This treatise gives a comprehensive and detailed account of all the aspects of creating and developing this form of art, such as life and literature, the cinema and directing, the character and the actor. Kim jongil, birth name yuri irsenovich kim according to the soviet unions records hangul. Kim jong ils perspective on everything is incessantly proclaimed throughout north korea. Kim jongnam, north korean scion who was the eldest son of kim jong il, ruler 19942011 of north korea. The impact of on the art of the cinema on north korean filmmaking is disputed. Oct 06, 2009 i first met kim jong il in october 1959. For paul fischer, the timing of his new book on north korea, movies. Kim jong il was the supreme ruler of north korea for 17 years, from 1994 to 2011. Reminiscences of kim il sung 199294 history of revolutionary activities of president kim il sung 2010 anecdotes of kim il sungs life, vol. Publication date 1987 topics communism, north korea, cinema publisher. Kim s official biography claims that they were also antijapanese activists, but that is a remarkably unreliable source. During a visit to pyongyang in 2014, while searching for the available copies of north korean films, i noticed that the earliest films on sale in the local stores belonged to the golden era of north korean cinema of the mid1980s and mid1990s.
Kim jong il was only the second leader that north korea ever knew. The cinema and directing by kim jong il free download. Plus, many members of his inner circle have defected and discussed his personal life. The film was loosely based on the legend of the bulgasari. After 1985 he began to take part in north korean state activities and to acquire honorific titles. He ruled in the shadow of his father, kim il sung, the founder of north korea. Publishing comrade kim jong ils brief history comrade kim jong il, general secretary of the workers party of korea, is the most faithful successor to the revolutionary cause of juche1, the supreme commander of the revolutionary armed forces of korea and the great leader of the workers party of korea and the korean people. North korean leader kim jong il s love of film is welldocumented, but few outsiders know that he is revered as a genius of cinema by his own people. His official biography states that he was born on a sacred mountain baekdu mountain, the legendary birthplace of koreas first kingdom on february 16, 1942, where his father was serving in a secret military base, attempting to overthrow the japanese. North korean cinematographys successful debut nk news. Bulgasari is a 1985 north korean dark fantasyaction monster film directed by shin sangok and chong gon jo. Kim s success in building north koreas reputation for films earned him the respect of his father, positioning the young kim to. According to north korean sources, kim jongil published some 890 works during a period of his career from june 1964 to june 1994. He fancied himself a cinephile, publishing the book on the art of.
I hope it book is loaded onto the usbs that are smuggled into north korea to give the people a sense of the true nature of their dear leader. The film starred chang son hui and pak sung ho and featured special effects by duk ho kim, supervised by teruyoshi nakano. Feb 21, 2015 in 1978, kim jongil abducted two of south koreas biggest film names and forced them to shoot pronorth versions of foreign hits, including a communist godzilla. Cold war survival the unveiling ceremony of two statues of former leaders kim jong il right and kim il sung in pyongyang in 2012. After the death in 1994 of great leader kim il sung, patriarch of the family dynasty, jang says, he was asked to help cook the history books in a way that pleased kim jong il. During his leadership of the country, kim built on the mystique already surrounding his family. Having wanted to read this book for some time and having read other books on north korea id say this book does give a more than most balanced account of the late leader of north korea, kim jong il. Kim jongil s cinema experience is an interactive journey through the world of north korean cinema, which enables users to share and learn about the film methodology of kim jong il. Highly readable, thoughtful, and dispassionate, this book offers important insights into an enigmatic leader who will shape the destiny of not only the korean peninsula but of the northeast asian region and the world. Kim jong il s other son is kim jong nam, 34, who fell into disfavor in pyongyang in 2001 when he was detained at narita airport trying to enter japan on a fraudulent dominican republic passport.
