Explaining Films on Instagram: "Follow me 👉 @explainingfilms Brad Pitt’s death in Burn After Reading (2008) is a jaw-dropping twist that flips the Coen Brothers’ dark comedy on its head. As Chad Feldheimer, Pitt’s dim-witted gym trainer stumbles into a convoluted espionage plot, his clueless enthusiasm makes him oddly endearing. When he’s abruptly shot in the face by Harry (George Clooney) in a closet, the suddenness is shocking. The scene’s blunt violence, paired with Chad’s naive bumbling, cr