▁notes ▁things ▁such ▁as ▁tight ro pe ▁walking , ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁disabled ▁and ▁elder ly ▁people , ▁North ▁Korean ▁music ▁propag anda , ▁the ▁cult ▁of ▁person ality ▁for ▁past ▁leader ▁Kim ▁Il - s ung ▁and ▁his ▁son ▁Kim ▁J ong - il , ▁the ▁required ▁presence ▁of ▁his ▁transl ator ▁and ▁guide , ▁nearly - exp ired ▁water ▁from ▁the ▁South , ▁C oca - Col a ▁and ▁k im j ong ili as . ▁He ▁also ▁notes ▁the ▁extreme ▁level ▁of ▁apparent ▁brain w ash ing ▁in ▁the ▁citizens ▁of ▁Py ong y ang , ▁perhaps ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁the ▁opp ress ive ▁atmosphere ▁of ▁the ▁area . ▁When ▁question ed ▁regarding ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁disabled ▁people ▁in ▁Py ong y ang , ▁his ▁guide ▁as ser ts ▁and ▁seems ▁to ▁genu in ely ▁believe ▁that ▁North ▁Korea ▁has ▁no ▁disabled , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁" K ore an ▁race " ▁are ▁all ▁born ▁health y , ▁strong ▁and ▁intellig ent . ▁ ▁Can cel led ▁film ▁New ▁Reg ency ▁was ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁film ▁version ▁of ▁Py ong y ang , ▁with ▁Steve ▁Con rad ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁script ▁and ▁G ore ▁Ver bin ski ▁to ▁direct ▁the ▁film , ▁and ▁to ▁star ▁Steve ▁Care ll , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁cancel led ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁thre ats ▁made ▁by ▁hack ers ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁be ▁tied ▁to ▁North ▁Korea ▁to ▁movie ▁the aters ▁over ▁the ▁film