A Kim Jong-Il Production
The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
New York : Flatiron Books, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 353 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006 -- Kidnapping, 1978.
Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-2018 -- Kidnapping, 1978.
Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006.
1900 - 1999
Motion pictures -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Actresses -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Actresses.
Kidnapping.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures.
Korea (North)
Korea (South)
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006 -- Kidnapping, 1978.
Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-2018 -- Kidnapping, 1978.
Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006.
1900 - 1999
Motion pictures -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Actresses -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Actresses.
Kidnapping.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures.
Korea (North)
Korea (South)
ISBN:
9781250054265 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PERFORMING ARTS Movies Fis | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and filmography (pages 345- 353).