perica-43151 This movie is one gem of World cinema. While some phone popping PC policed Millennials might find it too slow and even boring or insulting, that is deficit of their attention spans and no fault of this masterpiece. Genuine, heartwarming, authentic, this movie is one gift to humanity. A must watch for anyone who loves the art of original film making.

yildirimbusra The film sets in South Africa and the Kalahari Desert. There is a tribe named as Bushmen and they live very primitive and uncivilized life there. They have no knowledge of the world beyond. Besides they actually learn how to adapt and live in nature and rules of the law of the jungle becomes their culture. The main character is Xi. He is actually very kind and smart man when you examine him in his culture because he apologizes when he kills an animal also he and the member of the tribe are like this; they are so respectful to Mother Nature. They think that everything is given them as a gift from Gods. In this sense, life is simple to live; without law, violence, or turmoil. This quiet, uncomplicated life is better than the fast- paced, complicated world of technology. The climax of the film is when the Coke bottle falls from the plane. It was nothing for a pilot yet this bottle will be a really big problem for the tribe because they have never seen something like that before. At the beginning they very like it and discover its usage in many fields. For instance, they start using it to play music, flay the snakeskin, make headbands and beat things. It becomes a tool that everybody wants because no one has seen it before. They quickly discover emotions: ownership, jealousy, anger, hate, and it takes away their innocence. Xi's people have never known greed, anger, or aggression. Those are sins of a world that allows its members to "own" things. This is the very big problem here. Thus, Xi finally decides that the bottle is an "Evil thing", and it should be thrown the edge of the world. Then he starts his long trip. In the meantime, there is a woman who is a teacher. Kate comes from civilized city and tries to help kids in South Africa. Also, we have a clumsy biologist. During the film, he tries to express his feelings to Kate but due to his clumsiness, unlucky events find them. Life of those characters is so boring for me after seeing Xi's because he is very isolated and pure in terms of the rat race that others do all the time. For instance, people fight for having more foods, guns, money on the other hand Xi doesn't. First encounter is really dramatic because everything around him comes so strange. Xi thinks that Kate and biologist man are Gods because they are so different from him in terms of their color of skin, clothes, and hair. He tries to give Coke bottle to them but they don't accept because it means nothing more than a trash for them. After that Xi gets angry because he cannot understand why they don't take the thing they give and he thinks 'gods must be crazy'. I think the name of the film refers two things first thing can be this. Second thing is that Gods are crazy because they send an evil bottle to his tribe but according to him Gods do an only good thing for humankind that's why he can call them a crazy. Apart from that, the reaction of those people to Xi is so weird for me. For example, a kid shepherding reacts so mean but the kid is also right because Xi tries to kill his sheep but because of the cultural difference and language they misunderstood each other. Actually, only thing that Xi wants is to eat and he thinks that sheep herd belongs to nature and Gods that's why he kills. Also, he says to the kid that they could eat together if the kid was hungry like him. I can refer that technology has bad effects on culture because we forget our values and humanity sometimes. After staying a week in jail because of killing a sheep of community biologist and local man want to get out of Xi because he is not accustomed to staying closed place in his culture. They rescue him and start to travel with Xi. At the end of the film, they all have to rescue Kate and kids from theorists. This part of the film is the most enjoyable and interesting part because these three men from very different cultures start to find solutions in their ways. Also, they get to benefit from the culture they lie in to rescue people for example biologist is aware of the hunting skills of Xi and he knows that Xi can easily camouflage. They rescue Kate and kids in cooperation and Xi finally find the edge of the world (he thinks a cliff), he throws 'evil bottle' to the Gods back.

SnoopyStyle A tribe of bushmen in the Kalahari desert live in isolation from the modern world. The hardest tools they use is bone or wood. They don't even have rock. One day a flying plane dropped an empty Coke bottle on the community. At first it is a God send, but then infighting and possessiveness in this communal living. The leader Xi (N!xau) tries to throw it back up to God, only to have it come back down. So he decides to walk to the edge of the world to cast off the evil object.I rewatch it recently after first watched it 2 decades ago. I'm surprised at how awkward, how unfunny, how unlikeable the movie is especially when Xi isn't on screen. The rebels and government forces are like keystone cops. The fact that they're almost all black just makes it so uncomfortable. Are we laughing at incompetent black people? I remember the guy opening and closing the gate being much funnier. Their comedy seems like weak slapsticks now.The best part of the movie is absolutely N!xau. When I first saw it, I found the whole Bushmen eye opening and so realistic. Today I realize that it was impossible for these people to be so isolated at that time. The whole idea that they don't even have rocks is just ridiculous. But N!xau is still the most compelling actor in this movie. The movie is 2 points better whenever he's on the screen.

Susan S This is about the journey of a man who discovers a Coke bottle and believes it to be a tool, given by the gods. He takes it back to his village. The people use it for many different purposes and end up fighting over it. This is one of only three movies that I have ever walked out of the movie theater while the movie was still playing.The premise is cute, but taken WAY too far. It loses the initial charm very quickly. This is an incredibly sad attempt at a satirical movie. It comes across as racist. This is a movie to avoid at all costs. I think I would rather go for a root canal. It would be less painful.