article_snippet: Nevertheless, Kim Jong-Il set up the Central Film Distribution Centre, which obtained prints from abroad and secretly dubbed them into Korean using professional actors.
article_snippet: It was Kim Jong-Il’s dream to establish ‘a world-class film industry’ but, unfortunately, local productions were boring in the extreme —
article_snippet: In the wider world, Spielberg, Scorsese and George Lucas were emerging so, in 1978, Kim had the idea to abduct a director and star from South Korea, whose ‘knowledge and manpower’ would stimulate Kim own cinematic ambitions.
article_snippet: ‘melodramas, thrillers, historical epics and martial arts films full of frantic zooms and moving cameras’, were snatched from Hong Kong harbour, drugged and bundled into a speedboat by the North Korean ‘covert operations department.
article_snippet: Kim Jong-Il abducted a South Korean filmmaker 
article_snippet: Assuring Kim that ‘I will take part in the revolution’, The Dear Leader agreed to make a propaganda film.
highlights_snippet: Kim Jong-Il wanted to bring a thriving film industry to North Korea .
  
highlights_snippet: In 1978 Kim Jong-Il abducted a South Korean filmmaker and Kim Jong-Il wife .