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Years ago some danes (incl two adopted south koreans) went to north korea to film a satire documentary called "the Red Chapel" (trailer https://youtu.be/1aQRC_4

Years ago some danes (incl two adopted south koreans) went to north korea to film a satire documentary called "the Red Chapel" (trailer https://youtu.be/1aQRC_4LheY https://youtu.be/1aQRC_4LheY) One of the members was a handicapped danish comedian, the other another very legendary satire comedian (now chef) and the director has later made many dox afterwards. During their trip they participated in a military march. One of them wheel-chaired in a country known for "magically having no handicapped people". Its equally incredible what they did in their visit as it is they got out alive. Here is an interview with the director: https://youtu.be/gWkPKlmptFo https://youtu.be/gWkPKlmptFo

supernihil 6y ago
I just watched the trailer again. Damn its an impressive portrait of the torment of resisting your urge to scream and the actual panic in the small group of keeping eachothers face and reactions in the narrow strip of "acceptaple" while being in the dystopic nightmare
317070 6y ago
What happened to the North Korean people portrayed in the movie, after the movie came out?
- supernihil 6y ago
  Nobody knows i guess but i think the team acted responsibly to not bring people into "bad standing"
rwmj 6y ago
I haven't watched this, but the documentary about Laibach's visit to North Korea was very revealing: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/08/storyville-when-rock-arrived-in-north-korea-review-a-slovenian-industrial-metal-band-takes-pyongyang https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/08/storyvi...
wodenokoto 6y ago
If I remember correctly the handicapped was asked by North Korea to pretent he was an able person acting as a handicapped. It’s a very weird documentary.
- supernihil 6y ago
  Yeah and also sometimes introduced as a drunk. Incredible courage they all had. But dont underestimate their intelligence: each person in the group have incredible comedic talent as well and are incredible in a multitude of other fields too
gambiting 6y ago
I have no opinion on the movie as a whole, but couple things that stood out from the trailer "North Korea - the most evil dictatorship known to mankind" - uhmmmm, really? More evil than(just in the last 100 years) dictatorships of Mao, of Stalin, of Pol Pot? By what measure? "art in a country that does not tolerate art" - well that's just simply not true at all. North Korea both has and values art - just not the same way other countries do. One of the most internationally known facts about North Korea is the Arirang Festival - and what is that, if not art? Even its propaganda is art.
- supernihil 6y ago
  I think paying attention to taglines as means of content is false. The dox is what is is. Marketing is what it is. I agree with your points though but when you say "evilest by what messure?" I could for example say "by still being around for so long" Also does it make sense to discuss minima/maxima in terms of human rights? I guess we all want maximum! :-)
  - sudosysgen 6y ago
    That being said, while I think the DPRK is probably the worst, I believe the longest running dictatorship is probably Saudi Arabia or some other kingdom.
Tarsul 6y ago
holy shit that's the same person [Mads Brügger] who over months impersonated a corrupt diplomat in africa in the documentary The Ambassador (must-watch). So he's been up to other dangerous (and mischievous in the best way) reporting (well, wikipedia tells me this was before the ambassador). Stunning.
- supernihil 6y ago
  I can recommend "cold case hamarskjold" from same director too

supernihil 6y ago

I just watched the trailer again. Damn its an impressive portrait of the torment of resisting your urge to scream and the actual panic in the small group of keeping eachothers face and reactions in the narrow strip of "acceptaple" while being in the dystopic nightmare

317070 6y ago

What happened to the North Korean people portrayed in the movie, after the movie came out?

supernihil 6y ago
Nobody knows i guess but i think the team acted responsibly to not bring people into "bad standing"

rwmj 6y ago

I haven't watched this, but the documentary about Laibach's visit to North Korea was very revealing: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/08/storyville-when-rock-arrived-in-north-korea-review-a-slovenian-industrial-metal-band-takes-pyongyang https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/08/storyvi...

wodenokoto 6y ago

If I remember correctly the handicapped was asked by North Korea to pretent he was an able person acting as a handicapped. It’s a very weird documentary.

supernihil 6y ago
Yeah and also sometimes introduced as a drunk. Incredible courage they all had. But dont underestimate their intelligence: each person in the group have incredible comedic talent as well and are incredible in a multitude of other fields too

gambiting 6y ago

I have no opinion on the movie as a whole, but couple things that stood out from the trailer "North Korea - the most evil dictatorship known to mankind" - uhmmmm, really? More evil than(just in the last 100 years) dictatorships of Mao, of Stalin, of Pol Pot? By what measure? "art in a country that does not tolerate art" - well that's just simply not true at all. North Korea both has and values art - just not the same way other countries do. One of the most internationally known facts about North Korea is the Arirang Festival - and what is that, if not art? Even its propaganda is art.

supernihil 6y ago
I think paying attention to taglines as means of content is false. The dox is what is is. Marketing is what it is. I agree with your points though but when you say "evilest by what messure?" I could for example say "by still being around for so long" Also does it make sense to discuss minima/maxima in terms of human rights? I guess we all want maximum! :-)
- sudosysgen 6y ago
  That being said, while I think the DPRK is probably the worst, I believe the longest running dictatorship is probably Saudi Arabia or some other kingdom.

Tarsul 6y ago

holy shit that's the same person [Mads Brügger] who over months impersonated a corrupt diplomat in africa in the documentary The Ambassador (must-watch). So he's been up to other dangerous (and mischievous in the best way) reporting (well, wikipedia tells me this was before the ambassador). Stunning.

supernihil 6y ago
I can recommend "cold case hamarskjold" from same director too