their Own”.’ Deadline, 20 January 2025. Syndicated by Yahoo.

4. ‘The Brutalist’ editor confirms use of AI to help with Hungarian accents

   Hardman, Lily Far Out Magazine, 20 January 2025

   David Jancso’s account of using Respeecher on Hungarian dialogue in The Brutalist, which started the public argument about where technical correction ends and performance begins.

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   Hardman, Lily. ‘“The Brutalist” editor confirms use of AI to help with Hungarian accents.’ Far Out Magazine, 20 January 2025.

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