James Franco and Seth Rogan team up with Kim Jong-un to make his version of "The Interview." If North Korea miraculously improved their film industry this would definitely be a national hit.
The hypothetical North Korean remake of 'The Interview" (trailer below) gives us a glimpse of our own capital under attack. One can see why their people (the 90 or so that saw the U.S. version) would be so outraged, because of the higher regard they hold for their leader, albeit out of fear, mostly.
Film has always been a love of the reigning family. Kim Jong-il, father of current leader Kim Jong-un, had tried to get his film industry going by kidnapping a South Korean filmmaker by the name of Shin Sang-ok who eventually escaped and wrote about his experience.
"Even though we criticized some things, he wanted us to be honest. Others would have been killed for speaking so honestly.' While Kim regarded Hollywood fantasies as documentaries, he sometimes let on that he recognized North Korea to be a realm of make-believe." His memoirs included details of Kim Jun-Il’s massive movie collection and desire to create cinema to reach a wider international audience.
You can decide for yourself if the hand groomed Kim Jong-un will have a firmer grasp on reality than his father. Maybe social media posts from other oppressed countries around the world he might find, and new movies like Leviathan will key him into the pitfalls of governmental corruption. We can always hope.
“James Bond was a favourite and he liked Rambo also, and Friday the 13th and Hong Kong action movies. But he doesn't know what fiction is. He looks at these movies as if they were records of reality," abductee Shin Sang-ok told The Guardian.
Hopefully this trailer doesn't give the current great-one any ideas he hasn't thought of yet. The famous hack of the entertainment company is a response that should bring relief with it's coming from someone who thinks he is above reality.
Kim Jong-il’s older son Kim Jong-nam was disowned shortly after trying to get into the Disneyland in Japan with a fake Dominican passport.
We know Kim Jong-un likes some celebrities like Dennis Rodman, he didn’t quite have his older brothers love for more artistic modes of expression. He was considered too feminine by their father to run North Korea.
"Kim Jong-il's former personal chef, Kenji Fujimoto, stated, if power is to be handed over then Jong-un is the best for it. He has superb physical gifts, is a big drinker and never admits defeat," reported International Business Times.
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