Directed by Chang-dong Lee Burning is a wonderful, tense character study. It's a thriller in some sense, though not initially. Such genre construction only develops over time from Jong-su's (Ah-In Yoo) obsession with and dissatisfaction over losing a girl he sleeps with, Hae-mi (Jong-seo Jeon). She's a classmate from middle school whom he once called ugly. … Continue reading Burning (2018)
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Directed by Orson Welles So Orson Welles finally came around and made a Netflix movie. Okay that's the joke, I know it's already well-tread, but still, it's kind of crazy to see something like this, right? The Other Side of the Wind was shot on and off between 1970 and 1976, and a lot had … Continue reading The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Directed by Alain Resnais The world of Last Year at Marienbad is constructed before our eyes. Like with Charlie Kauffman's Synecdoche, New York (2008) we watch the environment unravel and expand as the movie unfolds. It's near impossible to tell what is "real" or fabricated because for us to know that we would have to understand the … Continue reading Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Directed by Billy Wilder The first thing Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution reminded me of was Kurosawa's Rashomon. Sure, maybe I only recently watched that film for the first time, or maybe Wilder captured some of what made that film so great and translated it into a more pulpy mainstream courtroom drama. The story, almost set … Continue reading Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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