Burning

Patient. Dark. Gritty. Intense. Lee Chang-dong delivers an enthralling drama mystery that'll leave you feeling broken inside, but also with so many questions. Steven Yeun is deliciously good in this.

It's not brilliant, or anywhere near as good as the critics think it is. Kind of one of those films that if it was shot in London / NY with English dialogue, probably a 7 or 8 out of 10 job at best. But it's South Korean and sub-titled, so gets an additional score from the critics. But hey, it's a decent film. A little bit draggy at times. Leaves quite a lot of questions unanswered. But worth a watch.

the best directed South Korean movie I've seen. I really expected and hoped it would've become more of a "thriller" about halfway through. My only criticism is I think they waited too long for the ending climax instead of basing an entire act & tone to it. the director is brilliant, it's beautifully shot & I'd love to see him make a Thriller like Midsommar or Psycho.

Ostensibly this is three kinds of movies in one (a character study, a mystery, and a revenge thriller) and yet each of these classifications fail to adequately describe all or even part of "Burning" as Chang-dong Lee continually undermines or subverts your expectations. It's a haunting enigma

In this motion picture, Burning, 2018 film...there are many good scripts to show how Yoo Ah-in loves his girlfriend, Jeon Jong-seo, her feature debut...and a villain, Steven Yeun, a Korean American has a wonderful performances...

Elegantissimo film in cui, grazie alla grande qualità della sceneggiatura tratta da un saggio breve di Murakami, nonostante i ritmi lenti e i pochi dialoghi, l'attenzione resta altissima e il desiderio di conoscere il destino dei personaggi aumenta con il passare dei minuti. Curioso ed originale è l'aspetto per cui numerosi elementi del film restano dubbiosi, senza una spiegazione definitiva che dia certezza, con una cura maniacale nel restare enigmatico nel racconto. Una menzione speciale va naturalmente alla sequenza che spacca in due la pellicola. Una scena onirica, in cui i colori del tramonto si mescolano con la povertà della campagna coreana e con la bellissima protagonista che si spoglia letteralmente e metaforicamente per dare vita ad un ballo allucinogeno e di una bellezza strabiliante; per poi lasciare spazio ai due caratteri maschili e alla conversazione più importante del film, che risulterà però chiara veramente solo dopo l'epilogo; perchè "la serra da bruciare è molto, molto vicina".

One of the most appallingly overindulgent and meandering films I have seen. It embodies all of the negative stereotypes associated with "art" films.

Cinematography of Burning, take the audience to a visually stunning journey. While the countryside is more calm, city life gives more chills. Speaking of chills, narrative suddenly shifts and voila its a thriller. Yet, thriller never becomes the main theme. Director, wittily manages to keep this theme very low key. This not only gives depth to the story but also makes audience to keep a distance to judge every action. Despite these liberating artistic decisions, director is following up Haruki Murakami's patriarchal language that sadly overshadows what cinematography actually was achieving.

Full of tension yet still so subtle. It leaves lots of up to interpretation and has an extremely grounded feel to it. Incredible performances, gorgeous cinematography and scenery. Yoo Ah-in did a phenomenal job as the lead role. I loved the narration. The slow pacing left me time to sponge up all the emotion and beauty that was captured on screen.

It starts quite slowly but the really captivated me and left and left me with an feeling for days afterwards