THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY 2

South Africa, 1989, 90 minutes, Colour.
Nixau, Lena Ferrugia, Hans Strydom.
Directed by Jamie Uys.

The Gods Must Be Crazy 2 capitalises on the extraordinary popularity of the original film right throughout the world. Audiences enjoyed the story of the bushman and his confrontation with alleged civilisation. Director Jamie Uys brings the same perspective to this sequel - and just as the original had a great deal of slapstick comedy, so also the sequel. The dubbing in each film was not the most persuasive.

The film uses the backgrounds of South Africa and the Kalahari Desert, raises social issues about terrorists, but also shows the way of life of the bushmen - especially, according to the press notes, the actor portraying Xixo was told what to say and asked to translate it into the language of the bushmen - and it apparently contained jokes not scripted by the director, which causes great merriment to the screenings for the bush people!

1. The popularity of the original film? Sequel? The basic appeal about Africa, the bush people, civilisation?

2. The desert locations, the flora and fauna of South Africa? The desert? The home of the bush people? The musical score?

3. The title and its focus - for the people in the bush, for white people?

4. The life of Xixo and his family, the harsh conditions in the desert, the lack of water, the traditional way of life? The threats from the outside world? Xixo and his children?

5. The curiosity of the children, the unattended truck, the ivory-poaching? Their being taken away in the truck? Their father searching for them, following the vehicle's tracks? His adventures in searching for his children? The children and their adventures, on the truck, off the truck, in the bush? With the animals, the hyenas? Dehydration?

6. Ann Taylor and her conference, the desert, the issues, the travel to visit Dr Marshall? The meeting, the discussions? The flight, the crash in the storm? Survival instruction, their separating?

7. Ann and the encounter with Xixo, the discovery of the water, the conflict with the mercenaries, the black American, the Cuban, the attempt to take her hostage - but her drawing on her New York experience, taking them over, getting their jeep, going to Marshall? Marshall and the scorpion bite, the dehydration?

8. Xixo and the discovery of the children? His son using all that his father taught him to combat the hyena, discover his sister?

9. George and Brennan, the poachers, the illegality? Ann and Marshall being caught by them? Tied up with Xixo by the mercenaries? The escape?

10. The children reunited with their father? Marshall and the repaired plane, Ann returning to the conference, the ivory-poachers stranded in the desert - waiting for justice?

11. Popular ingredients - and the exotic interest of life in southern Africa?