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The Resource 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

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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Summary
Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda and its film studios. Conceiving every movie made, he acted as producer and screenwriter. Despite this control, he was underwhelmed by the available talent and took drastic steps, ordering the kidnapping of Choi Eun-Hee, South Korea's most famous actress, and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the country's most famous filmmaker. It is announced that the couple will remarry and act as the Dear Leader's film advisors. Together they made seven films; pretending to research a film in Vienna, they flee to the U.S. embassy and are swept to safety
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Introduction: August, 1982
  • Reel one: a sense of destiny. A photograph on the blue house lawn
  • Director Shin & 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
  • Epilogue: 2013
  • Afterword
Isbn
9781250054265
Instance
Label
A Kim Jong-Il production : the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power
Title
A Kim Jong-Il production
Title remainder
the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power
Statement of responsibility
Paul Fischer
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda and its film studios. Conceiving every movie made, he acted as producer and screenwriter. Despite this control, he was underwhelmed by the available talent and took drastic steps, ordering the kidnapping of Choi Eun-Hee, South Korea's most famous actress, and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the country's most famous filmmaker. It is announced that the couple will remarry and act as the Dear Leader's film advisors. Together they made seven films; pretending to research a film in Vienna, they flee to the U.S. embassy and are swept to safety
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Fischer, Paul
Dewey number
791.430951/93
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
LC call number
PN1993.5.K63
LC item number
F57 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Motion pictures
  • Kim, Chŏng-il
  • Sin, Sang-ok
  • Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi
  • Motion picture producers and directors
  • Actresses
Label
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
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]- 353)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: August, 1982 -- Reel one: a sense of destiny. A photograph on the blue house lawn -- Director Shin & 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 -- Epilogue: 2013 -- Afterword
Control code
ocn881437062
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250054265
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2014040366
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)881437062
Label
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
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]- 353)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: August, 1982 -- Reel one: a sense of destiny. A photograph on the blue house lawn -- Director Shin & 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 -- Epilogue: 2013 -- Afterword
Control code
ocn881437062
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250054265
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2014040366
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)881437062

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