"The Burning Plain" is still an out-and-out formalist film, aside from its parallel narrative, the plot of the entire film will become pale. That kind of play structure and mystery have given movies a new language. It is difficult for this kind of movies to have profound meanings or propositions. Perhaps only the expansion of the form can complete the film style and move to a new realm. Movie audiences can only accept three-line parallel narratives at best. For senior literary film fans, multi-line cross narratives no longer have too much understanding barriers, but more of an aesthetic fatigue problem
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The director skillfully used flashbacks, contrasts, symbolism and other techniques to interweave the story, creating different suspense on the clues, and the RV fire incident on the plain that fits the title of the film has become the core of the entire film, and it is not only "burning" It is the silent plain in the opening scene, and it is the struggle and suffering of each character. Although all these close interweaving presents a loose and disorderly narration throughout the film, at the end of the film, when the camera is aimed at everyone’s staring eyes, it strikes a heavy blow for the emotions accumulated in the heart that cannot be expressed. With a dull sound, everything suddenly became clear.
