Since its inception under the Kim regime, North Korea has been known to the world as an oppressive militaristic state that threatens to bring the world to its knees. This paper will be focused on the film The Propaganda Game (2015), directed and produced by Spanish film director Álvaro Longoria. During the time the film was being recorded, sanctions were placed on North Korea by the United States after North Korea cyber hacked Sony Entertainment over the film, The Interview. The Propaganda Game is a documentary that includes Longoria short visit to North Korea which includes interviews of citizens, North Korean news and propaganda, and a tour by Alejandro Cao de Benós.
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The most effective element of the film was its credibility. Throughout the film, Longoria came in contact with people with different viewpoints and create a web of arguments to dwell upon. Another strong element to his argument was his lenient movement around the city of Pyongyang through the help of Alejandro Cao de Benós. With this, Longoria could go around the capital and view activities like plays and monuments which enriched the audience of North Korean culture. A counterargument that works well against Longoria is that the people choose to live under the Kim regime for in the film it states that the nation is run by the will of the people. This can be true if the person only received the view of the tourist who supported North Korea after his visit, but it could also have been proven invalid with the information that the Kim family has executed many of its people for disloyalty to the state. In the bigger picture, Longoria’s argument in his documentary about propaganda ruling the lives of North Koreans surpasses that of other documentaries, and has received critical acclaim from around the
Longoria traveled to North Korea to prove that the propaganda being …show more content…
The most effective element of the film was its credibility. Throughout the film, Longoria came in contact with people with different viewpoints and create a web of arguments to dwell upon. Another strong element to his argument was his lenient movement around the city of Pyongyang through the help of Alejandro Cao de Benós. With this, Longoria could go around the capital and view activities like plays and monuments which enriched the audience of North Korean culture. A counterargument that works well against Longoria is that the people choose to live under the Kim regime for in the film it states that the nation is run by the will of the people. This can be true if the person only received the view of the tourist who supported North Korea after his visit, but it could also have been proven invalid with the information that the Kim family has executed many of its people for disloyalty to the state. In the bigger picture, Longoria’s argument in his documentary about propaganda ruling the lives of North Koreans surpasses that of other documentaries, and has received critical acclaim from around the