Sunday, October 30, 2016
Technology in the Movie Gattaca
The film Gattaca explores the possibilities of coming(prenominal) engineering development, and the way in which these proves would affect confederacy. For example, would a society composed of two limpid social classes, and the inequality among them really be an advance? Those who argon not genetically manipulated to so called perfection in a lab, save of course conceived, are given the soma in-valid god children or de-gene-erates , and are treated as blurb class. Natural conception in the not too outside future is rejected in the society of Gattaca, with genetic manipulation seen as what has become the innate(p) way. Due to the favoritism of in-valids, what would present days multiculturalism and racial diversity be in a beat much(prenominal) as that of Gattaca? Would the grandness of individuality or own(prenominal) identity be cast away? As Vincent tells the viewer: straightaway we be in possession of discrimination gobble up to a science. Gattacas plot and char acter characterisation asks the viewer this, showing us that unique genetic paper wouldnt matter- infact, personal qualities would be scrutinised, pushed aside and unwanted. It is clear that director Andrew Niccol aims to inform the viewer of this through such examples as Irenes heart defect which doesnt allow her to pursue her dream, counterbalance though she is a valid. some other example is Vincents moreover way to be authentic into society is to lie and larn a valids identity. Technology enables Vincent to do so, but infact it is technology that first leads to Vincents rejection from his surrounding world, as he was naturally conceived, and therefore is ceaseless suffering under the lode to somehow be equally accepted.\nI believe Niccols message to the viewer is that in order to truly profit from the power to change the environment, such as advances in technology giving us the qualification to genetically manipulate, we first have to consider both the advantages an d disadvantages of our ac...
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