Besides The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) :wink: have you ever dipped into South African cinema?
If so, please list them here.
Outside of a couple of James Ryan & Ivan Hall collaborations, I'm not aware of any.....
Space Mutiny, The Demon, Chappie, District 9, King Solomon's Mines. Might be a few others, as I don't tend to look up which country a film was made in.
Quote from: Alex on August 10, 2026, 01:24:16 PMI don't tend to look up which country a film was made in.
me neither... I'm sure I've got a few action-y type US movies which were filmed in SA but off the top of my head not sure what
Quote from: claws on August 10, 2026, 12:00:26 PMBesides The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) :wink: have you ever dipped into South African cinema?
If so, please list them here.
Seen all of them except most of the early silents which are lost.
These are my faves which I recommend to all:
SHANGANI PATROL (war)
KATRINA (anti apartheid drama)
THE WINNERS (human drama)
THE STICK (war / horror)
DIE KANDIDAAT (THE CANDIDATE) (political thriller)
WILD SEASON (human drama)
THE SHADOWED MIND (horror)
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (nature)
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PALACE (drama)
ALL THE WAY TO PARIS (political comedy)
JANNIE TOTSIENS (JOHNNY FAREWELL) (horror comedy)
MAJUBA (war)
ELOLLIPOP (human drama)
MISTER KINGSTREETS WAR (war)
FIELA SE KIND (FIELAS CHILD) (human drama)
SWEET AND SHORT (comedy)
KILL AND KILL AGAIN (martial arts comedy)
SEVEN AGAINST THE SUN (war)
THE LAST LION (drama: cursed film)
RIDE THE HIGH WIND (horror action adventure)
WHITE WEDDING (romantic comedy)
LORD OOM PIET (LORD UNCLE PETE) (comedy)
DINGAKA (drama musical)
And foreign funded films made here including
DARFUR
THE WILD GEESE
THE HELLIONS
ZULU
ZULU DAWN
THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS
THE NAKED PREY
SANDS OF THE KALAHARI
WINDPRINTS
Most of these are on YouTube.
Quote from: LilCerberus on August 10, 2026, 12:24:15 PMOutside of a couple of James Ryan & Ivan Hall collaborations, I'm not aware of any.....
Ivan was a nice guy. Gave me some good career advice in 2007.
The films he and James Ryan made - KARATE OLYMPIA and KILL AND KILL AGAIN - were great.
Quote from: Alex on August 10, 2026, 01:24:16 PMSpace Mutiny, The Demon, Chappie, District 9, King Solomon's Mines. Might be a few others, as I don't tend to look up which country a film was made in.
Space Mutiny and The Demon were photographed by Vincent G Cox ASC, a mentor of mine.
Documentaries of note made in or about South Africa:
MAIN REEF ROAD *
SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN*
LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY *
IN DARKEST HOLLYWOOD *
BANNED: JOE BULLET *
DISCARDED PEOPLE
THE DUMPING GROUNDS
LAST GRAVE AT DIMBAZA
SOUTH AFRICA THE WHITE LAAGER
* I worked on these.
District 9
The Wild Geese
Quote from: bob on August 24, 2026, 08:25:32 AMDistrict 9
The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese was the first South African made film shot here without any of the stupid apartheid laws onset. It was filmed at a mineral bath resort named Tschipise which still exists.
The movie was also responsible for the beginning of the downfall of segregated cinemas in South Africa as it was released to both black and white cinemas simultaneously which had never happened before.
I know I've seen a few but I can't easily name them off-hand. One that I do distinctly remember is Hunting Emma (aka Jagveld) because it was in Afrikaans. I thought it was reasonably entertaining and well-made, but I'm also a sucker for takes on the Most Dangerous Game formula.
Quote from: Jim H on September 03, 2026, 12:04:47 AMI know I've seen a few but I can't easily name them off-hand. One that I do distinctly remember is Hunting Emma (aka Jagveld) because it was in Afrikaans. I thought it was reasonably entertaining and well-made, but I'm also a sucker for takes on the Most Dangerous Game formula.
There's another film made here using that formula called LETHAL WOMAN (1989) which isn't all that bad. 😊
Folks of a certain age will never forget Lost In The Desert aka Dirkie (1969). Saw it on TV as a kid in the early 80s and was scarrrred. Not scared, but scarred.
Trevor's review from 2007:
https://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=116246.0
My post from 2017:
https://badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=149689.0
Full movie here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Cklyn3voE