They're either slightly emotional or mentally defective. "[5], Swinton described Burn After Reading as "a kind of monster caper movie"[24] and said of the characters, "All of us are monsters – like, true monsters. A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood. "[17] Ethan Coen said that Pitt's character was partially inspired by a botched hair-coloring job from a commercial that Pitt had made. The first scene Malkovich performed was a phone call in which he shouts several obscenities at Pitt and McDormand. Even black comedy requires that the filmmakers love someone, and the mock cruelties in Burn After Reading come off as a case of terminal misanthropy. Burn After Reading. Marshal, Tilda Swinton as the ex-wife of John Malkovich's character, Richard Jenkins as the gym manager, and J.K. Simmons as a CIA supervisor. "[32], Todd McCarthy of Variety magazine wrote a strongly negative review, saying that the film "tries to mate sex farce with a satire of a paranoid political thriller, with arch and ungainly results. "[34], David Denby of The New Yorker said that the film had several funny scenes, but that they "are stifled by a farce plot so bleak and unfunny that it freezes your responses after about forty-five minutes. The last shot takes us out of that building, back up into space. You can't help but incredulously laugh at what happens. My body isn't going to change. The film also stars George Clooney as a womanizing U.S. [5] Filming began on August 27, 2007 and was completed on October 30, 2007. [14] Ethan Coen compared Burn After Reading to the Allen Drury political novel Advise and Consent and called it "our version of a Tony Scott/Jason Bourne kind of movie, without the explosions. [20] The Coen brothers script had nothing to do with the Turner book; nevertheless, the rumor was not clarified until a Los Angeles Times article more than one year later. [40], "Burn After Reading | Arts | The Harvard Crimson", "Coen Brothers Film To Open This Year's Venice Film Festival", "Carter Burwell's Notes on "Burn After Reading, "Fall movie preview: Coens dumb it down with, "Venice opens with Pitt and Clooney in madcap comed", "Fall Movie Summer Preview, September: "Burn After Reading, "Burn After Reading (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results", "We Are Living in the Coen Brothers' Darkest Comedy", "Metacritic: 2008 Film Critic Top Ten Lists", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&oldid=1023324784, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 May 2021, at 19:47. "[31] Pulver said that the film "may also go down as arguably the Coens' happiest engagement with the demands of the Hollywood A-list. I dunno sir. After they inform her the contents of the CD she has given them are worthless, she convinces the manager of Hardbodies, Ted (who has unrequited feelings for Linda), to help her by sneaking into the Cox household to gather more files. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch; then they visit the Russian embassy. Ending to the fantastic 2008 Coen brothers film "Burn After Reading". This device makes it clear that Joel and Ethan are playing God. In the nine years since the film was released, the quantity of … It's available to watch on TV, online, tablets, phone. "[33] McCarthy said the talented cast was forced to act like cartoon characters, described Carter Burwell's score as "uncustomarily overbearing"[33] and said the dialogue is "dialed up to an almost grotesquely exaggerated extent, making for a film that feels misjudged from the opening scene and thereafter only occasionally hits the right note. Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, resigned from the CIA because of a drinking problem, so he begins a memoir. When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated. Harry is a womanizer and routinely dates and sleeps with women whom he has met online; he coincidentally starts seeing Linda after meeting her on a dating site. [28] As of July 2009, it has grossed $60,355,347 in the United States and Canada and $103,364,722 overseas adding up to $163,720,069 worldwide gross. Early in the production, Burwell and the Coens decided that the score should be emphatically percussive to match the deluded self-importance of the characters, and they noted the all-drum score for the political thriller Seven Days in May. More than just a satire on espionage, the movie is scathing critique of modern America as a superficial, post-political society where cheating of all sorts comes all too easily....The most disturbing thing about Burn After Reading, though, is how it resembles every day in Trump's Washington, where the line between blundering idiocy and malevolent conspiracy is increasingly blurred. "[35] Denby criticized the film's pattern of violence in which innocent people die quickly and the guilty go unpunished. This is an absurdist… My favorite scene from Burn After Reading.What did we learn Palmer? They pretty much stick out and all of them are in the outer circle of the room. In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. How stupid are the characters from Burn After Reading and what are their common traits ? Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. Contents 1 BURNAFTERREADING 7 2 BURN AFTER READING 9 3 THEESPIONAGEHISTORY OFWORLDWARII 11 4 By LadislasFarago 13 5 BLUEJACKETBOOKS 15 6 NavalInstitutePress I don't fucking know either. The film premiered on August 27, 2008 at the Venice Film Festival. Burn After Reading (2008) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Use the HTML below. A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. ), who acknowledged that he usually plays a fool in their movies: "I've done three films with them and they call it my trilogy of idiots. Showing all 14 items Jump to: Certification; Sex & Nudity (6) Violence & Gore (2) Profanity (1) Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (1) Frightening & Intense Scenes (2) Spoilers (2) Certification. The director, confused at the events that have transpired, closes the file containing the events of the film. It's ridiculous. