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Thanks @Misunderst0_od! Indeed, it was a pleasure discovering Mr Schonherr's story :) I did not even know that such a subtitle machine existed.

Thank you for such a kind-hearted response, Sumi! I am glad that you found the information from both texts to be interesting :)

Thank you so much for commenting and reading @moonchild!

Thank you so much @penel! I'm happy to know that you enjoyed it :)

Thank you for reading!

Thank you for the comment. I am sorry to hear that. We did not mean to evoke any negative emotions. Our text has primarily informative purpose.

Thanks for reading.

Thank you for kind words @Cho Na! :) We will try to do our best.

Thank you!

I saw it like 6 months ago. "A Traffic Controller on Crossroads," great film!

Thanks kais! Yeah, Hong Kil Dong is available on YT with subtitles :)

Thanks @WandereR! :)

Thank you!

Thank you! I hope that you will enjoy it :)

Thank you for the comment!

Since we can't handle Korean language like a boss (at least not yet), we could not verify the information. It appears in Mr Schonherr's book "North Korean Cinema: A History".

Thank you for the comment! We are glad you enjoyed the read. Indeed, Mr Schonherr's Trashfilm Roadshow is an interesting book.

I would like to stress that we tried to make our text as original as possible. It is not in any way a reprint of the source which you provided. Recurrence of some answers is purely coincidental.

Additional response from Mr Schonherr: "Of course, some of the questions and my answers covered the same ground as that old interview. I did however on purpose not read that old interview again before answering your questions - hoping to come up with new ways to answer similar questions. They are totally different interviews."

Thank you for the comment! Unfortunately, it is difficult to get an up-to-date, first-hand account on North Korean film industry. Some factors should be taken into account:

1) Not many productions are being made under the Kim Jong Un regime,
2) Not many Westerners had the opportunity to actually go to Pyongyang and check out the industry for themselves,
3) North Korea was the first country to close its borders due to the pandemic and the ban has not been lifted to date.

FYI, we have also reached out to one more expert with the hope of doing a second interview, but our proposal was never answered. So, we also have to respect the willingess of the experts to share their stories.

In view of this, we all the more appreciate the fact that Mr Schonherr agreed to do this interview.

Thank you for this series Cho Na!

I will and thank you again for all the help!

Thanks and no problem!