Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca’ is a science fictional film about ambition‚ conquest and determination. The movie is set in the future with a number of very different characters‚ Vincent is a very determined soul who was brought into this world in what’s not considered ’the natural way’’. His parents decided that he was to be a god child which means they would leave everything under his hands‚ unfortunately god did not bless Vincent with the best genetic makeup and he was destined for failure and a life
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Summary The movie I chose‚ takes place in the‚ “not too distant future”‚ where parents choose their children in a lab based on how healthy they will be. This is a report on the moral dilemmas that this film proposes to the audience. The main character struggles with his identity and uses another to gain access to a job of his dreams. This society in the future uses geneticists to choose embryos that have the best characteristics of their parents. The story follows the young life of Vincent‚ who
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Many examples of how the morals of the youth changed were in the film. The first one is the breakage of the 18th Amendment. Roxie Hart‚ the protagonist‚ consumes alcohol illegally with her lover Fred. Roxie Hart and her boyfriend are shown consuming alcohol on the stairs‚ a direct stand against rules and standards. During the 1920’s‚ drinking in public was taboo‚ but the dare factor of alcohol was an exciting challenge which was meant to be rebelled against by the younger generation (Lazin). Another
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1980’s Film Jodie Foster was stalked by mentally-impaired John Hinckley‚ who tried to impress the actress by attempting to assassinate Reagan in late March‚ 1981. Along with that exciting news‚ Disney channel was launched in 1983 and the American Movie Classics TV channel (AMC) started in 1984 (National Geographic). Also making its way into the film industry‚ was the AIDS movement through the play production the Normal Heart. One could say that the 1980’s was a big year for movies‚ television‚ and
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Summary of Gattaca Vincent Freeman was a naturally born child. He was called "invalids" along with others that were born in the same way. The doctors told his parents that he had a 99% chance of dying of a heart disorder when he was about 30 years old. His parents decided to have a second child through the genetic route. He had what was the best of his parents and he was named after his father Anton. The brothers competed over swimming‚ but Vincent always lost to Anton invalids could
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The trigger for my report came from the film “Gattaca” in this film the director Andrew Niccol presents a future world where humans strive for perfection. This portray of perfectionism made me think deeply about our world and our search for a technological advantage/perfection in warfare and where this might take us. Because of this I constructed three questions to help me understand this topic of how humans strive to gain a technological advantage in warfare. My first question is: what attitude
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‘Gattaca presents a world destroyed by the pursuit of perfection.’ Do you agree? * What is the pursuit of perfection? * How is the world destroyed? * What is gattaca? 1) Everyone is the same there are no individuals – the people are sexless‚ no personality 2) The pursuit of perfection leaves people believing that their genetic make up is what lets them achieve their ambitions‚ they have low self esteem. People who fail to achieve perfectionism can suffer from a lot of mental pressure;
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GATTACA Reflection Paper Gattaca’s main character‚ Anton‚ is a prime example of how altering a human genetic makeup creates even more problems with discriminated and inequality than the human race is capable of handling. Anton wasn’t given an opportunity in the society to prove himself because the potential employees of companies were not tested on their skills or knowledge but on their physical and mental qualifications. This same society also used derogatory terms for people like Anton. Simply
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Filmmakers were forced to adapt‚ changing the industry. By the Second World War‚ the film industry cooperated with the government‚ to gain support towards the war effort. Cinema began to have a great cultural impact‚ becoming the mass medium for consumption of information and ideas. This influence occurred slowly and sublimely‚ deeply rooted and enduring in society. Following the Great Depression and World War Two‚ the film industry became lucrative before the advent of the home television during the late
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In the 1997 movie‚ Gattaca‚ Vincent Freeman is an invalid born into a valid world. This means his parents decided not to pick and choose the ideal genes in the process of conceiving him‚ causing Vincent to be born with heart problems‚ asthma‚ and myopia. He then makes the decision to become Jerome Eugene Morrow and pass himself off as valid in order to achieve his dream of traveling into space. In the movie‚ there is a clear divide between the valids and invalids‚ revealing many connections to sociology
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