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Crossing the Line
Directed by
Daniel Gordon
Not Rated
2006
1h 34m
Documentary
7.4
90%
85%
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A British documentary about US Army defector James Dresnok currently living in North Korea after having defected during the 60s.
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Where to Watch Crossing the Line
Amazon Video
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Rent $2.99
Cast of Crossing the Line
James Dresnok
Himself
Charles Robert Jenkins
Himself
Christian Slater
Narrator
Bruce Cumings
Self
Kim Il-sung
Self (archive footage)
Crossing the Line Ratings & Reviews
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Fascinating.
New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
[The] compelling story and the plentiful high-definition video images of North Korean daily life prove so fascinating that Crossing the Line is riveting.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Bizarrely fascinating documentary.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
Crossing The Line lacks the force and power of a strong point of view, but like Gordon's other work about North Korea, it succeeds in revealing what it means for individuals to give themselves over to a collective.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
You'll be untangling Dresnok's knotty reality long after you leave the theater.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A scary journey into the belly of the beast but a sketchy psychological portrait.
Kansas City Star
Robert W. Butler
There are no absolute answers to these questions, but like a brain-tickling puzzle, Crossing the Line keeps us on our toes and digging for more information.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
An engrossing look at a rarity, the only four Americans who ever defected to North Korea, with a warm look at the first, James Joseph Dresnok.
EURWeb
Kam Williams
Not exactly compelling stuff, especially if you caught the recent 60 Minutes segment about this traitor which covered substantially the same ground.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
Director Daniel Gordon hits a goldmine.
Film Threat
Zack Haddad
The film is so visually stunning it keeps the audience entertained the entire time.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
The vertiginous play of ideology and identity and the sheer strangeness of Dresnok's experience (as well as that of three other American defectors from the sixties) make this film absorbing; the glimpses of life in North Korea make it important.
Village Voice
Michelle Orange
The reflective sequences veer between stylishly effective and drearily overstated.
The Hollywood Reporter
Elizabeth Kerr
Dresnok comes across as honest and credible, and his story is absolutely fascinating.
Variety
Derek Elley
Film's rarity value and still-hot subject matter make this required viewing on the fest circuit and cable channels.
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
Crossing the Line, like its subject, remains a fascinating and frustrating enigma -- a declassified government report still marred by redacted passages.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Completely intriguing.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Louis Proyect
Profile of the last American GI defector in North Korea. Fascinating!
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
One commendable but far too brief section of the documentary, presents through horrific images and testimony, the gruesome atrocities visited upon the DPRK civilians which exceeded even the US mass carnage against the Vietnamese in that invasion.
Los Angeles Times
A tale of alienation and adaptation both miraculous and strange, but also abduction both psychological and physical.
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