Description
Originally published April 11, 1973 – English language edition of On the Art of the Cinema by Kim Jong Il, published by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Korea, in 2018. A near fine copy free from inscriptions, in green card wraps, some fading to the spine, the text block bright and crisp.
Originally published in North Korea in 1973, On the Art of the Cinema is Kim Jong Il’s treatise on filmmaking as an instrument of revolutionary culture. Addressing directing, acting, screenwriting, music, camerawork, costume and production, it applies Juche ideology to artistic creation. Central is the “seed theory”, requiring every film to develop from a controlling ideological idea. Both practical manual and political doctrine, the book became the authoritative guide for North Korean cinema and propaganda.
