Movie: Burning
Genre: Mystery/Drama
Director: Lee Chang-dong
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo.
Based on: "Barn Burning" by Haruki Murakami
Music by: Mowg
Distributed by: CJ CGV, Camera Film
Release Date: May 16, 2018.
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Duration: 2h 28m
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10.
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A vibrating South Korean masterpiece at the 71st Cannes Festival. For those who are more or less familiar with movies from other countries and languages other than Hollywood movies or English language movies, the South Korean film industry is not unknown to them. It may not have been long before this industry rose to prominence. But in the last one and a half decades, the industry has been able to establish itself in the world court due to its unique and far-sighted artistry.
The South Korean industry is a self-sufficient and distinct film-making industry, which is adept at recognizing its own genre in all genres of cinema. Just as the viewers are shocked when they see the revenge plans of the Koreans in the revenge thriller genre movies, they also want to tear their hair out when they see the mystery thrillers. On the other hand, no other industry seems to be able to make the audience cry more in the romantic genre and laugh in the comedy genre than the Koreans. And the horrors of serial killing and horror genres undefined As much as can be said about brutality, it becomes less. Occasionally, after watching a Korean film, "What do Korean directors eat to make movies?" This question is not absurd, it is very normal. And today I will try to highlight the review of such a Korean film in this event.
Haruki Murakami is a famous Japanese writer. He is known not only in Japan but all over the world for his outstanding writing style and his unique stories. He is an author whose books have been translated into 50 languages, and as a best seller he has been able to take place in the minds of countless book lovers in all corners of the globe. And this famous writer Murakami wrote a short story called 'Burning Burning' in 1993. 'Burning Burning' was one of the 16 stories in his collection of short stories 'The Elephant Vanishes'. Who knew, 25 years after the story was published, a foreign filmmaker would make one of the best movies of that year out of the story. And this is how the story of the movie 'Burning' started.
Virtuous and savvy in the Korean industry undefined The director's anagona is no less desperate. Li Chang Dong is one of them. He has presented all the great movies since 1993 to the world of Korean cinema. If one looks at his movies a little bit or has seen a number of movies directed by him, then one has to understand that his creations are quite different and clear from other movies. As much as the psychological aspects of his films are portrayed in the most subtle way, it is really inadequate for other films. And so, for those who love to see a bit of psychology, mystery or crime in the drama genre mix, Lee's movies are a masterpiece. And the movie 'Burning' is no exception.
3 years ago, on May 17, 2016, the movie 'Beyond' (English name 'Burning') was released at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. The movie received the highest rating of 3.8 / 4 from the critics of Cannes and also won the Fipresci International Critics Award. And since then, not only in Korea, but in the mouths of all movie lovers around the world.
The movie 'Burning' is basically a crime-drama movie. But the funny thing is, at the beginning of the movie you don't even realize that any horrible murder or brutal act can be shown in this movie. The movie basically has three main characters. In fact, apart from these three characters, there is no role for any of the characters in the movie or their presence on the screen is negligible. And the screenwriter Lee Chang Dong has emphasized more than the story of the movie to bring out the development of the character traits and personality of the main characters on the screen. From the beginning to the end of the movie, the viewer will be forced to be in a state of fluctuating in the cycle of attitude, aspiration and loneliness of each character. And who knows, the producer may have made a movie to play a little trick on the mind and brain of the audience, which, though seemingly dreamy from the outside, is an incomparable movie of a story that is rushing at the speed of light of various blows of human needs inside.
Spoiler alert
Talking about the plot of the movie, it is better to say first, this movie is a special event, special undefined It is not a movie that revolves around something or highlights a particular chapter in a person's life.
The story of the movie begins with the hustle and bustle of the life of a young man named Jung-su around a simple day. Surviving the poverty, the unemployed young man worked in a small town called Paju in South Korea for a living. And in this way, one day, like every other day in the frustration of his life, he met a girl whom he had known before. The girl named Hi-Min was originally his neighbor when he was a child. As a result of meeting the two of them for so long, they started spending some time together and began to match with each other the different dreams of their lives, the stories of receiving and not receiving and the different emotions and feelings. And then, that intimacy also led to a physical relationship. Although there were more similarities and differences in their character.
