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  • Summary: The first Western interview with Comrade Joe, James Joseph Dresnok, an American soldier who defected to North Korea in 1962 and has embraced life in the secret state ever since. (Kino International Corp.)
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  1. 80
    Crossing the Line, like its subject, remains a fascinating and frustrating enigma -- a declassified government report still marred by redacted passages.
  2. Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    80
    So fascinating that Crossing the Line is riveting.
  3. Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    50
    Decaying and illiterate, with a mouthful of metal teeth, Dresnok himself belies his advertisements for the greatness of North Korea.

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