Kim Jong Bonkers bonk

  • nohaybanda [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    When one of the most accomplished directors alive sends you a book like that but you can’t turn the smuglord for even a second

  • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    the content, not the form, makes a work a masterpiece

    He's mocking a perfectly legitimate opinion tons of other critics have.

    • ashinadash [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      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.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        3 months ago

        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.

      • AernaLingus [any]
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        3 months ago

        Google Videos

        Haven't heard anyone talk about that for a hot minute

  • culpritus [any]
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    3 months ago

    show, don't tell, the content matters more than form

    kim-cool

    pooh-wtf

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    3 months ago

    parenti 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.

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      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.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      He's always been a standard American Catholic lib. So he's a reactionary insofar as he's those other things.

    • SSJ2Marx
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      3 months ago

      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.

    • RandomUserName123 [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      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

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    3 months ago

    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.

      • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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        3 months ago

        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.

        • trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml
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          3 months ago

          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.

  • SSJ2Marx
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    3 months ago

    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.

  • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    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%