The debut film from blomkamp, district 9 is about a stranded alien civilisation residing adjacent to johannesburg as refugees where an executive for weaponry is exposed to a metamorphosing. Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slumlike conditions on earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology. District 9 involves a large ship full of extraterrestrials refer red to in the film as nonhumans who seek refuge on earth. The movie opens with the background of the world in this alternate history. District 9 was filmed using 8 gb memory cards fact fiend. Neil blomkamps district 9 narrates the story of an alien invasion where humans treat the aliens as refugees. The location that portrays district 9 in itself is a real impoverished neighbourhood from which people were being forcibly relocated to governmentsubsidised housing. District 9 shows a world where the battle for previously eliminated racial equality resurfaces. The film is notable for its depiction of parkour in a number of stunt sequences that were completed without the use of wires or computer generated effects. Like that film, district 9 is a scrappy dayaftertomorrow epic. It is wonderful watching him bring the main character, a spineless yesman, to life and watching how that character develops. The true story behind the movie district 9 reelrundown.
Filming locations 5 filming dates 1 filming locations. A timer counts down at the websites top right corner, and will ostensibly reach 0 on the day of the films release. District 9 is a scifi, alien film were the alien race, fugees in this case, are not the aggressors. The story begins by providing historical background on the sudden appearance of a spaceship hovering over johannesburg, south africa. The graphic violence and seemingly unending profanity will put this film squarely offlimits for most of those who are reading this.
Produced by peter jackson, district 9 is a rarity a lowerbudget sciencefiction film with amazing effects, thrilling action, and, most importantly, emotional and intellectual depth. District 9 was one of several films back in the late 2000s that bucked the trend of shooting using film, instead opting to go entirely digital, which often left the crew with terabytes of data to sort through each day. Ce film a ete finance et ou produit par the department of trade and industry of south africa, province of british columbia production services tax credit, block hanson, wingnut films, canadian film or video production tax credit cptc, qed international, district 9, key creatives, tristar pi. The city in question is the directors hometown of johannesburg, south africa, a location that simultaneously enables and renders very selfconscious the movies satirical dimension. District 9 involves a large ship full of extraterrestrials referred to in the film as nonhumans who seek refuge on earth. Turning the plight of marginalized groups into science fiction is nothing new, but district 9 s dark vision of the apartheid years is somehow brainbendingly. District 9 had some scenes filmed with the help of visual effects. Kids in mind, an independent website that rates film content on a 1to10 scale, gave district 9 a 10 in both the violence and language. It was written by blomkamp and terri tatchell, and produced by peter jackson and carolynne cunningham.
There was a very weird cross over between the film and the reality of filming. The timing here is a little off i initially thought the arrival at the slum to start the evictions must be the inciting event, but this is clearly the moment. Source district 9 is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed by neill blomkamp. The ninth coast guard district is responsible for all coast guard operations throughout the five great lakes, the saint lawrence seaway and parts of the surrounding states including 6,700 miles of shoreline and 1,500 miles of the international border with canada. They are segregated from the population of johannesburg, south africa in.
It was filmed among the decrepit shacks and garbage of her soweto squatter camp, known as chiawelo, which it portrays as a grim refugee camp for stranded aliens from outer space. The district 9 alien homes were actually shot in a recently evacuated area of impoverished housing. District 9 is an intense science fiction thriller that portrays a mans attempt to hide and survive, after an alien virus he contracted makes him the most hunted and most valuable man in the world. The alien beings in district 9, nicknamed prawns because they look like a cross between lobsters and grasshoppers, arrive in a space ship that hovers over johannesburg. It is no coincidence that district 9 is set in south africa, where apartheid, discrimination mainly against black africans, was an issue for years before it was finally eliminated in. In a symbolic nod to apartheid, the ship lands above johannesburg. Sharlto copley in district 9 2009 sharlto copley at an event for district 9 2009 district 9 2009 district 9 comiccon miniposter neill. Filming for district 9 took place during the winter in johannesburg. I am intrigued by neill blomkamps introduction of the films reoccurring theme of the social commentary of the south african apartheid through the documentary film style. Henry river village ghost town, hunger games film location.
