Bibliograph

A Kim Jong-Il production, the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power, Paul Fischer

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A Kim Jong-Il production, the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power, Paul Fischer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and filmography (pages 345- 353)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Kim Jong-Il production

Nature of contents

bibliographyfilmographies

Oclc number

881437062

Responsibility statement

Paul Fischer

Sub title

the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power

Summary

"A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

August, 1982 -- Reel one: a sense of destiny. A photograph on the blue house lawn ; Director Shin and Madame Choi ; Shrimp among whales ; A double rainbow over Mount Paekdu ; Kim Jong Il's first loves ; Fathers and sons ; Inside the Pyongyang picture show ; A three-second kiss ; Repulse bay -- Reel two: guests of the dear leader. The hermit kingdom ; Accused ; Musicals, movies, and ideological studies ; Taken ; The others ; Escape from Chestnut Valley ; Shin Sang-Ok died here ; The torture position ; Division 39 ; The hunger strike ; Director Shin is coming -- Intermission: the people's actress Woo in-Hee -- Reel three: produced by Kim Jong-Il. Together ; The tape recorder ; Lights, camera ; Out of the North ; Like a European movie ; The press conference ; Same bed, different dreams ; A full shooting schedule ; The rubber monster -- Vienna ; From Kim to Kim ; The stars and stripes -- 2013

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