Crossing the Line, 2006 [2 / 6]

Crossing the Line (Korean: 푸른 눈의 평양시민, A Blue-Eyed Pyongyang Citizen in North Korea) is a 2006 British documentary film by Daniel Gordon and Nicholas Bonner.

The film is about a former U.S. Army soldier, James J. Dresnok, who defected to North Korea on August 15, 1962. The film was directed and produced by British filmmakers Daniel Gordon and Nicholas Bonner, and was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film, which was narrated by actor Christian Slater, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the festival.

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[PlasticFrog]

@komradhall I would like to hear you repeating this after you experienced the life of ordinary North Koreans - starvation, fear, paranoia, prospect of being put in to gulag, tortured and executed for speaking your mind. All those westerners who have everything in their life - basic human rights, good living conditions, freedom of speech, but rave about 'communistic paradise' that they read about in the booklets of Marx or Engels make me sick. You have no idea how communism works in practice.

[69dugger]

Of course, North Korea is a lousy country. The last I checked, millions of people didn't starve to death in Shangri-la. But before some of you guys get on such a high horse, you might consider the atrocities being committed at our own prison camp in Gitmo.

I thought this was one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It showed the human side of a defector who seems to be leading a fairly normal life (fishing, bowling, birthday parties, etc.) in a very unlikely place.

[DavverOne]

I'd like to see a documentary about a North Korean who defected to the US or something. You never know whether this is filtered or not.

Too bad there's no one like this yet.

[sgthombre999]

@69dugger

You're honestly comparing Gitmo to what goes on over there? That place isn't exactly a four star hotel, but at the same time at least things like "Attempting to hide food" and "Failing to attend to work diligently enough" aren't punishable by firing squad, They are in North Korean camps. Are there kids in Gitmo? Nope. Are there kids publicly executed in order to set an example for the other prisoners in NK concentration camps? You bet your ass there is. Get off your own high horse.

[sgthombre999]

@UmbermenschWill

Sound pretty goddamn Marxist to me. Don't like Captitalism? Then I'm sure Myanmar, Cuba, and North Korea would fucking love to have you. Ether get the fuck out, or stop bitching. We won the Cold War, so history and the world have shown us which system actually works. Capitalism may not work very well, but it sure as hell works better than everything else.

[UbermenschWill]

@ProtoCaesar Actually, the total death toll of all victims of Capitalism (which includes slavery, starvation, colonization, easily treatable diseases, coup d'etats designed only to help the West keep control of Africa, S. America and Asia) outnumbers greatly that of the victims of Communism.

I am not a Marxist, far from that. Still, your comments are ludicrous at best.

All those fancy corporate Brains proved their worth during the 2008-2012 Crisis.

We are all suffering from their incompetence.

[ProtoCaesar]

@UbermenschWill

Fuck you and your condescending Marxist twaddle - more people have been systematically murdered, during peacetime, under communism (inspired by Marx) than any other form of government,

[teflondon91]

how do i fix it, its out of sync!

[UbermenschWill]

@anarchopinko Finally someone who knows what he/she is talking about! Thank you!

[UbermenschWill]

@ProtoCaesar You never read Marx. You do not know his theories. Shut up and teach yourself what the real world is like.