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On the Art of the Cinema [Paperback]

Kim Jong-il
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Book Description

October 1, 2001
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.



Product Details

  • Paperback: 344 pages
  • Publisher: University Press of the Pacific (October 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0898756138
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898756135
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.6 x 8.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,936,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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205 of 214 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Repititive October 23, 2006
Format:Paperback
This book is very repititive. If you like books in which things are repeated, this is the book for you because things are repeated in it. This book says the same thing in different ways. Similar ideas are stated in different ways many times in the book. Although stated differently, many times, a sentence states the same idea that was stated previously. This happens many times. Many many ideas are repeated many many times. It gets redundant.
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73 of 80 people found the following review helpful
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My mind was simply blown away!!! The dear leader is an author par-excellence. Given that it was written in 6 hours flat, this book is nothing short of a masterpiece. It is sad that the biased western media has not recognised the great man's writing abilities. Nor have the reindeer eating ignoramuses in Sweden considered the master for the Nobel Prize for literature. Not that the great man needs one.

In this book, his greatness discusses, in depth, the fine intricacies of various aspects of film making from kidnapping directors and their wives, to ordering people in to movie theatres.

As the person who solely invented 3D cinema, digital projection and bullet time photography, his Kimness can teach a thing or two to posers like Speilberg. But his shortness's abilities are not limited to film production techniques. He directed what is the undoubtedly the greatest movie of all time, Dairy of a Girl Student and also lesser known movies like Star wars, Saving Private Ryan and God Father 1&2. Godfather 3 was not directed by Lil Kim and hence sucked big time.

The Kim man also reveals in the book, his dabblings in alternative cinema, directing and starring in masterpieces like Kim goes South, Interracial Kimming and Kimm until she's Ill, which although is widely considered to be the greatest adult movie ever made, is not available outside due to privacy concerns. Fears of leaking these masterpieces to the western devils is rumoured to be the reason why North Koreans don't have access to the internet. But the movies can apparently be bought on BetaMax in North Korea for an average monthly salary of a North Korean or 1 piece of bread.

To summarise read this book or face the firing squad when the revolution comes.
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64 of 77 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough on lenses August 2, 2005
Format:Paperback
First off, I'm a huge fan of Mr. Jung's work.

"Let's Work On Doubling the Output of the Red Harvest Tractor Factory #8!!!!" was a beautiful little film, all four hours of it. Great rainy day treat, if your work militia collectively owns a dvd player.

This book gets a little heavy on theory however, which is a missed opportunity in my opinion. While Jung's theory on extracting socially realistic acting from kidnapped Japanese soap opera stars was helpful in my latest project, Jung's technical work is so stunning that this book is merely a footnote to an awesome contribution to world cinema, if by world cinema you mean North Korean cinema.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Obviously not a real book ...
because it has not been reviewed by Harriet Klausner.

Please get back to me once this (accidental?) oversight has been corrected. Thanks.
Published 11 months ago by Ron Boerger
1.0 out of 5 stars As good of an author as he is a leader.
I could choose from a few different angles to take with my review. I could just write about my own personal opinion about the book, and tell you to take that at face value, or I... Read more
Published on August 18, 2010 by Beck
5.0 out of 5 stars I see the world with new eyes...
I never understood cinema. To me, movies were movies. You went in, ate popcorn, and, if you were lucky, stuff blew up.

Then came Kim. Read more
Published on January 10, 2010 by J. Hietpas
5.0 out of 5 stars Radical Film Theory
A guide to how films should be made according to the strict aesthetic principles and dialectical methodology of Juche, "On the Art of the Cinema" certainly does not mince words. Read more
Published on October 13, 2007 by Andreas Gryphius
1.0 out of 5 stars the mind just boggles..... or boggles onwards ... or something ....
Er ... ahem .... ummm .... is this perhaps a big joke?

If so, it's a good 'un.....

mind still boggling here .....
Published on January 7, 2006 by K. Marshall
5.0 out of 5 stars Pauline Kael - eat your heart out!
A man of many talents, the Dear Leader �, Comrade Kim Jong Il, can be found most nights crunching popcorn down at his local cinema and turning in a neat film review for the... Read more
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