The three main characters circle warily, looking at each other with desire, mistrust, need, never certain of the accuracy of their perceptions. Film Review: ‘Burning’ In this loose riff on Haruki Murakami's short story 'Barn Burning,' Korean director Lee Chang-dong tries to make sense of life's mysteries. The first is a country of leisure, where 20- and 30-somethings stroll … Jongsu bumps into an old friend, Haemi, on a part-time delivery job. Steven Yeun Makes His Leading-Man Korean Film Debut in Burning. Film Review: ‘Burning’ In this loose riff on Haruki Murakami's short story 'Barn Burning,' Korean director Lee Chang-dong tries to make sense of life's mysteries.

TV Shows. This is a movie in which every detail—from Hae-mi’s cat to Jong-su’s imprisoned father—shapes our sense of what’s going on. Lee Chang-dong’s Burning, a promising contender in the Foreign Language Film Oscar race, takes place in two South Koreas.

Without reading these stories, Burning could be dismissed as a melodramatic thriller, albeit one that is filmed with a mysterious and eye-pleasing aesthetic. This article contains spoilers for the plot of the film Burning.

Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. BURNING tells the story of three individuals and a mysterious incident they experience. Burning is the first film in eight years from South Korea’s Lee Chang-dong, a director whose challenging, ambiguous films – Oasis (2002), Secret Sunshine (2006), Poetry (2010) – are the kind that grow and grow in the mind afterwards. Burning, the South Korean film by Lee Chang-dong, is a film deeply indebted to three literary inspirations. Now, Burning is something of a (forgive me) slow burn—it takes two and a half hours to reach its devastating climax. Movies. Menu. Based loosely on Haruki Murakami's short story Barn Burning, "Burning" is Lee's first film in eight years, and it is a bleak and almost Darwinian vision of the world, survival of the fittest laid bare in sometimes shocking brutality.