Unlike “The Interview,” which Sony Pictures pulled from theaters after hackers threatened 9-11 type violence, “Team America,” which Paramount refused to let theaters show as a protest, or an upcoming film with Steve Carell whose production was cancelled in the wake of the hack, here’s a North Korean comedy you can actually watch.
The 2010 film “The Red Chapel” is a bit of a hack itself. Its a mockumentary of sorts, following a (fake) Danish comedy troupe touring North Korea in a (fake) cultural exchange. The film, by Mads Bruger and produced by Lars von Trier, has been compared to “Borat.” It won best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
A r called it “an absurdly original portrait of totalitarianism that is … unsettling and hilarious.”
It is available on DVD at Netflix, and can be streamed at Sundance Doc Club with a free trial membership.
Watch a trailer, below.
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