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 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.
- Neill Blomkamp
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…
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…
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.
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?
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