Real Dictators cover image

Kim Jong-il Part 1: Birth of North Korea

Real Dictators

00:00

James Pierson's North Career Confidential

Kim's tastes are extremely wide ranging, but like any one, he's got his favourites. He watched everything from japanese gangster flicks and erotic flicks to hollywood to bollywood. But it seems that he preferred the kind of hollywood block bustor mainstream films that a 30 year old would like time. In later life, he met madeline albright and talked to her about amestad and all these films that had been nominate for oscar's at the time. And he liked big hollywood, main stream filmsry kimjong eel is living a sheltered life, one of extreme privilege. But state propaganda paints him like one of his action moving heroes

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app