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CANNES FESTIVAL, Lanzmann in Cannes with “Napalm”

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Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann traveled to North Korea three times in all. The first time was in 1958, at the time he was a part of an official delegation sent there by the French government. His colleagues and he stayed in Pyongyang for two weeks, taking in the sights, which consisted of factories, statues and other symbols of cult of the leader worship practiced by North Koreans. Lanzmann's hoarse, ... more >