Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

  • Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • Writer: Joel Coen,Ethan Coen
  • Countries of origin: United States, United Kingdom, France
  • Language: English
  • Release date: September 12, 2008
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Sound mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Quémese después de leerse
  • "Burn After Reading" is a 96-minute comedy film co-produced by the United States, Britain, and France. The film was written and directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (The Coen Brothers), starring George Clooney , Frances McDormand , Brad Pitt , John Malkovich , Katherine Matilda Swinton, etc., and was released in the United States on September 12, 2008.
    The film is adapted from the novel "Highly Confidential: The President, the Director of the CIA and the Special Agent" by Stanfield Turner, who served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1977 to 1981. Encountered the story of a killer hired by the CIA   .

    Details

    • Release date September 12, 2008
    • Filming locations Bronx Community College - University Avenue at West 181 Street, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies Focus Features, StudioCanal, Relativity Media

    Box office

    Budget

    $37,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $60,355,347

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $19,128,001

    Gross worldwide

    $163,728,902

    Movie reviews

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    • By Josefa 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      mediocre people disturb themselves

      Although the names of the leading actors are listed in a long line, it seems that there is no real protagonist after reading it, and everyone seems to have similar roles. Osbourne, an intelligence assessor who is frustrated in her career and love, thinks about Linda, who is worried about money for cosmetic surgery, has an affair with Ox's wife, the Treasury staff who also met Linda on the Internet, and Chad, who has developed motor nerves. , these seemingly unrelated people acted together in a...

    • By Mikel 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      The wretchedness of life makes people want to cry. . . .

      The plot was pushed very slowly, and the process was very trivial. I thought it was a movie like "crash" where all the unrelated people were linked together and then shocked, but I was still shocked by the scene of pitt's headshot. , It took less than 5 seconds from the closet door to the blood-splattered headshot, no confrontation, no explanation, no stalemate, just a shot from piang, fast like a dream, but too late to wake up, yes, even Clooney played The glib lover doesn't believe it...

    • By Madyson 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      This is not a movie, this is politics

      I don't know what to say about this movie, the artist's thinking is always ahead of its time. The Coen brothers' films still take a little brainstorming to understand, but while you're brainstorming, the brothers are probably having fun.
      John Malkovich, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, you are big enough, this time, instead of playing Rohan, play black humor. The title of the film is reminiscent of the COOL shot of Tom Tom throwing glasses in MI2. This is an Oolong spy film. It can also be...

    • By Pedro 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      black, still black

      I think the films of the Coen brothers are very good. They are very good at telling stories and good at making movies. Watching
      their films, this is how it feels: normal - serious - unintelligible - absurd - shocked - crazy. It's a very cool feeling to watch the whole movie.
         This movie is not a very good one among the Coen brothers. But because of the addition of many stars, this movie may have more audiences, and they can understand the style of the Coen brothers. Personally, I...

    • By Leatha 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      Crazy after reading

      2008-12-27

        Don't think that Spielberg's films are good commercial films. It used to be that burning after reading is in line with the aesthetic pleasure of contemporary people. I laughed a few times. There are many ridiculous things in the world, marriage, politics, when the two most ridiculous things in the world are woven together, you can't even laugh without laughing.
        Pitt and Clooney play two silly idiots in the film, which is really enjoyable. Perhaps appearance i

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    • By Jacynthe 2023-09-30 08:44:28

      When I saw the scene of TS, I dragged it forward so that I didn't know what I was talking about...

    • By Fay 2023-06-26 20:51:02

      Among the Coen brothers who are more pleasing to the eye, I don't like pitt, this bad guy is really...

    • By Jessie 2023-06-08 01:37:11

      It's quite amazing, all kinds of classics... Let's praise the...

    • By Cheyenne 2023-05-25 14:27:33

      Brad Pitt is so fucked...

    • By Miller 2023-03-18 12:47:27

      It's too dark and humorous, the camera performance is three stars, and it's four stars by extension, this is the director's...

    Movie plot

    Osborn Cox ( John Malkovich ), an agent of the CIA, who was once a "smashing" CIA, was eventually swept out by the CIA because of his life disorder, especially his alcoholism. As a result, the old Cox also had a grudge against the CIA, which he had been loyal to for many years. In order to avenge Cox, he recorded the many scandals that he had experienced in the CIA and made them into CD-ROMs. While he was planning how to retaliate, the...
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    Creative background

    "Burn after Reading" was written and directed by the Coen brothers, and they also served as producers. The film is based on Stanfield Turner's novel "Highly Confidential: The President, CIA Director, and Special Agent", who served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1977 to 1981.
    The filming cycle of less than three months is obviously inseparable from the standout performances of many well-founded actors. The Coen...
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    Evaluation action

    "Burn after Reading" can be said to be a complicated story with the only main line but branch lines. But no matter how the story develops, it is inseparable from the CD that caused trouble by the former CIA agent Osborn Cox played by Markovic. In the atmosphere of dark humor meticulously planned by the Coen brothers, the secret agent, a mysterious and special profession in the normal society, was stripped out layer by layer, and the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Chad Feldheimer: That's just a kryptonite lock. You can open those fuckers with a bic pen.

    • Linda Litzke: [to Chad] The fish has bitten!

    • Harry Pfarrer: Twenty years of Marshal Service, I never discharged my gun.

      Osbourne Cox: That sounds like something you ought to be telling your psychologist.

      Harry Pfarrer: I don't have a psychologist!