BURGLAR, 5min, South Korea, Crime/Action
Directed by Hojin Kim
A crime takes place inside of a child’s imagination.
BURGLAR Played at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival in January 2016. Here is the transcript of the audience feedback from the festival. Moderated by Matthew Toffolo
Burglar – Audience Feedback
Matthew Toffolo: The film “Burglar” which is a caper movie, kinda cool, a lot going on, it’s from South Korea, and in the end there is a Usual Suspects twist to it where we see that it’s all been in the imagination of the boy. Any comments to make about “Burglar”?
Audience 1: The thing that I really liked about it was that the film was mostly silent so you just get really into the motions and the actions really become the focus. You really feel the tense moments like “maybe they’re going to get caught!” through their actions and I really liked that aspect of it.
MT: It’s interesting how the caper itself is really planned out, it’s very interesting. That kid is probably a future criminal right? [audience laughter] That’s some pretty well thought out stuff going on there… He figured out everything – how to take down and disable the cameras…
Audience 2: To me it was about a kid who was just trying to process what’s going on and this is the avenue he knows how to process, because in the last scene we see that he is in a hospital room with who one might assume is some sort of parent figure or guardian or significant person in this kids life. You have the flower as well which was very misplaced so obviously it’s very symbolic. To me it was about a child trying to process what’s going on and not really knowing how to so he’s using the tools that he has around him. Also it is interesting that you talked about the silence because that makes me think even more about how it happens in his head. Maybe this is a scene that he has gone over multiple time in his head so he doesn’t need the words anymore because it is a scene he is running over in his mind.
MT: Sure, when we are processing a situation that’s what we do, right? Especially when you’re a child and you’re trying to comprehend what’s happening and so you go into your imagination.
Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video of BURLGAR:
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