For a while, Jung-su and Hi-Min became obsessed with uniting their two worlds, but in another hut, Hi-Min meets a man named Ben. Ben was the exact opposite of Jung-su. The two of them are just self-centered and repressed undefined Despite the features, the social status was far ahead of that of Ben Jung-su in terms of finances. And when Jung-su, Hai-min and Ben all three entered the same story, the love story of the triangle began.
But did the movie really revolve around the love triangle? Or am I playing hide-and-seek with the readers by suppressing any sad reality inherent in the story of the movie like 'Fishing with conch shells'? To know that, you must be an eyewitness of the movie. Analyzing the three main characters of the movie, one can get a deeper understanding of what the director is trying to convey in the movie.
Because, 'Burning' is a movie in which the characters are given more prominence than the story or accessories. When it comes to the characters, the Jung-su character will come first. This young man named Jung-su is educated but plagued by unemployment. Although he has two eyes on his dream of becoming a writer, he does not hesitate to do any kind of disrespectful work due to hunger. There was a smattering of happiness in the family life of this calm, quiet young man.
His father was a prisoner and his mother ran away from home when he was young. Despite having so many people all over the world, he was poor and lonely. Even in his heart, the desire to get someone as one's own awakens, the desire to get someone as one's 'own' takes root. But his surroundings strongly oppose his wishes. The presence of jealousy in Jung-su's character was also noticed in the sudden arrival of Ben in Hi-Min's life. Ben's luxurious lifestyle and wealth made Jung-suk doubt Hi-Min's existence. And as the story unfolds in the movie, Jung-su's vengeful attitude is seen to manifest.
Then let's talk about the Hi-Min character. The girl named Hi-Min was possessed of a strange character. She would keep everyone around her in a trap of deception, she would not even let herself go. she wanted to immerse herself in a fantasy world where there was hardly any real reality. She was not happy in family life either. And so she loved to keep himself busy with lies. The role of Jung-su and Ben in her life undefined, It was also my responsibility to understand exactly how much it was. She was trying to prove himself happy in front of everyone with her short life, but she was dying of loneliness and neglect. The end result of the Hi-Min character will move the hearts of the viewers a lot.
Finally, let's get to the Ben character. Ben seemed to be a man of mystery from the very beginning. Jung-su or Hi-min had no idea about his past. Like Hi-Min, Ben was also a traveler, but the biggest difference between the two was that one of them would catch the hobbies by himself and the other would have to burn a lot of wood to find them. Apparently, Ben's life was confined to luxury homes, expensive cars, and high-class friends. But is it really so?
Just as Jung-su struggled to understand the closeness of the relationship between Ben and Hi-Min at first, so did Khabi struggle to understand Ben's true nature at the end. Because there was another entity hidden inside Ben, which was revealed to Jung-su at the end of the movie. However, the story behind the creation of such a distorted mentality of Ben is very happy undefined Or any other hard truth, it has not been shown properly.
The success of the name 'Burning' is determined by the audience's own opinion. Personally speaking, the director may have chosen this name in a metaphorical sense because of the story of each character being constantly burned out by himself.
Why watch the movie? Rarely do you find such a perfect combination of mind-blowing background music, eye-catching cinematography and the character's internal strife. But not everyone will like the movie. To many, the movie may seem a bit slow and the story may seem simple. But for those who are accustomed to watching all kinds of movies and looking for the impression of artistry in the movie, the movie is supposed to be quite good. The movie has some great natural scenes. The reddish color of the sky will gently touch your mind. And at 1 hour and 6 minutes of high-min, there is a dance that makes the mind uplifted. With Hi-Min for those few minutes, you too will be lost in another world. 'Burning' for Korean movie lovers undefined The movie is like a gem. And for moviegoers in other industries, "burning" may be a good measure of the value of Korean cinema, if it is able to evaluate the film properly. Those who have not seen it can watch this movie.
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