So I've been trying to befriend this Chinese immigrant and he recently sent me a link to a Bilibili upload of this film. It immediately stank of anti-DPRK propaganda to me, and that stench just grew stronger and stronger the more I looked into its production and background and response. So I voiced some concerns to this new friend of mine that this film might not be a sincere or accurate depiction of North Korea. But my friend insists that it is a good and accurate documentary.
So I dunno, should I trust my friend and watch more than just the first five minutes? Or do you have any specific points that I should bring up to make my friend understand that this film is basically just mind-numbing garbage?
Edit: I watched the film just now. It's fine, it's got some of the standard trappings of anti-DPRK propaganda, but if you're aware of the tricks all you're really left with is some nice footage of the country interspersed with a few pathetic attempts to spin it as a Bad thing.
The experience of watching it isn’t going to poison you. You should watch it and humor your friend. It might be good or nonsense, but you should form your opinion after you have investigated it.
I’d say definitely give it a shot. If its cringe as fuck and it makes you too uncomfortable to watch, then I wouldn’t feel bad about skipping it though.
I suppose that the tillit-showing thing would be to get over myself and watch the film anyways, you're right... It wasn't really any sort of "mind poisoning" that I was worried about so much as it was the "this is gonna be really cringe" thing.
That’s fair. Hope you don’t die to cringe. :)
I watched the film and it was a bearable kind of cringe