art cinema art cinema korean lit film art theory treatise north korean leader considered authoritative work north korean filmmaking book sets forth original theories applied practices filmmaking arts theory literature seed theory important ones centers question good worthy life art emphasizes truly independent individuals capable transforming society seed theory essential north korean film theory seeks direct artistic creation single ideological foundation seed individual work seed synthesis subject matter idea basis propaganda message ideas complement themes form socialist content films ideas presented book creation propaganda supporting korea policies art cinema major political implications succession gained political cultural influence north korean society government book impact art cinema north korean filmmaking disputed films publication treatise similar style contemporary films breach rules laid treatise background graduating university devoted cultural ideological propaganda work guidance party kim known privately interested hollywood films forbade discussion foreign film concepts aesthetic review meeting important annual film conference ordered entire conference archive destroyed kim urged participants exclusively concerned teachings party creative work influence film literary administration grew resisted liberal artistic influence kim began work film adaptations plays originating 1930s kim personally guided production films parts fate self defence corps man han flower girl began producing revolutionary operas kim worked government arts administration years time wrote series essays based speeches given directors preceding years published art cinema april major work rest 1970s kim continued oversee cultural activities ideas treatise seeks apply principles ideology questions film literature art according kim cinema means art literature exposing society ideology building socialist literary theory thought described realism key aim kim employ heroic film fiction transform man socialist man type man book deals aspects cinema including film literary theory acting performance score music screen costumes props particular importance themes directing producing driving forces filmmaking ideas book drawing examples north korean films sea blood referred art cinema presents major theories theory literature seed theory considered party control artistic creation ideas developed treatise called modeling theory speed campaign compliance principles earns artwork title collective work films realistic possible filmmakers lived popular masses like ideal revolutionaries korean resistance realism worship leader making conventional types realism film like italian kim builds idea contemporary north_korea class conflict real conflicts exist portrayed cinema bar historical external ones seen negative people disagree party policies exist depicting conflicts north korean society film considered critical regime historical themes depicted traditions portrayed support present ideological needs feudal traditional tales legends literature theory literature developed establishes literature exists human domain key theme question good worthy life allowing art idea korean independent spirit prominent theory essence humans struggling oppression depends view free hero story particular embodies according kim literature gives emphasis development truly independent individuals called era brings transformation society north korean literature justification state control literary creation policy socialism country seed theory seed theory forms essence art cinema consequently north korean film theory general called strange concept method artists follow party line means individual creativity film living organism noting analogy seed idea artistic interpretation single ideological foundation seed resulting cinema makes members creative single goal spite differences personalities director task prevent foreign seed entering cinema seed fundamental consciousness underlying artistic creativity concrete terms seed basis propaganda message film strong convincing idea tell seed subject matter idea work providing form content capacity literary theory concepts material theme thought film contribute ruling ideology employ aesthetics storytelling support propaganda message example seed film fate self defence corps man revolves choice facing main character gap oppression sacrificing self revolution seed summarized gap revolutionary movement dies surplus value kim argues seed seed theory influential literary circles north_korea writers sought seeds classics preceding kim treatise addition questions art seed theory adopted wider range industrial economic activities modeling theory speed campaign according modeling theory liberation struggles portrayed combine national class struggle achieved portrayal north korean people producing role models speed campaign jon calls rapid production films according producing films fast possible overall revolutionary process origins speed campaign shooting fate self defence corps man days anticipated year practice carried publication art cinema instance film series heroes produced following speed campaign principle film took days produce subsequently speed campaigns carried art economic matters thought equally important remains influential concept associated leadership reception influence official biographies describe art cinema comprehensive original supported logic calls boring repetitive calls art cinema points work shows understanding elements literary text work considered authoritative guide filmmaking north_korea real extent influence doubted according work offers little new north korean cinema ideas presented obvious particularly specialist audience professional filmmakers kim writing films publication treatise remarkably similar suggesting little impact north korean film industry practice traits contemporary north korean cinema slow editing style old theatrical acting teachings art cinema change north korean cinema attributed political economic pressures instead contributing new work ideas importance film art propaganda tool theoretical breakthrough taught account personal experiences film industry attempt encountered kim considered treatise failure films contributed enjoyed home abroad ridiculed north korean cinema compete quality foreign particular south korean films directly prompted kidnap south_korea famous film director wife actress kept north_korea years cruel conditions studied art cinema kim film credits kim executive producer kim delighted film allowed travel vienna supposed negotiate deal sequel couple opportunity escape ended america politically treatise success time writing art cinema kim father systematically rallying support younger kim prepare succession work gained social political power secured father confidence making succession possible continued write arts 1990s published art drama art dance fine art architecture literature art cinema mandatory reading north korean students literature north korean filmmakers study work art cinema influenced south_korea oriented movement born work influence goes korea australian directed movie making propaganda film kim instructions danish red chapel shown continuously consulting treatise artistic guidance release details work included enlarged edition chapters art cinema published life literature cinema directing character actor respectively reprint english edition art cinema issued speeches included english editions problems arising creation let create revolutionary films based ideological artistic characteristics masterpiece fate man included korean edition translations art cinema include arabic chinese english french german russian spanish
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