“District 9” The edge of a cliff is an Being There! Without the cancellation of the blockbuster production, this unique SF would not have been born!

“District 9” synopsis

A huge spaceship suddenly appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. What the Earthlings who Contact them saw were weakened Alien. . They have no choice but to accept them as ``refugees,'' but the refugee camp's ``District 9'' has become a slum, and the dissatisfaction of the local residents has reached its limit. . Therefore, a supranational organization called MNU decides to forcibly relocate the Alien to a new refugee camp called "District 10". Vikas of the Alien Countermeasures Division, the chief executive of the project, immediately begins preparations. Afterwards, Vikas is exposed to a mysterious liquid at an Alien's house, which he visits due to a notice of forced relocation, and suffers from an unexplained illness and collapses. When Vikas wakes up, he finds that his hand has transformed into an Alien's hand. Considering the situation seriously, MNU secured Vikas. Despite Vikas' reluctance, he performs various human experiments. Fearing for his life, Vikas escapes from MNU and ironically runs into District 9. .

Index

• A shocking hybrid work born in a period of transition.
• His directorial debut was supposed to be a blockbuster, but it fell through unexpectedly?
• There are other examples where recovery from setbacks brought Being There...

A shocking hybrid work born in a period of transition.

In times of transition, there is almost always a reaction that forces people to step outside of the existing framework. The same is true for movies. In 2009, when the limits of what could be achieved and the visions that could be created with VFX appeared, ``District 9'' suddenly appeared in front of people and caused an unprecedented shock.

It all started when a huge spaceship suddenly appeared in the sky above Johannesburg, South Africa. It seems that the aliens are stranded in the sky, and the government accepts them as refugees. However, they are aliens, and their appearance, culture, and way of thinking are completely different from Earthlings. Coexistence is impossible. Violent protests and riots also occur frequently. They are isolated in an area called ``District 9,'' which eventually turns into a slum with a vicious environment and a high rate of crime.

The form of this work, which combines a documentary touch with sci-fi action elements, is truly a "hybrid." In other words, it matches the scene where the main character is bathed in a mysterious liquid and gradually transforms into an Alien. Furthermore, as a work that anticipated, or even predicted, world conditions such as widening inequality and the refugee crisis in European countries, I cannot help but feel surprised in a different sense even when I look back on it now.

It is well known that this film was originally inspired by a short film directed by Neill Blomkamp. However, did you know that there was one major setback and adversity when it came to turning this work into a full-length feature?

His directorial debut was supposed to be a blockbuster, but it fell through unexpectedly?