If hes not getting enough of it particularly from the guy who lives at 1600 pennsylvania avenue he makes sure to do something that will attract it. The rise of kim jong il a look back at the political career of north koreas dictatorial dear leader. Kim il sung was born in japaneseoccupied korea on april 15, 1912, not long after japan formally annexed the peninsula. The kim il sung and kim jong il elibrary is provided by the korean friendship association kfa. Review the 1978 abductions of the south korean actress choieunhee and her exhusband, the director shin sangok, in hong kong is the true crime at the center of paul fischers gripping and surprisingly timely new book. Facts about north korea are thin on the ground here in america, but this book blasts open a personal history of kim jong il with a canny, graceful, and wise commentary that seems far beyond what anyone else has been able to manage. Dec 18, 2014 kim jong il, north koreas supreme leader from july 1994 until his death in dec. Kim was at the time the chief of north koreas propaganda and agitation department his father, kim ilsung, was still president. Amid the frenzy of speculation on the whereabouts of kim jong ilis he dead, sick, paralyzed. North koreas dear leader by michael breen, a close look at the nations former leader the book gives readers unique insights into the personal life of north koreas second dictator. Kim jongil and the great moviestar kidnap books the. Facts about north korea are thin on the ground here in america, but this book blasts open a personal history of kim jongil with a canny, graceful, and wise commentary that seems far beyond what anyone else has been able to manage. North koreas dear leader, the women intimately linked to kim never acquired any power or influence of consequence. Feb 17, 2015 a kim jongil production centers on how kim, who died in 2011, supposedly arranged to kidnap south koreas most glamorous movie couple, the director shin sangok and his wife, the actress.
Kim jongil was so obsessed with film he kidnapped an actress. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Gripping a kim jong il production tells the absurd, harrowing, and true story of choi and shins ordeal, which reveals the importance of film as propaganda to the north korean. I am being educated even now by the wisdom held in its magnificent pages. Equal parts history, thriller, and farce, fischers masterful reporting will keep you engrossed until the very end. A wonderful guide by the illustrious north korean leader kim jongil a person we all respect.
Before becoming the worlds most notorious dictator, kim jong il ran north koreas film industry. Your new book is very topical with negotiations currently taking place with north korea and much interest being directed at nuclear proliferation in general based on reports of pakistan s activities. Kim jong il born 1941 was the eldest son of kim il sung, the founder and leader of the democratic peoples republic of korea, and his heir apparent. Therefore, concentrating efforts on the cinema, making breakthroughs and following up success in all areas of art and literature is the basic principle that we must adhere to in revolutionizing art and literature. How north koreas dictator once kidnapped stars to make movies.
Nov 27, 2017 president kim il sung met foreign heads of state and prominent figures april 1970december 1975. Almost every building in north korea can be seen spotted with portraits, murals and largerthanlife mosaics of kim jong il and his father, kim iisung, either sidebyside or standing together. A mystery about a mistress in north korea the new york times. One of the strangest episodes in north koreas recent history, puzzled together in an entertaining new book by firsttime author and film producer paul fischer, involved the abduction of two of. Biography of kim ilsung, first north korean president. His parents, kim hyongjik and kang pansok, named him kim songju. Feb 14, 2015 kim jong il was the general secretary of the workers party of korea wpk, chairman of the national defence commission ndc of north korea, and the supreme commander of the korean peoples army. Kim jong il wrote the treatise theory of cinematic art which clarifies the theoretical and practical problems of cinematic art as a whole. The book a kim jongil production explores a bizarre case in cinema history. Later that year in july, kim il sung died of a heart attack and kim jong il became the next member of the kim dynasty to rule north korea.
