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The politics were so heavy-handed that I thought the backlash would be fierce. I was wrong; no one seemed to get it. Anyway, the director was painting a prett
by mynameishere 17y ago
The politics were so heavy-handed that I thought the backlash would be fierce. I was wrong; no one seemed to get it. Anyway, the director was painting a pretty pessimistic view of society.
http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/alien_nation/ http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/alien_nation/
- sp332 17y agoAliens? Apartheid? Nelon Mandela? Dresden Codak did that back in 2005! http://dresdencodak.com/2005/10/05/apartheid/ http://dresdencodak.com/2005/10/05/apartheid/
- Maktab 17y agoDistrict 9 is an expansion of ideas that Blomkamp first explored in Alive in Joburg, which was released in 2005: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_in_Joburg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_in_Joburg And as the previous comment notes, this movie is not quite just an apartheid allegory. That would be too easy. Instead, it's largely about present-day Johannesburg, with its massive population of unwanted illegal immigrants, its poverty and its horrific xenophobia. Just a few months ago black foreigners were being burnt and hacked to death in Johannesburg's streets, so the attitudes this movie alludes to have a fair bit of immediacy. Honestly, this is one of the few movies I've seen recently that I feel perfectly confident in recommending to anyone. It truly is excellent.