In district 9, neill blomkamp explores apartheid through. Soweto is a township in the city of johannesburg where filming for district 9 took place. The film stars sharlto copley, jason cope and david james. District 9 is a harsh, brutal look at the depravity of man. The 6,000 active duty, reserve, civilian and auxiliary men and women who make up. Ostracized and isolated, wikus retreats to district 9 in a desperate bid. District 12, where the book begins, is located in the coalrich region that was formerly appalachia. We filmed in an area called chiawelo, which is a suburb of soweto, which is sort of a suburb of johannesburg. District 9 was filmed on location in the chiawelo neighborhood of. Filmed in a documentarian style, this is a refreshing scifi film that is so.
The direct allegory running through the story is easy to recognize. While in the midst of illegally evicting the prauns from their slum homes, wikus accidentally sprays himself with black liquid from a piece of alien tech. District 9 is only the biggest of a glut of films about south africas recent traumatic past, writes david smith published. A postcolonial analysis district 9 directed by neil blomkamp. District 9 had some scenes filmed with the help of visual. Some 20odd years ago, more than a million aliens were given. Content consists of music videos, commercials, events, weddings etc. Neill blomkamp once again states plans to return to the world of district 9, though now he says that he wants to finish wikus sharlto copley and christophers jason cope story. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Filming in the lake district was a deliberate choice, according to christopher eccleston, who plays maurice in the show.
By the conclusion of filming the film crews were the only people in the. Blomkamp uses this setup as a metaphor both for apartheid in south africa and. The film was shot on location in chiawelo, soweto during a time of violent unrest in alexandra, gauteng and other south african townships involving clashes between native south africans and africans born in other countries. District 9 was absolutely fantastic and unfortunately relevant.
To avoid being buried under a mountain of raw data and footage of sharlto. With sharlto copley, david james, jason cope, nathalie boltt. District 9 sequel will finish wikus story screen rant. John sumner, sharlto copley, william allen young, anthony bishop thirty years ago, aliens arrive on earth. The film was released on august 9, 20 by tristar pictures, in both conventional and imax digital theaters. Lewiss bleak prediction about human mistreatment of extraterrestrial creatures was framed in terms of human spacefarers encountering alien life on distant worlds, but the gist of his thesis is eminently applicable to the scenario proposed in district 9, a caustic and gory but sharply made scifi fable with a pungent south african flavor. In district 9, the new science fiction action thriller by firsttime director neill blomkamp, an alien spaceship breaks down above johannesburg, south africa, leaving its inhabitants stranded on earth, starving and impoverished. District 9 is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed by neill blomkamp. Vancouvers image engine completed 311 visualeffects shots for the film, with the responsibility of animating three main characters as well as.
District 9, the shock blockbuster produced by peter jackson, isnt just notable for its box office dominance and viral marketing campaign. Miramar, wellington, new zealand studio 8 of 8 found this interesting interesting. District 9 is a reference to district 6, an area in south africa where 60,000 colored africans were. I have seen several films featuring copley and he delivers a unique persona for each character. District 9 is one of my favorite sciencefiction films. District 9 is a science fiction film starring sharlto copley.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Found inside, huddled together and starving to death, are the aliens, who benefit from a humanitarian impulse to relocate them to a location on the ground. Finding the nonhumans malnourished and weary from travel, humans bring them to earth and set them up in a slumlike refugee camp the district 9 of the. Neil blomkamp has cemented his position in the science fiction pantheon with this film, creating not only a thoughtprovoking story, but a thoroughly fun and enjoyable film to boot. Long before blomkamp got into the business of making feature films, he made short films, the most famous of which was his 2006 short alive in joburg. Because of this, some film critics have drawn comparisons to the popular thai film ong. We filmed in an area called chiawelo, which is a suburb of soweto.
He is a littleknown actor with an abundance of talent. The original article the video was based on can be found after the jump. The movie, district 9, was the most popular boxoffice smash in north america last week. District 9 science fiction and fantasy films the guardian. Last semester, i took a film studies course and for our final paper we had to do a sequence analysis on a film of our choice. District 9 director neill blomkamp has confirmed that a sequel to the acclaimed scifi film is in the works but theres the small matter of completing work on several other projects first. District french title banlieue or b, is a 2004 french action film directed by pierre morel and written and produced by luc besson. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called district 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. Panem consists of a wealthy capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts. Check out this actual scene from the movie and its vfx recreation. A district 9 sequel is an asyet unannounced and possibly not yet greenlit followup to the absolutely outstanding first film, which was a breakout success for director neill blomkamp, and followed a south african government agent dealing with.
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