Kim jongil 16 february 19411942 17 december 2011 was the supreme leader of north korea from 1994 to 2011. Dec 25, 2006 kim jong il, north koreas dictator for the past 12 years, suffers from his own form of attentiondeficit disorder. This work of creative nonfiction will undoubtedly catch many asiawatchers by surprise. On the art of the cinema had major political implications on kim jongils succession of kim ilsung. Readers will learn about the history of filmmaking in both koreas, and how kim jong il used films to help guarantee his position as successor to his father, kim il sung. Apr 10, 2020 kim jong il 19412011 was born in khabarovsk on feb. He directed every film made in the country but knew they were nothing compared to hollywood. This was unsurprising in the kim family, which has a history of heart disease. Kim jong il leader from 19942011 kim jong il was made commanderinchief and head of the military affairs commission by his father kim il sung in the spring of 1994. Kim jongil biography famous people in history, famous. Kim jongil, supreme leader of the democratic peoples. The hot topic in todays north korean media is the theme of technical progress, intellectual geniuses, and the issue of raising talents who will become such geniuses in the future. He ruled from the death of his father, kim ilsung, the first leader of north korea in 1994 until his own death in 2011.
In fact, dozens of russians, vietnamese and chinese, among other nationalities, have studied at kim il sung university over the years. Kim jong il s cinematic vision and methodology was written in two books, on the art of the cinema 1972 and the cinema and directing 1987. I think he is a worthy son to his most magnificent father and cannot imagine a more brilliant. Note that documents are in pdf according to international standard isoiec 320001. Kim jong il, north koreas supreme leader from july 1994 until his death in dec. Pulgasari simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Never did a better help book for cinema get published. Thus the earnest, workmanlike on the art of the cinema, by kim jong il, a mixture of film criticism and technical discussions of filmmaking its not exactly cahiers du cinema, but kim jong. A kimjong il production is set in the north korea of the 1970s when kim jongil was head of the ministry of propaganda.
About kim jong il, supreme leader of the democratic peoples republic of korea soviet records show that kim jong il was born in the village of vyatskoye, near khabarovsk, in 1941, where his father, kim il sung, commanded the 1st battalion of the soviet 88th brigade, made up of chinese and korean exiles. A kim jongil production meet your next favorite book. In 1978, kim jong il abducted two of south koreas biggest film names and forced them to shoot pronorth versions of foreign hits, including a communist godzilla. Kim jongil gained political and cultural influence in north korean society and government by authoring the book. North koreas motives might have been sinister, but propaganda defined as information especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view has been. A kim jongil production by paul fischer the boston globe. From the formation of the kim dynasty to the famine and current nuclear weapons incident which nowadays is an ongoing topic in the news i really. Kim jong il, north korean politician, son of the former north korean premier and korean workers party kwp chairman kim ilsung, and successor to his father as ruler 19942011 of north korea. Although he was widely expected for many years to succeed his father, he fell out of favor and went into exile. Create an account and send a request for reading to other users on the webpage of the book. Jan 30, 2015 its certainly a story that bears retelling. A kim jongil production, paul fischers elaborately complicated book about that north korean dictators grand passion for cinema, may. Opinion keeping dear leaders score the new york times.
With nothing left uncovered, drawing straight from dozens of books, hundreds of articles and thousands of years of korean history, dear reader is both the definitive account of kim jong il s life and the complete strangerthanfiction history. As he explains, their roles were limited to that of romance and domesticity. According to michael breen, author of the book kim jong il. He was a senior at the elite namsan senior high school, and i was a 27yearold professor of russian at the pyongyang university of education. Kim jong il funeral north korea kim jong il history. A kim jongil production is the true story of desperate movie stars, daring escapes, and the paranoid leader who brought it all together. As paul fischer, the book versions author, reminds us, kim jong il focused much of his time and enthusiasm on show business during the decades he. Bulgasari is a 1985 korean fantasy action tokusatsu kaiju movie produced by korean film export released in north korean, june 12, 1985 and united states released a home video in adv films, 2001. Films from before and after the publication of the. The cinema and directing by kim jong il at the best online ebook storage.
For example, one recent north korean documentary has the characteristic title education of the future generation and agriculture of talents inchae nongsa. I could not blame north korea shop managers for this preference. Kim jong il, who was the supreme leader of north korea until his death in 2011, was a leading authority on gymnastics, cinema, literature, war, cooking, and the arts. As such it is a powerful ideological weapon for the revolution and construction. Kim jong ils rise to supreme leader of north korea time.
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