Burning-I’m hungry, how Paju?
This 2018 Korean film has had a another spotlight as it rolled into Netflix recently. Join us for our hot takes on the simmering of this movie’s pacing, our love for BTS and cancelling slum tourism.The post Burning – I’m hungry, how Paju? appeared first on For Your Reference.
Hosted by KT & Oti
Film Critics & Hosts
Listen on your favorite platform
Now Playing
For Your Reference Podcast
This 2018 Korean film has had a another spotlight as it rolled into Netflix recently. Join us for our hot takes on the simmering of this movie’s pacing, our love for BTS and cancelling slum tourism.
Stats
Released: May 2018
Gross: $718,991
Breakdown & Synopsis
- Ben has semblances of Christian Bale’s American Psycho. He has a charismatic pull and was likeable.
- The concept of Little Hunger, Great Hunger was fascinating.
- Jong Su was introduced as a sweet, unassuming guy that was longing for connection.
- We talk about triggers. For Jong Su, it could have been his dad being sentencing as well as selling the calf. For Ben, Jong Su seemed to be his trigger.
- How did Ben choose his victims. We have two theories
- as per his greenhouse analogy, he deliberately and was cautious to select women that would not be missed and were ’empty’
- he comes across an engaging woman on the surface with a lot to offer however he starts to notice any growth is supeficial and they are as hollow as he is
Unrelated but vital points
- You may be surprised to know KT is not fluent in Korean.
- The best endings in TV shows or movies are the ones that leave you wanting more.
- Kenya has one of the biggest IT hubs in the world
- As general advice, don’t solely base your opinions based on an off hand comment in a movie
- Don’t post pics with pics and claim you are a changed person and the country you visited is better from your presence
- Slum tourism is cancelled and people should not contribute to it
For Your Reference
Our suggestions on what you should watch in supplement of this TV show!
KT’s picks
[imdb style=”gray”]tt0144084[/imdb][imdb style=”gray”]tt1588170[/imdb]
Oti’s picks
[imdb style=”gray”]tt2234428[/imdb]
American Psycho
It's the late 1980s. Twenty-seven year old Wall Streeter Patrick Bateman travels among a closed network of the proverbial beautiful people, that closed network in only they able to allow others like themselves in in a feeling of superiority. Patrick has a routinized morning regimen to maintain his appearance of attractiveness and fitness. He, like those in his network, are vain, narcissistic, egomaniacal and competitive, always having to one up everyone else in that presentation of oneself, but he, unlike the others, realizes that, for himself, all of these are masks to hide what is truly underneath, someone/something inhuman in nature. In other words, he is comprised of a shell resembling a human that contains only greed and disgust, greed in wanting what others may have, and disgust for those who do not meet his expectations and for himself in not being the first or the best. That disgust ends up manifesting itself in wanting to rid the world of those people, he not seeing them as people but only of those characteristics he wants to rid.
I Saw the Devil
SPOILER: Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancé Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.
Nairobi Half Life
A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi:the city of opportunity.
Episode Details
Related Episodes
The Beast in Me – Jekyll & Snide
December 2, 2025
100m, Bugonia, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You & Predator: Badlands
November 11, 2025
Dreaming Whilst Black – How Much A Dollar Cost
November 5, 2025