District 9 Quotes

• 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

  Thinking, Race, Ideas

  "Elysium' Interview: Neill Blomkamp's Team On Creating A New Sci-Fi World". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, screencrush.com. April 10, 2013.

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• 'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third World meet. But the thing that I like the most about the metaphor is that it can be scaled to suit almost any scenario.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Immigration, Elysium, World

  "Immersed in Movies: Neill Blomkamp Talks ‘Elysium,’ Sci-Fi, VFX" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. August 6, 2013.

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• 'District 9', 'Elysium' and 'Chappie' were all born out of some visual concept first. 'Chappie' is the imagery, because I think I'm a visual person first, of this ridiculous robot character. It's much more comedy based and in an unusual setting.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Character, Thinking, Elysium

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• I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.

  Anna Wintour

  Fashion, Kings, Queens

  "Anna Wintour to Letterman: 'I'm An Alien, Remember?'". people.com. August 25, 2009.

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• I don't jerk off because I'm horny. I'm sort of half-chick. It's like District 9. I can fire alien weapons. I can insert a tampon. No, I do it because I want to take a brain bath. It's like a hot whirlpool for my brain, in a brain space that is 100 percent agreeable with itself.

  John Mayer

  Space, Fire, Horny

  "John Mayer On Jennifer Aniston, Tiger Woods & Masturbating". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2010.

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