Friday, November 2, 2018

Burning (Boening) (2018)

Director: Chang-dong Lee. Cast: Ah-In Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jeon. 148 min. Not Rated. South Korea. Drama.

This movie is based on a Haruki Murakami short story. I've read Murakami novels. They're engaging, they're mysterious, and boy ... they're weird. You're never really sure whether things are truly happening, or are just a figment of the protagonist's imagination and desires. The film gets as close as possible to project that feeling - but this has been hailed by numerous accounts as the movie event of the year, with a surprise ending that makes the two and half hour wait worthwhile. It wasn't, or at least I didn't get the ending's significance. Because it was as weird as the rest.

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