This was my present from Pyongyang, purchased in the hotel gift shop.
Some women want diamonds, but how many women have the Dear Leader's delightful 329-page illumination, "On the Art of the Cinema"? Too few, alas.
To satisfy your intellectual curiosity, here's the title page."Workers of the Whole World, Unite!"
The first page (of three) in the table of contents. Click to see a closeup - it is so...deep. Like, "Life is struggle and struggle is life."
My favorite subhead from the table of contents (page 3), under the heading, "Art and Creative Endeavour," is: "Speed campaign is fundamental to the creation of revolutionary art and literature."
Every chapter begins with a quote from Kim Il Sung, the Great Leader. This is the treat on page 237.
Blaine said it was a totally weird place, with creepy artificiality. The traffic cops were gorgeous women wearing full makeup - but there were almost no cars. The journalists were brought to a huge library to see people "doing research," but when 50+ journalists walked into the room, none of these "researchers" looked up or stood up for the next hour and a half.
He's finishing his last DPRK story tonight, and I'll post it when it's on the Post's website.
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