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   Lukas Mariman to alfie@mail.invalid   
   Re: [OT] District 9   
   02 Sep 09 21:41:30   
   
   From: lukas.mariman@NOSPAMgmail.com   
      
   "Alfie [UK]"  schreef in bericht   
   news:9ldt955lsk7g4fba9k213hpvqq9c1in4v6@4ax.com...   
   > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:11:33 -0500, Netrunner   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>Do you like films with cute fluffy aliens who are all smarter and more   
   >>civilized than us?  ... Better look elsewhere then, because District 9   
   >>definitely isn't it. It is hard and nasty. Children of Men dirty, lots   
   >>of death, some moral questioning implied as in who are the monsters -   
   >>them or us?  In short, I would recommend it to anyone prepared to   
   >>watch some good, hard science fiction.   
   >>   
   >>And like the director who made it, it reminds me somewhat of my own   
   >>time living in South Africa a long time ago.   
   >   
   > If I remember correctly this is a full blown feature based upon an SA   
   > short from 3 or 4 years ago (around the time all these indy shorts   
   > were turning up on YouTube that used real-life footage and homebrew   
   > CGI overlays of robots, and aliens, etc).   
      
   Indeed; the movie was called "Alive In Joburg". You can still find it here:   
   http://www.spyfilms.com/#neill_blomkamp/alive_in_joburg   
      
      
      
      
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