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North Korean Cinema
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Author : Johannes Schönherr
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-08-27
North Korean Cinema written by Johannes Schönherr and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-27 with Performing Arts categories.
Like many ideological dictatorships of the twentieth century, North Korea has always considered cinema an indispensible propaganda tool. No other medium penetrated the whole of the population so thoroughly, and no other medium remained so strictly and exclusively under state control. Through movies, the two successive leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il propagandized their policies and sought to rally the masses behind them, with great success. This volume chronicles the history of North Korean cinema from its beginnings to today, examining the obstacles the film industry faced as well as the many social problems the films themselves reveal. It provides detailed analyses of major and minor films and explores important developments in the industry within the context of the concurrent social and political atmosphere. Through the lens of cinema emerges a fresh perspective on the history of North Korean politics, culture, and ideology.
On The Art Of The Cinema
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Author : Kim Jong Il
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
On The Art Of The Cinema written by Kim Jong Il and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Performing Arts categories.
In his preface the author states: "The cinema is now one of the main objects on which efforts should be concentrated in order to conduct the revolution in art and literature. The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature. As such it is a powerful ideological weapon for the revolution and construction. 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."Kim Jong Il (1942- ) is leader of North Korea (1994- ). Kim Jong Il succeeded his father, Kim Il Sung, who had ruled North Korea since 1948.
Illusive Utopia
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Author : Suk-Young Kim
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2010-03-11
Illusive Utopia written by Suk-Young Kim and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-11 with History categories.
A rare glimpse into North Korean propaganda—in parades, posters, murals, theater, and films
Split Screen Korea
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Author : Steven Chung
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2014-03-01
Split Screen Korea written by Steven Chung and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-01 with Art categories.
Shin Sang-ok (1926–2006) was arguably the most important Korean filmmaker of the postwar era. Over seven decades, he directed or produced nearly 200 films, including A Flower in Hell (1958) and Pulgasari (1985), and his career took him from late-colonial Korea to postwar South and North Korea to Hollywood. Notoriously crossing over to the North in 1978, Shin made a series of popular films under Kim Jong-il before seeking asylum in 1986 and resuming his career in South Korea and Hollywood. In Split Screen Korea, Steven Chung illuminates the story of postwar Korean film and popular culture through the first in-depth account in English of Shin’s remarkable career. Shin’s films were shaped by national division and Cold War politics, but Split Screen Korea finds surprising aesthetic and political continuities across not only distinct phases in modern South Korean history but also between South and North Korea. These are unveiled most dramatically in analysis of the films Shin made on opposite sides of the DMZ. Chung explains how a filmmaking sensibility rooted in the South Korean market and the global style of Hollywood could have been viable in the North. Combining close readings of a broad range of films with research on the industrial and political conditions of Korean film production, Split Screen Korea shows how cinematic styles, popular culture, and intellectual discourse bridged the divisions of postwar Korea, raising new questions about the implications of political partition.
A Kim Jong Il Production
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Author : Paul Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-02-03
A Kim Jong Il Production written by Paul Fischer and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-03 with History categories.
A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer - love, films and kidnapping in North Korea, the world's wildest regime Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's film industry. He directed every film made in the country but knew they were nothing compared to Hollywood. Then he hit on the perfect solution: order the kidnapping of South Korea's most famous actress and her ex-husband, the country's most acclaimed director. In a jaw-dropping mission the couple were kidnapped, held hostage and then 'employed' to make films for the Dear Leader, including a remake of Godzilla. They gained Kim's trust - but could they escape? A non-fiction thriller with a plot so jaw-dropping even Hollywood couldn't make it up, this extraordinary book will be enjoyed by fans of Argo and Nothing to Envy. 'A story almost too wild to believe . . . Unputdownable' Benjamin Wallace, author of New York Times bestseller The Billionaire's Vinegar Paul Fischer is a film producer and writer. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in France, he studied Social Sciences at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and Film at the University of Southern California and the New York Film Academy. He has worked as an independent film producer in London for the past seven years; his first feature, the documentary Radioman, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Doc NYC festival. A Kim Jong-Il Production is his first book.
