now Kim Jong Il, the leader of volatile North Korea, has been known by many names. War monger, self-proclaimed: “Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army”, epic propaganda photograph-taker (see above), “internet expert”, finger-on-the-nuclear-button-haver, relentless-hennessy-drinker (he reportedly drinks $650k-720k worth of hennessy a year.) but most recently, heart-disease-and-diabetes-sufferer.
In addition, Kim Jong Il commands the fifth largest army in the world, and is so adored by his country and followers that his birthday is the most celebrated holiday in all of north korea.
But something you may not know about ole’ Kim-bo, is that he’s also a rampant movie watcher. boasting a collection of some 20,000 DVDs, Kim Jong Il’s favorites include, Friday the 13th, (scary) Amistad, (ironic) First Blood (i didn’t know anyone had even seen that), and Gone With The Wind (really?).
Apparently, Kimmie’s film fanaticism is so sincere, that he kidnapped his favorite South Korean director, Sang-ok Shin, and kept him in near captivity as they produced a horror film together.
Now if all of this isn’t strange enough for you, consider this, Kim-tina published a 344 page book, “On The Art of Cinema”
An excerpt, as I couldn’t dream of writing this well:
“Films should contain musical masterpieces like these,” referring to a film he ‘commissioned’ aptly titled “Sea of Blood”, “the fusion of noble ideas and burning passion.”
“Actors must be ideologically prepared before acquiring high-level skills…No revolutionary actor has ever actually been a Japanese policeman or capitalist . . . To effectively embody the hateful enemy, the actor requires an ardent love of his class and a burning hostility towards the enemy.”
orly?
All of this aside, here’s to Kim Jong Il, as he snuggles up on the couch and watches a bootleg dvd of Marley and Me, fighting off his potentially lethal diseases. Get better soon Kim Jong, and let’s make some more movies!
