{"product_id":"kim-jong-il-production-1250054273","title":"Kim Jong-Il Production","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1250054273\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fischer, Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Amazon Best of The Year Nonfiction SelectionLibrary Journal Top Ten Book of the Year!The Extraordinary True Story of Kim Jong-Ils kidnapping of the golden couple of South Korean Cinema, The Movies They Were Forced to Make, and Their Daring Escape.Before becoming the worlds most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Koreas Ministry for Propaganda and all its film studios. Underwhelmed by the pool of talent available to him he took drastic steps, ordering the kidnap of Choi Eun-Hee (Madame Choi) - South Koreas most famous actress - and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the countrys most famous filmmaker. But as Madame Choi and Shin Shang-Ok begin to make North Koreas greatest films, they hatch a plan of escape worthy of a blockbuster Hollywood ending. A Kim Jong-Il Production is that rarest of books: a wildly entertaining, cunningly told story that offers a rare glimpse into a nation still wrapped in mystery.Gripping A Kim Jong-Il Production tells the absurd, harrowing, and true story of Choi and Shin's ordeal, which reveals the importance of film as propaganda to the North Korean regime. -Esquire.comThe 1978 abductions of the South Korean actress Choi-Eun-He and her ex-husband, the director Shin Sang-Ok, in Hong Kong is the true crime at the center of Paul Fischer's gripping and surprisingly timely new book. -The New York TimesAn entertaining new bookdetails how [Shin and Choi] finally seized their chance to seek asylumA stupefying, novelistic read. -The Boston GlobeFischer's entertaining narrative paints an arresting portrait of a North Korean \"theater state,\" forced to enact the demented script of a sociopathic tyrant. -Publishers WeeklyPaul Fischer's book A Kim Jong-Il Production is a highly illuminating deep dive on the middle Kim's cinematic obsessions and the film arms race between the two Koreas. -The Washington PostExhaustively researched, highly engrossing chronicle of the outrageous abduction of a pair of well-known South Korean filmmakers by the nefarious network of North Korea's Kim Jong-Il.-Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eGreat product!\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52273050812704,"sku":"NEW1250054273","price":18.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81HeNPySKsL.jpg?v=1788074066","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/kim-jong-il-production-1250054273","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}