Meanwhile, north Korean filmmakers dropping a banger ever single year.
Do you have examples? I’m genuinely curious, never heard about DPRK’s film industry
A couple (I’ve watched way more of these than I care to admit):
The Country I Saw (1987) About a cynical Japanese journalist, suffering from PTSD because of his experiences as an attaché during World War II. He visits to the DPRK and meets some of the people he saved from Japanese troops during the war.
Myself in the Distant Future (1997) Kind of a socialist rom-com? But better than it sounds. About a spoiled, directionless young man from Pyongyang who falls in love with a girl from a construction shock brigade.
Story of Our Home (2016) Coming-of-age story, but different from western ones: growing up means you learn to accept help from the community.
Traffic Controller at Crossroads (1987) Female traffic cop in Pyongyang, and her interactions with various people on her street. Quite cool to see a film portraying close friendships between men and women that aren’t necessarily sexual or romantic.
Bear in mind, all these are filmed very much like Soviet movies during the 1970s. So the style takes a little bit of getting used to. I hated it at first; now I prefer it to western styles.
Bear in mind, all these are filmed very much like Soviet movies during the 1970s. So the style takes a little bit of getting used to.
Having grown up on said Soviet movies, it should be no problem. Thank you for the list!
Ah Capitalist South Korea bringing you Squid Game and Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer and Parasite.
Snowpiercer is one of my favourites. Its amazing how you can take a seemingly silly idea about an apocalypse where the sole remaining human survivors are stuck on a train powered by a perpetual motion engine, and make it that good.
Also Snowpiercer is a sequel to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Titanic is a prequel to the terminator films
