I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.
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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