I grew up as an artist. Science fiction allows for design and creatures and guns and all the stuff that I like as well. So I think most of the films I make, I'm sure, will be in that category. But I can also see myself making a film like 'Black Hawk Down,' and I could also totally do horror.
I think that people who make films and think they're changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal, there are far better ways t… - Neill Blomkamp
I think that people who make films and think they're changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal, there are far better ways t…
- Neill Blomkamp
I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world. - Neill Blomkamp
I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world.
I am a firm believer that the pull for human beings is towards the good, generally outweighing the bad. - Neill Blomkamp
I am a firm believer that the pull for human beings is towards the good, generally outweighing the bad.
I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's … - Neill Blomkamp
I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's …
I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg. - Neill Blomkamp
I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.
'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third Wor… - Neill Blomkamp
'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third Wor…
If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn't a human? - Neill Blomkamp
If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn't a human?
I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate. - Neill Blomkamp
I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate.
If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble. - Neill Blomkamp
If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble.
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