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David and Tamler fall under the spell of Lee Chang-dong\u2019s 2018\xa0masterpiece Burning, a movie where nothing is what it seems, or maybe\xa0it is. An alienated young man meets what seems like his dream girl\xa0from his small town, but she\u2019s about to leave for Africa. Will he take\xa0care of her cat? Is there a cat? When she comes back she\u2019s attached\xa0(maybe) to a slick rich guy played by Steven Yeun and then she\xa0disappears. What happened? What\u2019s real and what\u2019s a pantomime?\xa0Adapted from a Murakami short story that\u2019s adapted from a Faulkner\xa0short story, this movie warrants a true VBW deep dive, so we had to do\xa0it in two parts. This is part 1. Plus another segment of our pet\xa0peeves. \u201cUpdating my priors,\u201d \u201cFixed it for you,\u201d faculty governance,\xa0and more, these are the things that really grind our gears.

Links:

Burning (2018) [wikipedia.org]

The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami (containing the short story "Barn Burning) [amazon.com affiliate link]

Barn Burning by William Faulkner [wikipedia.org]

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