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. Director(s): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen. I greatly enjoyed reading Patton by the same author, so when I realized he had other historically-based works out there I bought Burn After Reading. A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Solid dialogs. Joel also said that Burn After Reading was not meant to be a comment or satire on Washington. When they mistake the memoirs for classified government documents, they cross paths with a womanizing U.S. A dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. The website's critical consensus states, "With Burn After Reading, the Coen Brothers have crafted another clever comedy/thriller with an outlandish plot and memorable characters. Burn After Reading is the Coen Brothers' first directorial effort since they took home OscarTM gold for 2007's No Country for Old Men. When his pediatrician wife Katie finds out, she sees it as an opportunity to file for divorce and to continue an affair with Harry Pfarrer, a married U.S. Well paced scenario. After a phone call and unsuccessful meeting provoke Cox, Chad and Linda try to sell the disc to the Russian embassy, meeting with an official who is actually a spy for the CIA. Harry and Linda meet in a park, where Linda reveals the address where Chad had gone before disappearing. Let our editors help you find what's trending and what's worth your time. [12] The Coens created characters with actors George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Richard Jenkins in mind for the parts, and the script derived from the brothers' desire to include them in a "fun story. It's great fun. Nice action.The actors. Easily, the most beloved Coen Brothers film of all-time is their 1998 release, The Big Lebowski. ", Time film critic Richard Corliss wrote that he did not understand what the Coen brothers were attempting with the film: "I have the sinking feeling I've made Burn After Reading sound funnier than it is. Is Burn After Reading streaming? [39], Burn After Reading was released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray disc on December 21, 2008. Some are under tables or so, but are easily recognisable by their colour. [30], The Times, which gave the film four out of five stars, compared it to then Coen films Raising Arizona and Fargo in its "savagely comic taste for creative violence and a slightly mocking eye for detail. Offbeat and cooky comedy. Excellent acting. At CIA headquarters, Osbourne's former superior and a director learn that information from Osbourne has been given to the Russian embassy, and are perplexed because the information is of no importance and the perpetrators' motive is unknown. [5] It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst (John Malkovich) whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt). A CD-ROM falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Burn After Reading is the Podcast that reads your reviews back to you. "[15] Malkovich said of the characters, "No one in this film is very good. Noel Murray of The A.V. Regarding the scene, Malkovich said, "It was really late at night and I was screaming at the top of my lungs. [16] Veteran actor Richard Jenkins said the Coen brothers asked him if he could lose weight for his role as the gym manager, to which Jenkins jokingly replied, "I'm a 60-year-old man, not Brad Pitt. A spy assigned to watch Harry observed him dumping Chad's body into Chesapeake Bay; unaware of Chad's identity, the director orders Chad's death to be covered up. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for cosmetic surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. "[27], Joel Coen said the sex machine built by Clooney's character was inspired by a machine he once saw a key grip build, and by another machine he saw in the Museum of Sex in New York City. Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence, Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth Goes to Apple TV+, 15 best Frances McDormand movies ranked, including ‘Fargo,’ ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Three Billboards’ [Photos], Richard Jenkins on The Last Shift – and the enduring love for Step Brothers, Films I Watched For the first Time in 2021, Your favourite mischievous (live action) film duo. "[35], Leah Rozen of People magazine said that the characters' "unrelenting dumbness and dim-witted behavior is at first amusing and enjoyable but eventually grows wearing. Burn After Reading (2008) Parents Guide Add to guide . [12], Parts of the Burn screenplay were written while the Coens were also writing their adaptation of No Country for Old Men. The alliance of political incompetence (the CIA), the cult of appearance (the gym club) and vulgar stupidity (everyone) is the target of a settling of scores" where the comedy "sprouts from a well of bitterness. After the dark brilliance of No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading may seem like a trifle, but few filmmakers elevate the trivial to art quite like Joel and Ethan Coen. Clooney's and Swinton's characters also had a poor relationship in their previous film together, Michael Clayton, prompting Clooney to say to Swinton at the end of a shoot, "Well, maybe one day we'll get to make a film together when we say one nice thing to each other. Was this review helpful to you? [9] Carter Burwell, a composer who worked with the Coens in 11 previous films, created the score. Burn After Reading is at it’s heart a movie about how we navigate a world flooded with information and disinformation. The film cuts to the CIA Headquarters, where a discussion between Osbourne's former superior and the director reveals that a surveilling CIA officer intervened, shooting Osbourne and leaving him in a coma. Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy crime film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Having promised the Russians more files, Linda persuades Chad to sneak into the Cox house to steal files from Osbourne's computer, but this attempt ends in Chad's discovery by Harry, who shoots him in the head, killing him instantly. Harry searches the body for any clues to Chad's identity, but only finds an empty wallet; he surmises that Chad was a "spook". His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. [17], Principal photography took place around Brooklyn Heights, as the Coens wanted to stay in New York City to be with their families. [21] Other scenes were filmed in Paramus, New Jersey, Westchester County, New York and Washington, D.C., particularly in the Georgetown neighborhood. "[26] Swinton plays Malkovich's wife who engages in an affair with Clooney, although the two characters do not get along well. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. God knows what the neighbors thought. A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong. A simple, self-hosted pastebin service that uses Tor (.onion) ephemeral links to share encrypted messages and files that are destroyed after they are viewed. Burn After Reading. Burn After Reading is a typical Coen brothers' lark that features A-list actors strutting their stuff as a group of idiotic characters. When they mistake the memoirs for classified government documents, they undergo a series of misadventures in an attempt to profit from their find. "[18] Burn After Reading is the third of four Coen brothers films with Clooney (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Intolerable Cruelty and, later, Hail, Caesar! [23], The Coen brothers said idiocy was a major central theme of Burn After Reading; Joel said he and his brother have "a long history of writing parts for idiotic characters"[23] and described Clooney and Pitt's characters as "dueling idiots. "[22] Pitt said the cast did little ad-libbing because the script was so tightly written and wove so many overlapping stories together. Reno is a small town, but still, it has the best casinos with many gaming options. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Joel Coen wanted the score to be "big and bombastic,... important sounding but absolutely meaningless. When Osbourne breaks into Katie's house to retrieve personal belongings, he finds Ted in the basement; Osbourne shoots him, chases him into the street, and kills him with an axe. "[14] The review said that the attention to detail was so impeccable that "the Coens can even raise a laugh with something as simple as a well-placed photograph of Vladimir Putin",[14] and complimented Carter Burwell's musical score, which it described as "the most paranoid piece of film music since Quincy Jones's neurotic soundtrack for The Anderson Tapes. Nothing.The result. A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it. Later, Harry meets with Linda, and after hearing her distress at her friend Chad going missing, Harry agrees to help find him, unaware that Chad is the man whom he had shot and killed. "[29] It also holds a 63/100 weighted average rating on Metacritic, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking. Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line. Faced with a demotion, Osbourne Cox angrily quits his job as a CIA analyst and decides to write a memoir. The disc falls into the hands of personal trainer Chad Feldheimer and his coworker Linda Litzke, who mistakenly believe it to contain sensitive government information. (2008). View production, box office, & company info. All roads lead to Osbourne's house. Written by It takes everything that makes a good spy flick and turn it on its head. "[24], Pitt, who plays a particularly unintelligent character, said of his role, "After reading the part, which they said was hand-written for myself, I was not sure if I should be flattered or insulted. On the other, it is really funny. While Richard Jenkins, David Rasche, and J.K. Simmons seem almost out of place as the standard bearers of reason.The bad. Burn After Reading podcast on demand - In the market for a new bike, chainsaw, perfume, or maybe interested in trying a new restaurant? Find out where to watch online amongst 45+ services including Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video. George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, and John Malkovich play disturbingly crazy roles stuffed with delusion and heavily dosed with stupidity. I guess we learned not to do it again. Burn After Reading is the Coens' most mediocre film in a long time: a desperately strained black comic farce. Chad devises a plan to return the disc to Osbourne Cox for a cash reward, with Linda eager to raise money for cosmetic surgery that she cannot afford. Burn After Reading (2008) with George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, and John Malkovich"That's fantastic!" A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it. Burning Man Decompression 2016 became a traditional and local event that every year keeps alive the festival. Story with twists within twists. Club named it the second-best film of 2008,[39] Empire magazine named it the third-best film of 2008,[39] and Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly named it the seventh-best film of 2008. Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady. With Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich. Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama. [9], Burn After Reading was the first Coen brothers film not to use Roger Deakins as cinematographer since Miller's Crossing. Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy film about the misadventures of an ex-intelligence analyst, a treasury agent and a woman who is trying to "re-invent" herself. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for cosmetic surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. You feel that at any minute of any day in any town, this could happen. Showing all 38 items. You should also visit Reno, Nevada after the Burning Man Festival, and experience a different kind of entertaining. Criteria. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Marshal to track down her father's murderer. 17+ COMMON SENSE Quirky, violent Coen comedy isn't meant for kids. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. "[31], The Hollywood Reporter reviewer Kirk Honeycutt complimented the actors for making fun of their screen personae, and said that the Coen brothers "... have taken some of cinema's top and most expensive actors and chucked them into Looney Tunes roles in a thriller. Burn After Reading is a weird movie. After the dark brilliance of No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading may seem like a trifle, but few filmmakers elevate the trivial to art quite like Joel and Ethan Coen. There are 4 spawn points downstairs after mana devourer, and 4 upstairs. It's the whatever-ness of it. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. So I guess he won't be working with us again. [11] Mary Zophres served as costume designer, marking her eighth consecutive movie with the Coen brothers. Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters. Search for "Burn After Reading" on Amazon.com, Title: Inspired by Stansfield Turner's Burn Before Reading , the comically convoluted plot clicks into gear when the CIA gives analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) the boot. At the instruction of her lawyer, Katie copies and delivers her husband's digital financial records and other files, unknowingly including the draft of Ozzie's memoir. Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, resigned from the CIA because of a drinking problem, so he begins a memoir. Recently-ousted CIA analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) loses a computer disc containing his top-secret memoirs at Hardbodies Fitness Center. Critics Consensus: With Burn After Reading, the Coen Brothers have crafted another clever comedy/thriller with an outlandish plot and memorable characters. Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties. "[23] Joel said after the last scene was shot, "George said: 'OK, I've played my last idiot!' "[26] Swinton said of the dynamic, "I'm very happy to shout at him on screen. Don't think you'll see your run of the mill kind of film and you'll have fun. Inspired by Stansfield Turner's Burn Before Reading, the comically convoluted plot clicks into gear when the CIA gives analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) the boot. Totally off the wall characters, actions and situations, yet completely logical. The lawyer's assistant copies the files onto a CD, which she accidentally leaves on the locker room floor of Hardbodies, a local gym. "[36], Le Monde noticed the film's "particularly bitter image of the U.S. 49 of 52 people found this review helpful. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. [4] Critical response was mostly positive, with nominations at both the Golden Globes[7] and BAFTA awards.[8]. The opening shot of the Coen Brothers' new black comedy Burn After Reading takes the viewer from outer space to inside CIA headquarters. The characters are zany, the plot coils upon itself with dizzy zeal, and the roles seem like a perfect fit for the actors -- yes, even Brad Pitt, as Chad, a gum-chewing, fuzzy-headed physical fitness instructor. Emmanuel Lubezki, four-time Academy Award-nominated cinematographer of Sleepy Hollow and Children of Men, took over for Deakins,[10] who had already committed to shooting Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road. Burn After Reading Collect all four Sealed Tomes from Return to Karazhan on Mythic difficulty. While it can be dry at times, the detail and effort that Farago put into his work is readily apparent, and the stories are all the better for it. The Coens struggled to develop a common filming schedule to accommodate the A-list cast. "[22], The film opened the Venice Film Festival in August 2008. Need some help finding the best things to watch on Netflix? Quirky, self-aggrandizing, scheming. Harry realizes that Chad is the man whom he had shot, is convinced that Linda is a spy, and flees, panicking. [4], Reviews for the film were mostly positive. Jump to: Director Trademark (1) | Spoilers (2) According to costume designer Mary Zophres, even cheap suits look good on Brad Pitt. This is all about oddballs.The good. . [19], Production Weekly, an online entertainment-industry magazine, falsely reported in October 2006 that Burn After Reading was a loose adaptation of Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence, a memoir by former U.S. Director of Central Intelligence Stansfield Turner. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch; then they visit the Russian embassy. Well look no further! All roads lead to Osbourne's house. "[24] She also said, "I think there is something random at the heart of this one. [18] Tilda Swinton, who was cast later than were the other actors, was the only major actor whose character was not written specifically for her. "[36] But Rozen said that the performances are a redeeming factor, especially that of Pitt, whom she described as a standout who "manages simultaneously to be delightfully broad and smartly nuanced. Watch Burn After Reading starring George Clooney in this Drama on DIRECTV. