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The Juche Idea
- Format: DVD
- Rated NR
- Release Date: 10/4/2011

The Juche Idea
- Format: DVD
- Rated NR
- Release Date: 10/4/2011
- Starring: Daniela Kostova, Jim Finn, Oleg Mavromatti, Jannette Kim, Grace Chang, Carl Lee, Jung Soyeon, Lee Sang Hoon, Kim Sung, Lee Jung Yoon
- UPC: 738329071127
- Item #: KOV907112
- Director: Jim Finn
- Rated: NR
- Genre: Special Interest-Politics
- Release Date: 10/4/2011
- This product is a special order
- Closed Caption: No
- Original Language: ENG
- Original Year: 2008
- Run Time: 62 minutes
- Distributor/Studio: Kino Lorber

Product Notes
Jim Finn's "The Juche Idea" is an uproarious and provocative deconstruction of North Korean propaganda and philosophy. Mixing together eye-popping archival footage with deadpan re-enactments, Finn has created a complex docu-fiction that is equally thought-provoking and entertaining. Translated as self-reliance, "Juche" (CHOO-chay) is a hybrid of Confucian and Stalinist thought that Kim Jong-il adapted from his father and applied to the entire culture. In the Juche Idea, a sympathetic South Korean film- maker visits a North Korean artist's colony to bring Juche ideas into the 21st century. She ends up producing hilariously stilted shorts, including a nonsensical sci-fi story and the enigmatic "Dentures of Imperialism" inspired by the true story of how a South Korean director was kidnapped in the 70s to invigorate the North's movie industry, the Juche Idea is both sardonic satire and historical excavation, an exuberant collage that reveals the absurdity at the heart of Kim- Jong-il's regime.
Credits
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CreditsDaniela Kostova
Jim Finn
Oleg Mavromatti
Jannette Kim
Grace Chang
Carl Lee
Jung Soyeon
Lee Sang Hoon
Kim Sung
Lee Jung Yoon
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DirectorsJim Finn
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ProducersJim Finn