“Unveiling the Allure: Why Brutalism Captivates Yet Confounds Modern Design”
Well, Laszlo is TRYING TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA. Readers will follow characters who are TRYING TO BECOME BETTER. I learned this lesson in both American Beauty and Goodfellas. We like watching characters improve. We liked watching Lester Burnham try to become the best version of himself. We liked watching Henry Hill make his way up the mafia ladder.
When we like somebody, we want to see them do well. So we love watching them improve. We love when Laszlo gets that first job with Van Buren.
Once he finishes the room and it makes the magazines, Van Buren hires him to design and construct the building on his property. This happens about 90 minutes into the movie and it creates the most traditional feature of the script – a concrete goal that must be achieved.