Burning

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Sunday Apr 28, 2019

Sunday Apr 28, 2019

In the April 2019 edition of the Senses of Cinema podcast, Kirsten and Mark are joined by producer and academic Liz Burke to talk about Lee Chang-dong's enigmatic festival favourite Burning. Then we discuss the life and career of the sorely missed Agnes Varda, and Liz talks about the time she visited the studio of this incredible filmmaker. And then following on from Sucheta Chakraborty's excellent interview with Elizabeth Sankey in our latest issue, we discuss the strengths and frustrations of the romantic comedy. We conclude as always with our recommendations for April, and for our wonderful patrons Liz, Kirsten and Mark discuss the best films to watch over Easter.

Emile Crackers

I watched Burning here in Rotterdam late last year. I found it to be empty, shallow, trite, vaguely ridiculous and often risible. In your review you all began by commending it, but then you collectively set about deconstructing it and highlighting many of its obvious flaws. This gave me the impression that you all thought you 'should' like it, despite its lack of substance, relevance, or even pure entertainment value. This is a film that takes itself way too serious, and you seem to have bought into that, rather than see it as the emperors new clothes that it actually is. - This is only the 2nd review I have listened to so far; The other being 'Once upon a time in Hollywood' which I found myself roughly in agreement with you all on, although I would have probably been harsher if I'm honest. To be fair I am not sure how many more I will give a listen too, due to the Australia-centric nature of the pod, but I do commend the fact that many women contribute, which makes a refreshing change from the "bunch of dudes" vibe of so many podcasts out there.

Sunday Sep 15, 2019

The Senses of Cinema Podcast

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Burning

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