| Crossing the Line | |
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 Region 1 DVD | |
| Directed by | Daniel Gordon Nicholas Bonner |
| Written by | Daniel Gordon |
| Produced by | Daniel Gordon |
| Narrated by | Christian Slater |
| Cinematography | Nick Bennet |
| Edited by | Peter Haddon |
| Music by | Heather Fenoughty |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English Korean |
| Box office | $9,258 (USA) |
Crossing the Line (Korean: 푸른 눈의 평양시민, A Blue-Eyed Pyongyang Citizen in North Korea) is a 2006 British documentary film by Daniel Gordon and Nicholas Bonner.
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Transcription
Can l ask you a question? There is nothing to talk about. What were you planning on doing if you actually got the plane and the pilots, huh? Excuse me? You don't want a plane. You never did. Who ever heard of bank robbers escaping on a plane with 50 hostages? You saw <i>Dog Day Afternoon.</i> You're stalling. Why? l don't know. What's the matter? You can't get into the safe? Perhaps. There's two ways out of this. The easy way, we walk out the front door together, or the hard boys cut the power, hit you with the tear gas, and come in strong through the glass. lt's your choice. You don't want that. l don't want that. And, you know, they'd like to do it tonight. You got night vision? You got gas masks? Maybe. l'm this close to ordering it. Let's cut the crap. First, you don't order an assault when no hostages have been killed and there's no immediate threat. Second, if it ends that way, whatever happens, you don't get to be the hero. You want to bullshit me, try harder. Let's go. Okay. l tell you what. My ass is covered, sport. But l would not get too comfortable in here if l were you. No? l got the cable guy coming on Wednesday. Why don't you just walk out the door? l will. l'm gonna walk out of that door when l'm good and ready. Can l get you to do that today? l didn't think so. Any other proposals? Oh, please. Do not say "proposals." My girlfriend, she wants a proposal from me. You think you're too young to get married? No, l'm not too young. Too broke. Maybe l should rob a bank. You love each other? Yeah. Yeah, we do. Then money shouldn't really matter. Thank you, bank robber. l'm just saying money can't buy love. Thank you very much. l'm... l'm learning so much today, you know? Look, why don't we go across the street to the Killarney Rose, huh? Forget about this dangerous hostage situation. l'll buy you a beer. My treat. Thanks, Detective, but l'm trying to stay away from bars, if you know what l mean. Well, if you change your mind there's still a standing offer, all right? Cellblock or the graveyard? Prison whites or a toe tag? Make up your mind. Tick tock, tick tock. Hey! Hey! We done? You just crossed the fucking line! Buses, Kojak, parked outside. You think l'm bluffing? You roll the dice and see what happens.
Synopsis
The film is about a former U.S. Army soldier, James J. Dresnok, who defected to North Korea on 15 August 1962. It was directed and produced by British filmmakers Daniel Gordon and Nicholas Bonner, and was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Crossing the Line, which was narrated by actor Christian Slater, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the festival.
Production
It was first screened in 2007 on the BBC. The film centred on Dresnok's history, highlighting his unhappiness in America, and particularly his desertion from the United States Army in 1962 to the DPRK. It showed Dresnok in present-day in Pyongyang (where he lived to his death), interacting with his North Korean family and friends. Dresnok spoke exclusively to the filmmakers about his childhood, his desertion, his life in a country completely foreign and quite hostile to his own, his fellow defectors, and his wife and children.[1]
Dresnok is shown with fellow defectors, including Charles Robert Jenkins, who returned to Japan to be with his wife, Hitomi Soga (a victim of kidnapping by the North Koreans), while filming was taking place. Dresnok seemed hurt by Jenkins' allegations of physical abuse by Dresnok and the North Korean regime and angrily denied them.
Towards the end of Crossing the Line, a North Korean doctor discloses to the BBC that Dresnok is in failing health, mainly due to heavy drinking and smoking.[2][3][4]
Cast
Reception
The movie had mostly positive reception.[5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ 'Crossing' Reveals Untold N. Korea Story, The Korea Times, 23 August 2007
- ^ Last US defector in North Korea, BBC, 23 January 2007
- ^ Robert Willoughby The Bradt Travel Guide: North Korea 2008, page 39 "In a further twist, they found film fame with roles in DPRK films vilifying the US, with Dresnok typecast as an evil American and making firm friends with several North Korean film stars who appear in Crossing the Line and discussed the ..."
- ^ Justin Corfield, Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang 2013, page 43 "After Doina died of lung cancer, Dresnok married the daughter of a Togolese diplomat and a North Korean woman, and had a son. Teaching English at Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies, he was the subject of the film Crossing the Line ..."
- ^ The New York Times, 10 August 2007
- ^ The Los Angeles Times, 12 October 2007
- ^ Slant Magazine
- ^ "Crossing the Line". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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