Pulgasariiiiii!
A quick background of the 1985 North Korean Godzilla-like film Pulgasari by Shin Sang, who escaped and defected to the United States, then back to his homeland of South Korea to live out his life. Kim Jong Il, Resident Eccentric of our feared team-enemy the Axis of Evil (2002), is a notorious film-lover. Some of his tastes:
I recently heard on an NPR show that the great fear of North Korea should not be that his eccentric demeanor will result not in a rogue missile-firing as a teenage-angst-ridden-ish with nuclear disaster proportions, but in something more akin to a miscalculation on his part. They say that Kim Jong Il has closed his borders so much, locked his world down so tightly that he can't clearly even see out of it. And that the wrong moves may be mis-read, misinterpreted. He loves films, and clearly loves American films- but he can't read American culture.
In fact, can any of us?
“He just loves movies,” Shin went on. “He likes all kinds of movies. But his favorites are adventure movies, like Indiana Jones.” He has a fondness for Elizabeth Taylor, too.And who doesn't?
I recently heard on an NPR show that the great fear of North Korea should not be that his eccentric demeanor will result not in a rogue missile-firing as a teenage-angst-ridden-ish with nuclear disaster proportions, but in something more akin to a miscalculation on his part. They say that Kim Jong Il has closed his borders so much, locked his world down so tightly that he can't clearly even see out of it. And that the wrong moves may be mis-read, misinterpreted. He loves films, and clearly loves American films- but he can't read American culture.
In fact, can any of us?
posted by General Stan at 7:05 PM
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