A Kim Jong-Il production : the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power /: the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Fischer.
• Other Names: Fischer, Paul
• Contents: Introduction: August, 1982 -- Reel one: a sense of destiny. A photograph on the blue house lawn -- Director Shin & Madame Choi -- Shrimp among whales -- A double rainbow over Mount Paekdu -- Kim Jong Il's first loves -- Fathers and sons -- Inside the Pyongyang picture show -- A three-second kiss -- Repulse bay -- Reel two: guests of the dear leader. The hermit kingdom -- Accused -- Musicals, movies, and ideological studies -- Taken -- The others -- Escape from Chestnut Valley -- Shin Sang-Ok died here -- The torture position -- Division 39 -- The hunger strike -- Director Shin is coming -- Intermission: the people's actress Woo in-Hee -- Reel three: produced by Kim Jong-Il. Together -- The tape recorder -- Lights, camera -- Out of the North -- Like a European movie -- The press conference -- Same bed, different dreams -- A full shooting schedule -- The rubber monster -- Vienna -- From Kim to Kim -- The stars and stripes -- Epilogue: 2013 -- Afterword.
• Publisher Details: New York : Flatiron Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.430951/93; Films, Cinema; Actresses; Kidnapping; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures; True Stories; Motion pictures -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century; Motion picture producers and directors -- Korea (South) -- Biography; Actresses -- Korea (South) -- Biography; Korea (North); Korea (South); Biography; History; Electronic books; Kidnapping, 1978; Kidnapping, 1978
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781250054289; 1250054281; 9780241969991; 0241969999
• Related ISBNs: 9781250054265; 1250054265
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.