(NORTH KOREAN FAKE GODZILLA MOVIE) Say what you will about Kim Jong Il, but he's certainly a despot who knows what he likes. In this case, he liked a director so much he had him kidnapped and forced him to make this baffling Godzilla clone/anti-industrialization tract featuring a monster made out of a blob of rice who eats metal and destroys all he touches.
Pulgasari is probably an allegory, but it's so amazingly preposterous that it practically dares you to parse it. (
NW Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. Fri-Sat June 10-11, 11:45 pm, $8/$5 members.)
SEAN NELSON