There has to be the popcorn ...

There has to be the popcorn genre element, or I don't engage the same way. I like action and vehicle design and guns and computer graphics as much as I like allegory. It's a constant balancing game. I want audiences to be on this rollercoaster that fits the Hollywood mould, but I also want them to absorb my observations.
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 Neill Blomkamp

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I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate.
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