
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051011/lf_afp/afpentertainmentfilm_051011152836
North Korea is commonly portrayed as the world's bad guy in Hollywood, but the country's movie-buff leader Kim Jong-Il is striking back by opening up Pyongyang's film industry to foreign participation.
The policy is aimed at reviving the fortunes of the Stalinist state's once thriving movie business and will also enable North Korean films to reach overseas, according to Chinese filmmaker Piao Zun Xi, the director of the first foreign feature made in the reclusive country.
"North Korea is willing to participate actively in co-production activities," Piao told a meeting at the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea's southern Busan city.
"Kim Jong-Il is well known to be an avid film lover. (North Korea) wants to learn from other countries what is going on in the film sector," he said.
Hey Rob Pongi or Evil Pongi or whatever, Here's your big chance!
A submarine is waiting for you off the coast of Niigata RIGHT NOW!
