Kim Jong Bonkers 
When one of the most accomplished directors alive sends you a book like that but you can’t turn the
for even a secondthe content, not the form, makes a work a masterpiece
He’s mocking a perfectly legitimate opinion tons of other critics have.
I saw some goofball on Google Videos say storytelling and art is all about the how, not the what. Conveyance over content. I figured my guy was being silly.
Execution can really matter in my opinion, the entire genre of iyashikei is built on this. Seemingly mundane content but the execution of it is what makes the genre what it is.
Google Videos
Haven’t heard anyone talk about that for a hot minute
Since it’s a long-dead service I am gonna use it as a disparaging name for You Tube =) Google delenda est
Western lib media analysis has become increasingly vibes based, just like their analysis of everything else.
show, don’t tell, the content matters more than form
Imagine a fucking Westoid complaining about Kim Jung Il’s love of cinema. All you mayo do is watch movie, pay rent, eat hot chip, and lie.Lmao isn’t Scorsese at least mildly reactionary?
I think he is the kinda person that doesn’t have anything close to a coherent ideology, but has ended up being correct about a lot of things because of experience/knowing lots of people/traveling lots. Killers of the Flower Moon is the kind of movie you wouldn’t expect a reactionary to make.
He’s always been a standard American Catholic lib. So he’s a reactionary insofar as he’s those other things.
Honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if he read it purely as part of his study of cinema. Kim Jong Il directed a ton of films for the DPRK’s state film studio, so he definitely has a unique perspective on the art form that a serious director would be interested in.
I’m assuming this is a “classic”
If you like socialism so much why don’t you move to North Korea!?
bit and almost nobody is this comment section got it
Y’all are unreal lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btmP1bFAd8Y
The director is kind of a lib, but it’s a movie worth watching for a look outside the sanitized, touristy areas of the DPRK. If you listened to the Blowback interviews from the Season 3 you’ll be familiar with her.
Yeah, she is definitely a lib but seeing the DPRK filmmaking process was really cool.
I doubt she meant anything by it, and it was probably just ingrained western chauvinism, but sometimes she was downright rude. It was a good watch though. I tend to recommend it to libs with My Brothers and Sisters in the North so they can see the difference between people who’s job it is to be the face of DPRK to the western world and people who are just trying to do their job and don’t have patience for western bullshit. I find it really helps humanize them.
Oh, for sure inbuilt chauvinism. I watched both of those back to back. It really helps to break the western narrative for sure! Both great films, if for no other reason than to show that they’re all just people. I really enjoyed that part in My Brothers and Sisters in the North where you do see the little morning propaganda with the school children and it smacks you in the face how we do the exact same shit but hide ours behind a bunch of rote symbolism (flags, pledge, etc) instead of being more direct. I would definitely recommend both to anyone, especially if they’re just starting to question the reality of our own media.
Edit: for clarity, I’m in the USA.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
with such gems like “Kim Jong Bonkers”
You don’t have to agree with him, but KJI directed more than enough movies to be an authoritative voice on how to make them.
I was trying to find if Scorsese had any connections with North Korea or anything, and I found this:
https://www.facade.com/biorhythm/relationship/?Celeb=Martin_Scorsese&Celeb2=Kim_Jong_Il
Compatibility of Martin Scorsese with Kim Jong Il: Physical 100% Emotional 87% Intellectual 46% Overall 78%
Damn Kim had baby taste
