Crossing the Line (2006)
Crossing the Line (2006)
DVDRip | MKV | 716x572 | x264 @ 3039 Kbps | 90 min | 2,06 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English for non-english parts
Genre: Documentary
DVDRip | MKV | 716x572 | x264 @ 3039 Kbps | 90 min | 2,06 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English for non-english parts
Genre: Documentary
Director: Daniel Gordon
Writer: Daniel Gordon
Stars: Damion Cruzz, Bruce Cumings, James Joseph Dresnok
In 1962, a U.S. soldier sent to guard the peace in South Korea deserted his unit, walked across the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to the Cold War enemy, the communist state of North Korea. He then simply disappeared from the face of the known world. He became a coveted star of the North Korean propaganda machine, and found fame acting in films, typecast as an evil American. He uses Korean as his daily language. He has three sons from two wives. He has now lived in North Korea twice as long as he has in America. At one time, there were four Americans living in North Korea. Today, just one remains. Now, after 45 years, the story of Comrade Joe, the last American defector in North Korea, is told.
A fascinating story about a man that did the unthinkable. He crossed over into North Korea and surrendered to their ideals and way of life. We are offered a look inside North Korea, one of the most isolated and intriguing places in the world. Dresnok is obviously a supporter of where he lives, and rarely says a bad word against it. The film does give us some interesting tidbits, such as Dresnok's troubled home life and youth, but the main focus is on a man and how he can live in a place most westerners would consider inhospitable. Their is a great emotional weight to the film, as Dresnok talks about his first failed marriage, and both of his marriages + children in North Korea. Underneath the surface is also the complex goings on between Dresnok and 3 other American GI's that defected. Dresnok may be the only one left, but the continuing battle of words between himself and Jenkins makes for one of cinemas great rivalries. It would be easy to call Dresnok brainwashed, if he didn't seem so down to earth and in control. Insightful, emotional, and never judging, this is how a documentary should be made.
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Crossing the Line (2006)
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