Review of Burning (2018) by Jguevara — 29 Feb 2020

I was somewhat surprised how much this movie affected me. It is highly thought provoking and can be interpreted in several different ways. I believe part of the writer's intention is to show how one's perspective or mind can lead one to choose or make conclusions that may be completely different than someone else with a different upbringing, or mental or emotional state.

After watching the film, I had one belief about what led up to the ending and then upon reading other people's theories became convinced that the movie was in fact showing the audience how their conclusions were based off small windows of their limited perspectives, not the whole picture.

Very early in the movie, the female main mentions how her apartment’s lone window faces north, so her room only gets natural light for a very short time once a day. The writer leaves subtle clues within the dialogue used between the characters such as metaphors or suggestive aids to help the viewer infer events and their meaning throughout the movie.

In one of the initial scenes, one of the main characters is pantomiming eating a tangerine and states the key is "Don't think there is a tangerine here. Just forget that there isn't one. That's the key.

" Many times in our lives we make assumptions based on things we see, hear, feel, or sometimes we tell ourselves stories based on these perceptions, and can get so caught up in our emotions and mind’s dialogue that we miss all of the moments in between.

Sadly, many of us may make regrettable choices based on these imperfect inferences.