"To me it seems that films these days are becoming more and more simple, and the audience seems to desire simpler stories. Of course, films sort of shape the desires and the demands the audience makes, so I kind of wanted to go against this trend and see if a film can sort of throw endless questions at the audience. Endless questions about a larger mysterious world."
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"HKIFF Interview: South Koreaās Lee Chang-dong on the Many Mysteries of āBurningā" in The Hollywood Reporter (10 December 2018)
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