![‘District 9’ Interview
“When dealing with aliens, try to be polite, but firm. And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet.”
Movieline interviews Neill Blomkamp
“District 9 is about two races colliding, and the city where that happens is Johannesburg. The thing of District 9 is that I’m not trying to be overly metaphorical or have any preachy lessons or any political standpoint other than I grew up in that environment, and I love science fiction, and I’m merging the two. I’m aware of the fact that for my first film I should make something that’s very much me, but shouldn’t feel to someone sitting in the movie theater that someone is preaching to them. And I think if you make a film about South Africa, you’re in danger of doing that. So I was very aware of that, that I wanted it to primarily be something unusual, something — awry is the wrong word — but unusual and compelling, and then after that, you can start weaving in the fabric of apartheid and South African history into it.”
[via Movieline]](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp5fry7WPO1qzru9co1_500.jpg)
‘District 9’ Interview
“When dealing with aliens, try to be polite, but firm. And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet.”
Movieline interviews Neill Blomkamp
“District 9 is about two races colliding, and the city where that happens is Johannesburg. The thing of District 9 is that I’m not trying to be overly metaphorical or have any preachy lessons or any political standpoint other than I grew up in that environment, and I love science fiction, and I’m merging the two. I’m aware of the fact that for my first film I should make something that’s very much me, but shouldn’t feel to someone sitting in the movie theater that someone is preaching to them. And I think if you make a film about South Africa, you’re in danger of doing that. So I was very aware of that, that I wanted it to primarily be something unusual, something — awry is the wrong word — but unusual and compelling, and then after that, you can start weaving in the fabric of apartheid and South African history into it.”
[via Movieline]
