District 9 — How to Cheat Worldbuilding | Film Perfection

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Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get up to 60% OFF your subscription ➡️ here: https://go.babbel.com/t?bsc=usa-influ-eg-dt-1m&btp=default&utm_term=generic_v1&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=filmento&utm_content=Influencer..Apr-2024..USA-TATAM..1200m60-yt-filmento-apr-2024 District 9 is a hyper-real sci-fi thriller film from 2009, made by Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson after the Halo movie fell through. There's aliens and much more. The movie has a lot of worldbuilding going on but without ever becoming longwinded from the excess of information. How? In today's Film Perfection, let's try to find out. Book, Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW1TN97D?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 Book, PDF: email me at saltyfilmento(a)gmail.com Support: https://patreon.com/filmento Follow: https://twitter.com/filmento Filmento en Español: https://www.youtube.com/@filmentoenespanol #district9 #aliens #filmperfection Check out my video "Live Die Repeat — How to Master Concept | Film Perfection" for more info around the topic. - District 9 (2009) South Africa, Johannesburg. For 20 years now, the District 9 refugee camp has housed the world's biggest refugee problem: more than a million aliens who have fled their own world. The coexistence of humans and aliens is not going well and humanity's patience is starting to run out. When the aliens arrived, the world expected a huge step forward in technology, but the aliens' huge range of weapons has not been utilized despite the efforts - activation requires the alien's DNA from its user. Tension between humans and aliens rises when the Multi-National United (MNU), which is responsible for controlling the aliens, decides to move the entire alien population to a new, more isolated camp. One of MNU's field workers, Wikus Van Der Merwe, is exposed to a foreign virus while preparing the transplant, which begins to painfully change his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most wanted man in the world - will there be district 10 district 9 e