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Crossing The Line
Producer/Director: Daniel Gordon Co-producer: John Battsek Executive Producer: Andrew Ruhemann A VeryMuchSo Production in Association with Passion Pictures for the BBC. In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, four US servicemen crossed the most heavily fortified area on earth and entered an alien world. For forty years they lived in North Korea as national heroes. Crossing The Line reveals the clandestine life of defector Joseph Dresnok, and his time in North Korea, one of the least understood countries in the world. ''There are a series of coups here…Dresnok comes across as honest and credible, and his story is absolutely fascinating…One of the more notable aspects of the film is its generally positive portrayal of one of the world's most enigmatic countries….that slant goes a long way to putting a human face on the demonized state…the narrower scope…makes an already compelling subject even more so.'' Hollywood Reporter ''North Korea gets that rarest of bouquets - a positive perspective from a former G.I….'' VARIETY ''Like some seedy spy thriller come to life, this mesmerizing account of the life of Joe Dresnok - a U.S. Army private who defected to North Korea in 1962 and lives there to this day - is awash in the humiliating equivocation and cheap ennui of Cold War espionage. Amazingly, director Daniel Gordon and his crew were allowed to film Dresnok in and around his home in Pyongyang, resulting in a canny portrait of a man as uniquely fit for a life on display as he is blindly willing to kowtow to power.'' TIME OUT, NY
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