Yoo vs. The Guy She Told Yoo Not To Worry About
Directed by Lee Chang-dong
Burning
버닝
An acclaimed, bleak mystery.
Mystery
Drama
Thriller
2018
2h 28m
4.0(337k)via LetterboxdYoo Ah-in + 4 more
Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.
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Cast & crew
6What people say
“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They're all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills: when you feed 'em to the fire, they're all just paper. The fire isn't thinking 'Oh, this is Kant,' or 'Oh, this is the Yomiuri evening edition,' or 'Nice tits,' while it burns. To the fire, they're nothing but scraps of paper. It's the exact same thing. Important memories, not-so-important memories, totally useless memories: there's no distinction--they're all just fuel.”― Haruki Murakami, After Dark
I watched this, The Favourite, At Eternity’s Gate, and fucking The House That Jack Built all in one week. I need to get my ass to the AMC and see Ralph Breaks the Internet or something because I can’t do this heavy shit anymore.
Common questions
What is Burning about?+
A young deliveryman gets caught in a tense psychological puzzle after reconnecting with a childhood acquaintance and meeting her wealthy, mysterious new friend.
Who directed Burning?+
Lee Chang-dong directed the 2018 South Korean psychological thriller, renowned for acclaimed works like Poetry and Secret Sunshine.
Has Burning won any awards?+
Burning won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and received widespread international acclaim.
