The term "brute realism" is correct and usable in written English.
It is generally used to refer to a philosophical worldview which emphasizes strict adherence to facts and rational thinking without regard for abstract considerations or emotions. For example, "The politician advocated a strong policy of brute realism, recognizing the harsh realities of the world without allowing his own feelings to cloud his judgement."
Climate science enforces a certain brute realism.
Debut director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy is already a master of long takes and complex crowd choreography, and manages to juggle brute realism, dry comedy and a potent streak of eroticism.
Shooting his battered hero mainly in trudging, hand-held tracking shots, Mr. Aronofsky, whose earlier movies include the brain-teasing "Pi" and the swooning, fantastical, unwatchable "Fountain," here makes a convincing show of brute realism.
The presence of legendary pulp scribbler Jim Thompson as co-screenwriter probably ensured this level of coruscating cynicism and brute realism, and the stark visuals surely hark back to Kubrick's experiences as a news photographer.
One of the remarkable things about this novel is how Mr. Whitehead found an elastic voice that accommodates both brute realism and fablelike allegory, the plain-spoken and the poetic — a voice that enables him to convey the historical horrors of slavery with raw, shocking power.
It adds a savage realism that even Caravaggio never thought of – it would take two women to kill this brute.
"We were into brute, nasty realism and industrial-strength sounds and beats," Casale said.
If they think of him at all, people think of Clarke as a maker of brute social realism.
Then there's brute pragmatism.
This juxtaposition of fable and brute history tells us right from the start that we're in the realm of magic realism, and the story's tension, or lack thereof, between magic and realism is an indication of both the ambition and the shortcomings of this ultimately frustrating novel.
Colson Whitehead's new novel explores with brute realism and fablelike allegory a network of black and white activists who helped slaves escape to freedom.
