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Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy espionage film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osborne Cox, whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees. When they mistake the memoirs for classified government documents, they embark on a series of misadventures in an attempt to profit from their find. The film also stars…
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I'm a fan of out-of-the-box movies that make you think, even if they offer a good dose of comedy. Burn After Reading is one of those movies that, upon finishing, I felt like I was on a truly bizarre journey, filled with strange characters, even stranger decisions, and events that escalate in an absurd way, yet at the same time, I couldn't take my eyes off it. The film tells the story of a group of characters, each l…More
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Burn After Reading is one of the movies I've watched recently, and honestly I really liked it even though it's a strange and completely unconventional movie. The story seems simple at first, but as the events develop, you find yourself watching something completely unexpected, and that's honestly the thing that attracted me the most about it. The movie makes me think that the Coen brothers have a strange ability to…More
In contemporary Hollywood, celebrities often uncritically accept the narratives spun by unnamed US intelligence officials, treating them as gospel, even when these narratives advocate for policies that could lead to concentration camps for half of all Americans or bring the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. This stands in stark contrast to the climate of suspicion and disdain that characterised US public s…More
I have to say that this is actually a really refreshing and unusual kind of film. When you see the poster or just hear a description you are probably going to go into this film with the wrong idea and perhaps that is a good thing. In fact, if you would prefer to have a nice surprise of a movie then go and read the description and then just go into the film blind. That's what I did and it actually took me a little wh…More
A Coen Brothers Comedy Una comedia de los hermanos Coen After winning the Oscar for _No Country for Old Men_, the Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel, left us great films like _True Grit_ or the black comedy _Inside Llewyn Davis_; the latter more related to the crazy adventures that we had already been shown in the classic _Fargo_ (Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) and the iconic _The Big Lebowski_, showing that they kn…More
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