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Aim high in creation! : a one-of-a-kind journey inside North Korea's propaganda machine, Anna Broinowski

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Summary
Anna Broinowski is the only Westerner ever granted full access to North Korea's propaganda machine - its film industry. Aim High in Creation! is her funny, surreal, insightful account of her twenty-one-day apprenticeship there. At the same time, it is a fresh-eyed look, beyond stereotypes, at life in that most secretive of societies
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First North American edition.
Extent
287 pages
Note
Previous edition published under the title: Director is the commander (2015)
Contents
  • Getting there
  • The free world
  • The amazing Kim Jong Il
  • The great North Korean visa chase
  • Aim high in creation!
  • The defectors' verdict
  • North Korean Jesus
  • Chasing Godzilla
  • The first trip
  • Flying Air Koryo
  • Kubrick who?
  • Blue Danube blues
  • Grey mullet soup
  • Drinking the kool-aid
  • The shoot
  • Pitching General Electric
  • The exploding sound recordist
  • A perfume named Kim
  • Do you like porn?
  • Your dear leader, Bob Brown
  • Monroe had a voluptuous figure
  • Playing the enemy
  • The body and emotion
  • The problem of gay people
  • Spinster time
  • Our divided nation
  • Sydney
Isbn
9781628726763
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Aim high in creation! : a one-of-a-kind journey inside North Korea's propaganda machine
Title
Aim high in creation!
Title remainder
a one-of-a-kind journey inside North Korea's propaganda machine
Statement of responsibility
Anna Broinowski
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Anna Broinowski is the only Westerner ever granted full access to North Korea's propaganda machine - its film industry. Aim High in Creation! is her funny, surreal, insightful account of her twenty-one-day apprenticeship there. At the same time, it is a fresh-eyed look, beyond stereotypes, at life in that most secretive of societies
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Biography type
contains biographical information
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Broinowski, Anna
Dewey number
791.43095193
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Broinowski, Anna
  • Motion picture industry
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Aim high in creation! : a one-of-a-kind journey inside North Korea's propaganda machine, Anna Broinowski
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Previous edition published under the title: Director is the commander (2015)
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Getting there -- The free world -- The amazing Kim Jong Il -- The great North Korean visa chase -- Aim high in creation! -- The defectors' verdict -- North Korean Jesus -- Chasing Godzilla -- The first trip -- Flying Air Koryo -- Kubrick who? -- Blue Danube blues -- Grey mullet soup -- Drinking the kool-aid -- The shoot -- Pitching General Electric -- The exploding sound recordist -- A perfume named Kim -- Do you like porn? -- Your dear leader, Bob Brown -- Monroe had a voluptuous figure -- Playing the enemy -- The body and emotion -- The problem of gay people -- Spinster time -- Our divided nation -- Sydney
Control code
ocn954719897
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First North American edition.
Extent
287 pages
Isbn
9781628726763
Lccn
2016021762
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
Label
Aim high in creation! : a one-of-a-kind journey inside North Korea's propaganda machine, Anna Broinowski
Publication
Copyright
Note
Previous edition published under the title: Director is the commander (2015)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Getting there -- The free world -- The amazing Kim Jong Il -- The great North Korean visa chase -- Aim high in creation! -- The defectors' verdict -- North Korean Jesus -- Chasing Godzilla -- The first trip -- Flying Air Koryo -- Kubrick who? -- Blue Danube blues -- Grey mullet soup -- Drinking the kool-aid -- The shoot -- Pitching General Electric -- The exploding sound recordist -- A perfume named Kim -- Do you like porn? -- Your dear leader, Bob Brown -- Monroe had a voluptuous figure -- Playing the enemy -- The body and emotion -- The problem of gay people -- Spinster time -- Our divided nation -- Sydney
Control code
ocn954719897
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First North American edition.
Extent
287 pages
Isbn
9781628726763
Lccn
2016021762
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations

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