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The Gods Must Be Crazy

1 rating: 5.0

A movie directed by Jamie Uys

South African director Jamie Uys caught lightning in a bottle withThe Gods Must Be Crazy--a Coke bottle, to be specific. This slaphappy collection of goofy pratfalls and culture-clash gags became an enormous international smash, and made a sort of star … see full wiki

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Cast: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau, Louw Verwey, Michael Thys

Director: Jamie Uys

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Culture clash

Oct 30, 2006

by newtonooi
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One of the most interesting things to observe is when individuals of different cultures encounter each other for the first time. Haphazard and sometimes dangerous in real life, this scenario becomes hilarous and outrageous in this movie. Filmed in Africa and starring native bushmen, this movie tells the story of one bushman who encounters a Coke glass bottle for the first time in his life. This is his very first encounter with modern society, and it proceeds to alter the social dynamics of his entire village. So like the responsible village leader he is, he sets out to throw the object of the edge of the world. Instead, he encounters modern society en masse: firearms, prisons, automobiles, cotton clothing, private property, judges and other objects, persona and institutions that is alien to him. Simultaneously, a second plot threads thru the movie that shows the intricacies of the modern world. The two plots intersect at key points and develop the characters of all involved.

The movie flows quite well, and is very impressive in that everyone speaks in their native tongue. Listening to the Bushmen is quite entertaining in and of itself. Overall, a great movie that is appropriate for the whole family.

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