I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Truly Dreadful Film

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Excellent, a Must See

The film starts off with Tom (Matthew Goode) masturbating while looking at a naked girl (Rachel Griffiths) dressed as a nurse. We then see him bleeding out from an auto accident and the 90 minutes later we are back to where we started with a seriously disjointed film with flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks. Not too terribly hard to keep up, it just didn't add anything to the film. We find out Tom is a successful chef whose wife Sarah (Bojana Novakovic) has died from cancer, but is alive for half the picture. They have a son Oscar (Jack Heanly) and Aunt Karen (Essie Davis), who wants to help out while Tom grieves and has sex with his therapist and then later we see him meet her for the first time.The film is about Tom dealing with grief in his own disjointed way.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity.

The emotions, the characters, and the story line is perfect. It really hit the spot. "Burning Man" the sound tracks gives the right fleeing at the right time. And the most impotent part in this movie is the camera scenes. They are changing to give us some thing to think.First it look very complicated crap, but when the movie rolling it shows the pattern which life can have. It also give us an idea about the man's inside view. even the characters which selected by the director is very perfect to the story. "Tom" character in the movie is looks like very angry and selfish man but when the film running it show us how soft he is and why he turns.. The actor gives all the expectations he can to elaborate the movie character.The end part (last scene)Tom's kid asking about the lunch and the answer "lets make a pizza" was the most outstanding part of this movie.(The story part is also perfect but I was look for those cinematography parts only) Rating 7/10 perfectMadx666

small things. different pieces. crumbs of emotions. fight against sickness. against yourself. love story as fresco of memories. place in world. self definition as manner of self hate. a couple. and the wall of cancer. a boy. and search of perfect world. a man. few sexual relationships. and need to define world after death of loved person. nothing complicated. only a picture of life. and form for ordinary man to understand the events around him. instruments - cook, sex, selfish circle, lost of time. invention of sense in a gray arena. fires. work. and bricks of Babel tower. nothing else. in a movie like a game as Rubick cube. all parts are in same place. different parts. profound roots. and shadow of happiness.

Burning Man is a different film that goes the route not taken. It is works in the same manner of films similar to Memento. It requires the audience to invest into the film and with the effect of constantly solving a complicated life puzzle. It is an unique experience that will stay in your memory for a good while. It is a essentially at its core a film about dealing with loss, moving on, grieve, the love of your life, cancer and the aftermath of a tragedy. It is what you call a smart film that let the audience work it out for themselves. The film also constantly uses sex as a symbol, motif, and metaphor and to depict the passion with the relationships. Shot in the backdrop of Bondi Beach in Sydney, the location is almost unrecognisable and the cinematography is mostly excellent. Although the film is shot and edited in a creative manner, meaning that nothing happens coherent and the director is clearly playing with time and memory, it is exactly this aspect that the film fails to connect with the audience and ultimately feel for the characters deep involved in their respective situations. Still, for an Australian film, these is an admirable effort and along with a wonderful yet conflicted performance from British import Matthew Goode and the screen stealing beauty in Bojana Novakovic. Although I have not since any of director Jonathan Teplitzky's previous works, with Burning Man, one can only say that this man is filled with potential.All in all, The Burning Man is not a film for everyone; it can be am torture to sit through and also rewarding at the same time. In essence it is very much an independent film, but for what it is worth, The Burning Man is a fine effort and deserves some much needed credit for the Australian Film Industry… Neo rates it 7/10www.thehkneo.com