''Crossing the Line'' (
Korean
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: 푸른 눈의 평양시민, ''A Blue-Eyed Pyongyang Citizen'' in
North Korea
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) is a 2006 British documentary film by
Daniel Gordon and Nicholas Bonner.
Synopsis
The film is about a former
U.S. Army
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soldier,
James J. Dresnok, who
defected
In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, ca ...
to
North Korea
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on 15 August 1962. It was directed and produced by British filmmakers
Daniel Gordon and
Nicholas Bonner, and was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. ''Crossing the Line'', which was narrated by actor
Christian Slater
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, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the festival.
Production
It was first screened in 2007 on the
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. The film centred on Dresnok's history, highlighting his unhappiness in
. It showed Dresnok in present-day in
(where he lived to his death), interacting with his North Korean family and friends. Dresnok spoke exclusively to the filmmakers about his childhood, his desertion, his life in a country completely foreign and quite hostile to his own, his fellow defectors, and his wife and children.
Dresnok is shown with fellow defectors, including
(a victim of kidnapping by the North Koreans), while filming was taking place. Dresnok seemed hurt by Jenkins' allegations of physical abuse by Dresnok and the North Korean regime and angrily denied them.
Towards the end of ''Crossing the Line'', a North Korean doctor discloses to the BBC that Dresnok is in failing health, mainly due to heavy drinking and smoking.
The movie had mostly positive reception.