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    Gattaca examines science‚ religion‚ genetic engineering and ethics. By opening the movie Gattaca with quotations from Willard Gaylin and Ecclesiastes‚ director Andrew Niccol invites us to ponder the tension between science and religion with regard to the ethics of genetic engineering. This tension is further sustained through the complex relationship of the main protagonists Vincent and Eugene‚ who must ultimately conquer their own physical limitations in order to find ``God’’. As the titles

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    Gattaca is a story about the not-so-distant future‚ a time when genetic engineering is so common place that it is common practice. The world‚ of course‚ has the draw back that anyone who was not genetically engineered is part of new class of society‚ called an invalid. Vincent Freeman was born this way. He chooses‚ however‚ not to remain and invalid‚ but become what is known as a de-generate‚ someone who uses other people’s blood‚ urine‚ hair‚ etc. to fake a genetic code superior to their own. He

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    GATTACA Director: Andrew Niccol Composer: Michael Nyman Actors: Ethan Hawke (Vincent/Jerome)‚ Jude Law (Eugene)‚ Uma Thurman (Irene) Genre: Science fiction Release date: 1997 The voice-over at the start of the film announces: “The most unremarkable of events. Jerome Morrow‚ navigator first class‚ is about to embark on a one-year manned-mission to Titan‚ the fourteenth moon of Saturn. A highly prestigious assignment. Although for Jerome‚ selection was virtually guaranteed at birth. He’s

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    (Ecclesiastes 7:13). Such is the opening quote and the thesis of director Andrew Nichol’s film Gattaca (1997). Although the film is based on the lives of genetically engineered human beings and the effects that such have on the "invalids"‚ that is those who are "God-children"‚ it deeply criticises the values of a society of "valids" through its satirical tone and the use of film noir techniques. Gattaca not only supports the belief that nature‚ despite its flaws‚ is preferable to a supposed error-free

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    and urine samples to pass screening. To keep his identity hidden‚ he must meticulously groom and scrub down daily to remove his own genetic material and then dust himself with Jerome’s. With Jerome’s genetic profile Vincent gets accepted into the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation‚ the most prestigious spaceflight conglomerate‚ with a DNA test being the entire interview process. He becomes Gattaca’s top celestial navigator and is

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    Imagine a society in which your social status is based upon your DNA. A world where everyone knew everything about you. This description matches the plot of the aerospace thriller “Gattaca”. In the movie‚ genetic testing is common practice; DNA prejudice becomes widespread. Although this sounds far-fetched‚ this sort of DNA testing has been rapidly developing over the past decade. Personal Genomics is concerned with the mapping of an individual’s genes. When the Human Genome Project was completed

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    GATTACA‚ a movie representing the flaws in the human code and having the option to have the perfect human being‚ takes place in a dystopian genre where the director Andrew Niccol takes our interpretation of the world and makes it a perfect society in the movie. The main character Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space‚ but is grounded by his status as an "in-valid". He is told in the beginning of his life that he will only live upto the age of 30 causing him to be

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    How does Gattaca show that strength of character is more important for determining one’s destiny than biological makeup or genetic potential? Gattaca by Andrew Niccol explores creatively the possibility of a world dominated by genetic engineering. Gattaca is a world that wishes to eliminate genetic imperfections within its elite‚ upper class. Within this world‚ an invalid‚ Vincent Freeman challenges the assumptions of the society and through his actions and attributes‚ proves that you need

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    Gattaca Oral Presentation Draft -A review of the film. From the day Vincent was born‚ he had always been concidered as highly flawed‚ and as an ’invalid’. His parents were planning on carrying on the family name with their first born child by calling Vincent‚ Anton‚ after his father‚ Antonio. However‚ once finding out that Vincent was prone to illness’ such as neurological disorder‚ manic depression‚ attention deficit disorder‚ heart failure‚ and was expected to live for only 30.2 years‚ Vincent’s

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    Gattaca is a movie directed by Andrew Niccol and the film is set in the "not too distant future." Andrew Niccol’s perception of the future isn’t what most people expect‚ but once thought about carefully it seems quite believable. This movie presents us with a new method in which society strives for perfection and it also makes us wonder if genetic engineering is morally correct. Your place in society in Gattaca is based on your genetic makeup and the way you were born. People born the way we know

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