- The film was performed by director Neil Blomkamp based on his short film "Aliens in Johannesburg". The film is also Neil Blomkamp's first feature film.
- The title of the film is based on a recent rumor in the United States. For decades, it has been rumored that the United States has the 51st area, which is responsible for handling alien affairs, but this news has not been officially recognized. The meaning of "District Ninth" also alludes to "District 51".
- The idea for the film originated from the experience of director Neil Blomkamp when he was young in South Africa during apartheid.
- The film was shot on-site in a slum in Africa.
- The film was originally planned to be released in North America in the spring, but after consideration, the producer Sony decided that the film was sufficient to attract a large audience, so it increased its investment in the film, and the film's release time was also changed in the summer.
- Most of the scenes in the film where animals dismember corpses are real, and the slums of Africa are like that.
- In the process of filming the movie, probably six completely different ending ideas were created.
- A large number of real weapons in the troops of African countries were used in the filming of the film, so most of the guns that appear in the film are real.
- The production cost of "The Ninth District" was US$30 million, while the cost of "Transformers" was US$200 million.
- The story of the protagonist Wikus becoming an alien in the film refers to Kafka's "The Metamorphosis."
- The film is one of two films released in 2009 based on the 2005 short film, and the other is Shin Aker's "9". Both films were adapted and directed by the director of the original short film.
- Three years later, 2012, the year of the end of the world predicted by the Mayans.
- The aliens in the film are called "prawns". Coincidentally, in the Rwanda massacre, the Hutu people called the Tutsi "cockroaches". Therefore, the theme is similar to the "Rwanda Hotel".
District 9 behind the scenes gags
2021-10-18 09:27
Extended Reading
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Arden 2021-10-20 18:58:45
Reposted from Han Han: "The Ninth District" is an excellent extraterrestrial movie, also called "Millions of Aliens in the Slum". Its appearance makes the food chain work. White people bully yellow people, and yellow people bully black people. Race people (in fact, white people directly bully black people, yellow people like to bully each other), black people bully aliens, and aliens bully white people. Give 9 points.
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Lonzo 2021-10-20 18:58:45
Aliens, are you Locust Star or Grasshopper Star = =|||
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Wikus Van De Merwe: [picks up to examine and fiddle with silver canister] Well, huh, this has got the markings of - so it's definitely alien but it's uh, not a weapon... but I don't trust it, ya know, I don't trust any-a the...
[sprayed in face with the Alien fuel]
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Wikus Van De Merwe: [Wikus sees the head restraint descend down in-front of him] Alright, that's very comfor...
[Wikus's head is suddenly shunted forward and we hear a whirring sound]
Wikus Van De Merwe: [Wikus shouts] *Argh* Foking Bliksem!
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Cruel and cruel human nature - if ALIEN character can also be called human nature
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The city of humanity has become Sodom and Amora——Comparison of "The Ninth District" and "Avatar"
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Old text before the screening
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Typical arrogant human consciousness
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Intelligent creatures should be sympathetic to each other (with spoilers)