Stars: Ah-in Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jun, Soo-Kyung Kim, Seung-ho Choi, Seong-kun Mun, Bok-gi Min, Soo-Jeong Lee, Hye-ra Ban, Mi-Kyung Cha, Bong-ryeon Lee | Written by Chang-dong Lee, Jung-mi Oh | Directed by Chang-dong Lee
Beoning, or more commonly known in international territories as Burning, is the first feature from South Korean director and auteur Chang-dong Lee after a staggering eight-year absence. His latest feature (much like its namesake) is a slow-burning fuse to a warhead of colossally disturbing and deeply amatory radiance of vibrant, albeit nightmarish mysticism.
At an eye-watering one hundred and forty-minute running time, Chang-dong Lee just about manages to pull off his daring tightrope trick of atmospheric tension and build up with a deliciously enigmatic and divisive thriller. Even the likes of his contemporaries in Quentin Tarantino and Luca Guadagnino, often fail to truly balance the grasp of entertainment/intoxication of their story and running time to balance said art.
Beoning, or more commonly known in international territories as Burning, is the first feature from South Korean director and auteur Chang-dong Lee after a staggering eight-year absence. His latest feature (much like its namesake) is a slow-burning fuse to a warhead of colossally disturbing and deeply amatory radiance of vibrant, albeit nightmarish mysticism.
At an eye-watering one hundred and forty-minute running time, Chang-dong Lee just about manages to pull off his daring tightrope trick of atmospheric tension and build up with a deliciously enigmatic and divisive thriller. Even the likes of his contemporaries in Quentin Tarantino and Luca Guadagnino, often fail to truly balance the grasp of entertainment/intoxication of their story and running time to balance said art.
- 1/3/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
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