The Bloomsbury Handbook Of North Korean Cinema
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Author : Travis Workman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-11-28
The Bloomsbury Handbook Of North Korean Cinema written by Travis Workman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-28 with Performing Arts categories.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of North Korean Cinema provides a solid and diverse foundation for the expanding scholarship on North Korean cinema. It is also a road map for connecting this field to broader issues in film and media studies: film history, affect and ideology, genre, and transnational cinema cultures. Since its founding in 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) has played diverse roles: a Cold War communist threat to the US, the other half of a divided nation to South Korea, an ally to the Soviet Union and China, one model for anti-colonialism to national liberation movements, an exotic political and cultural anomaly in the era of globalization. From Cold War-era films to contemporary sensationalist media coverage, external images have been powerful in representing North Korea in these various roles. On the other hand, North Korean film itself is often assumed to be “unwatchable,” in terms of both quality and accessibility. This first handbook on North Korean cinema contests this assumption, refusing to reduce North Korean cinema to political propaganda and focusing on its aesthetic forms and cultural meanings. This book explores the history of North Korean film, as well as how North Korean history is portrayed in film; the role of affect in North Korean films; various genres of film, including animation, spy films, and documentary; and, it looks at transnational connections. By connecting the worlds of North Korean cinema to broader questions in global cinema studies, this book explores the complexity of a national cinema too often reduced to a single image.
Aim High In Creation
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Author : Anna Broinowski
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-11-01
Aim High In Creation written by Anna Broinowski and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with History categories.
An Authentic Glimpse of a North Korea We’ve Never Seen Before, by a Prize-Winning Filmmaker Anna Broinowski is the only Westerner ever granted full access to North Korea’s propaganda machine, its film industry. Aim High in Creation! is her funny, surreal, insightful account of her twenty-one-day apprenticeship there. At the same time it is a fresh-eyed look, beyond stereotypes, at life in that most secretive of societies. When Anna learned that fracking had invaded downtown Sydney and a coal seam gas well was planned for Sydney Park, she had a brilliant idea: she would seek guidance for a kryptonite-powerful anti-fracking movie from the world’s greatest propaganda factory, apart from Hollywood. After two years of trying, she was allowed to make her case in Pyongyang and was granted full permission to film. She worked closely with the leading lights of North Korean cinema, even playing an American in a military thriller. “Filmmakers are family,” Kim Jong-il’s favorite director told her, and a love of nature and humanity unites peoples. Interviewing loyalists and defectors alike, Anna explored the society she encountered. She offers vivid, sometimes hilarious descriptions of bizarre disconnects and warm friendships in a world without advertisements or commercial culture. Her book, like the prize-winning documentary that resulted from her visit, is a thoughtful plea for better understanding. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Contemporary Korean Cinema
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Author : Hyangjin Lee
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2000
Contemporary Korean Cinema written by Hyangjin Lee and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Performing Arts categories.
This comprehensive book defines the significance of film-making and film viewing in Korea. Covering the introduction of motion pictures in 1903, Korean cinema during the Japanese colonial period (1910-45), and the development of North and South Korean cinema up to the 1990s, Lee introduces the works of Korea's major directors, and analyzes the Korean film industry in terms of production, distribution, and reception.
Laughing North Koreans
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Author : Immanuel Kim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07-15
Laughing North Koreans written by Immanuel Kim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-15 with categories.
This study analyzes North Korean comedy films from the late 1960s to present day. It analyzes their role in the culture of the film industry, the subjectivity of the viewer, and the impact popular actors and comedians have had on North Korean society.--Dong Hoon Kim, University of Oregon
Political Moods
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Author : Travis Workman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023
Political Moods written by Travis Workman and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Melodrama, Korean categories.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Melodrama films dominated the North and South Korean industries in the period between liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 and the hardening of dictatorship in the 1970s. The films of each industry are often read as direct reflections of Cold War and Korean War political ideologies and national historical experiences, and therefore as aesthetically and politically opposed to each other. However, Political Moods develops a comparative analysis across the Cold War divide, analyzing how films in both North and South Korea convey political and moral ideas through the sentimentality of the melodramatic mode. Travis Workman reveals that the melancholic moods of film melodrama express the somatic and social conflicts between political ideologies and excesses of affect, meaning, and historical references. These moods dramatize the tension between the language of Cold War politics and the negative affects that connect cinema to what it cannot fully represent. The result is a new way of historicizing the cinema of the two Koreas in relation to colonialism, postcolonialism, war, and nation building.