Everyone is hungry for something in "Burning," the new film from South Korean master Lee Based loosely on Haruki Murakami's short story Barn Burning, "Burning" is Lee's first film in eight years. Burning movie reviews & Metacritic score: The difficult life of Jongsu (Ah-in Yoo), a frustrated introvert, is complicated by the appearance of two people in. How much is OK to show in movies?
The cinematography is gorgeous, the thematic content is subversive and the atmosphere is suffocating. Where I feel this film falters is the characters. Burning starts like a romance in the manner of The Talented Mr.
Ripley as poor boy Jongsu, an aspiring writer played by Yoo Ah-in, falls under the spell of Haemi (Jun. Lee Chang-dong's new film paints a deft and intimate portrait of a young generation beset by economic desperation. South Korean thriller Burning is a slow-boil stunner, with a standout Steven Yeun: EW review. Burning is a superior thriller with a double edge - a film that's about a doomed romantic obsession and also a social critique that lays. Burning, the latest film by Lee Chang-Dong, is surprisingly devoid of fire. (This review is spoiler free) While watching this film, I thought of a great Rossinian Crescendo. It is a movie that builds and builds.
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Soon, Jong-su is wondering if they're more than friends. It's just the first mystery in a movie rich in teasing ambiguities and possible lies. It is directed by Lee Chang-dong.
The Movie stars Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, and Jeon Jong-seo. Burning is a slow burn, but never boring. This film is visually stunning and it makes you think. Movies made by auteur directors with a very arthouse sensibility, that happen to be genre movies.