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more. It earned a 78% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 249 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. Doctors Jo Wilson, April Kepner, and Andrew DeLuca share the episodes they think are essential to understanding their characters. Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Synopsis (1) Summaries. [5] John Malkovich, appearing in his first Coen brothers film, said of the shooting, "The Coens are very delightful: smart, funny, very specific about what they want but not overly controlling, as some people can be. Editorial Reviews. Burn After Reading (2008) Plot. "[25], During a fall movie preview, Entertainment Weekly wrote that Malkovich "easily racks up the most laughs"[26] among the cast as the foul-mouthed and short-tempered ex-CIA man. Linda returns to the embassy, believing that the Russians have abducted Chad, but they deny that they have him. It performed well at the box office, grossing over $168 million from its $37 million budget. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. [13], Burn After Reading was the first original screenplay penned by Joel and Ethan Coen since their 2001 film, The Man Who Wasn't There. A beautiful gold digger matches wits with a shrewd Beverly Hills divorce lawyer who is increasingly attracted to her. A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it. The movie's glacial affectlessness, its remove from all these subpar schemers, left me cold and perplexed. [12], In its opening weekend, the film grossed $19,128,001 in 2,651 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking number one at the box office. A CD-ROM falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. "These people don't mean much to [the Coen brothers]; it's hardly a surprise that they don't mean much to us, either. At the end of the day nobody really knows anything. a term meaning to burn any documents or written evidence after reading them, which can jeopardize an individual or a party if not burnt and disposed of properly. Burn After Reading (2008) Trivia. The Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading" is a screwball comedy that occasionally becomes something more. The disc is then discovered by two of the gym's employees (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) who attempt to … Share the best GIFs now >>> MPAA: The Burn score ultimately made frequent use of Japanese Taiko drums. The Region 2 version was released on February 9, 2009. Marshal with paranoid tendencies. "[38], The National Board of Review named Burn After Reading in its list of the Top 10 Movies of 2008. Burn After Reading (2,367) 7.0 1 h 36 min 2008 X-Ray R. George Clooney and Brad Pitt star in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, and physical fitness that critics are calling, "smart, funny, and original" (Ben Lyons, E!). Edit. Osbourne's erratic behavior prompts Katie to change the locks on their house and to invite Harry to move in. Burn After Reading Marshal (George Clooney). Working Title Films produced the film for Focus Features, which also has worldwide distribution rights. Meanwhile, Linda's boss likes her, and Harry's wife leaves for a book tour. "[37], Almost a decade later, The New Republic senior editor Jeet Heer argued that the film was "singularly prophetic of the [Donald] Trump era" anticipating "the Trump campaign's collusion with Russian operatives" and "the wider culture of deceit that made Donald Trump's rise possible. Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy crime film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film also stars Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins and J.K. Simmons. "[12] Burwell wrote that a percussive score would help "avoid any emotional comment" and "would lend an air of sobriety, gravity, and bombast to the general silliness". The Blu-ray contains three bonus features, including behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew. He also says that Harry has been detained while trying to flee to Venezuela, a country with no extradition treaty with the U.S.; the director orders to let Harry continue on to Venezuela rather than deal with the consequences of bringing him into custody. "[23] Pitt also said when he was shown the script, he told the Coens he did not know how to play the part because the character was such an idiot: "There was a pause, and then Joel goes...'You'll be fine'. It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst (John Malkovich) whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt). "[32] Honeycutt also said "it takes awhile to adjust to the rhythms and subversive humor of Burn because this is really an anti-spy thriller in which nothing is at stake, no one acts with intelligence and everything ends badly. On the one hand, it really is bleak and scary. "[15] Joel Coen said that they intended to create a spy film because "we hadn't done one before",[16] but feels that the final result was more of a character-driven film than a spy story. With Tenor, maker of GIF Keyboard, add popular Burn After Reading animated GIFs to your conversations. But Malkovich could not be on the sound stage for the call because he was rehearsing a play, so he called in the lines from his apartment in Paris. "[14], Andrew Pulver, film reviewer for The Guardian, awarded the film four out of five stars, calling it "a tightly wound, slickly plotted spy comedy that couldn't be in bigger contrast to the Coens' last film, the bloodsoaked, brooding No Country for Old Men. 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