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February 13, 2006
Alive In Joburg
Neill Blomkamp follows up "Tempbot" and "Tetra Vaal" with one of the best short films I have ever seen. "Alive in Joburg"* is a documentary-style short exploring difficulties integrating extraterrestrial refugees in South Africa. Thoughtful, gorgeous and moving with a haunting score by Q Department.
Neill Blomkamp is a director of commercials in Vancouver in Canada. With a background in visual effects, he is most renowned for the first Transvaal film that gave life to the ‘robot police’ idea. The commercials he works on and directs tend to feature the edge of reality, introducing a virtually acceptable CG element to the sequences, with a cinema-veritae, documentary flavor.
*Higher-resolution version here.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 13, 2006 09:33 AM
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