{"id":62633,"date":"2020-09-08T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/train-to-busan-is-a-case-study-in-meaningful-character-death\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:16:00","slug":"train-to-busan-is-a-case-study-in-meaningful-character-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/train-to-busan-is-a-case-study-in-meaningful-character-death\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Train to Busan\u2019 is a Case Study in Meaningful Character Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3272b00bdae\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3272b00bdae\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/train-to-busan-is-a-case-study-in-meaningful-character-death\/#All_aboard_Watch_a_video_essay_that_shows_why_Yeon_Sang-hos_film_is_better_than_most_in_the_zombie_subgenre\" >All aboard! Watch a video essay that shows why Yeon Sang-ho&#8217;s film is better than most in the zombie subgenre.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/train-to-busan-is-a-case-study-in-meaningful-character-death\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/train-to-busan-is-a-case-study-in-meaningful-character-death\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#\u2018Train to Busan\u2019 is a Case Study in Meaningful Character Death<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Columns<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a><\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Meg Shields<\/span>                  <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>September 8, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"All_aboard_Watch_a_video_essay_that_shows_why_Yeon_Sang-hos_film_is_better_than_most_in_the_zombie_subgenre\"><\/span>All aboard! Watch a video essay that shows why Yeon Sang-ho&#8217;s film is better than most in the zombie subgenre.  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video that explores a scene from Train to Busan.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t seen\u00a0<em><strong>Train to Busan<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>now is the time to close this window and open your home video provider of choice. This is one of the best zombie films of the 21st century, a rare blend of action and horror that delivers on thrills and chills in equal measure. It also answers the question \u201cwhat if a bad dad became a better person while zombies invaded a train?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It rules. Watch it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m being insistent because we\u2019re going to talk about character death. Which means spoilers abound from here on out. Death, and more specifically the death of characters we care about, is a constant in zombie movies. Loss is the implied threat and emotional backbone of the genre. Ragtag survivors, be they loved ones or newly allied strangers, are not all going to make it out alive.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>Train to Busan,\u00a0<\/em>a zombie movie with character deaths that are emotional, satisfying, and, more to the point, meaningful. These aren\u2019t deaths for death\u2019s sake. After all, killing a character doesn\u2019t mean anything if we don\u2019t care about them. <em>Train to Busan\u00a0<\/em>knows this and presents us with people, good and evil, who resonate and feel real, from soft, strong martyrs to selfish survivalists.<\/p>\n<p>As the video essay below explains, if characters don\u2019t feel alive, to begin with, then their deaths will be of little consequence. 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You can subscribe to Accented on Cinema for bi-weekly uploads\u00a0here. You can follow them on Twitter\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For another taste from Accented Cinema, here\u2019s how the 1985 action-horror comedy <em><strong>Mr. Vampire<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>places death front and center while remaining family-friendly<\/li>\n<li>And another, on why\u00a0<em><strong>The Eye<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a brilliant reflection of Chinese superstitions<\/li>\n<li>J-horror chiller <strong><em>Noroi: The Curse <\/em><\/strong>exemplifies why mockumentaries are more terrifying than found footage<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s a clip of some behind the scenes footage of\u00a0<em>Train to Busan<\/em><span>. Those train sets look claustrophobic as hell<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>100 Years of Cinema\u00a0<\/strong>has a succinct look at the history, cultural influences, and enduring popularity of zombies on film<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s\u00a0<strong>The Closer Look\u00a0<\/strong>with how to make an audience cry\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In case you missed it, there\u2019s a\u00a0<em>Train to Busan\u00a0<\/em>sequel set four years after the original film (spoiler: the situation did not improve). 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