Dealers broker arrangements between in-valids who are willing to risk losing their freedom and valids who are willing to give up their identity. Genetic identity is a valued commodity and like most valued commodities it has an accompanying black market. Gattaca is first and foremost an affirmation of perseverance, the human spirit and its survival.Įthan Hawke in “Gattaca.” © 1997 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
And in this is the other main theme of the film: the power and the will of the individual. And they will risk everything to change it. The society of Gattaca has pre-determined who will be the targets of their discrimination, injustice, and poverty.ĭespite this – and because of it – there are people who do not passively accept their station in life. The in-valid are on a path that they will not be able to get off. This new underclass is not determined by aptitude, ability, or education, and not by race, creed or color it is determined solely by genetics. They are the laborers, workers, and service people who help make the valid life all the more worth living. Their heritage is the lower class of society. These children are considered “in-valid.” This difference in identity is one of the main themes of the film. And while we may see making babies in the back seat of a Buick as more moral (and a whole lot more religious), the society of Gattaca does not. This advanced method of procreation creates children who are preferred: they are called “valid.” But some still do it the old fashioned way. Parents who can pay the price choose to produce these genetically manipulated offspring. Congenital disease can, in many cases, be avoided as can characteristics for alcoholism, drug addiction and abusiveness, and intelligence and physical abilities can be maximized. In Gattaca (the title refers to the name of a private space agency – Gattaca Aerospace Corporation), science has advanced to a believable not too distant future – genetic engineering. The technology is familiar and not completely beyond our understanding and the visual cues in the film are all things we are well-acquainted with. It also presents a recognizable future with ideas that we can easily grasp. Gattaca (1997, written and directed by Andrew Niccole) is set in the “not too distant future.” Near future science fiction runs the risk of having many of its assumptions already proven wrong and dated in just a few years. From Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) to The Hunger Games (2012), filmmakers have anticipated possible futures ranging from utopias to post-apocalyptic nightmares. We have romanticized about and expressed our hopes for the future in literature, art, and film. And we wonder what kind of world we will see in our lifetime and what kind of world our children and their children will inhabit. We look into the night sky and wonder what is out there and if future generations will travel to far away worlds. The two are also teaming up as producing partners on ‘The Low Dweller’ for Relativity.We have always been stargazers. Likewise, DiCaprio is shooting ‘Inception’ under the direction of Christopher Nolan, but he has nothing in the works after that. Scott is currently shooting ‘Robin Hood,’ but has no projects set up afterward. With news that he is on board to the direct the prequel to ‘Alien’ and now ‘Brave New World,’ it seems like the Ridley Scott of old might be showing his face once again. With recent films disappointments like ‘A Good Year’ and ‘Body of Lies’ under his belt, it might be a good idea for him to go back to the style of his earlier career. This will be a perfect opportunity for Scott to get back into the world-creating game. The man becomes infatuated with the woman and attempts to break through the social barriers between them. The leads are a socially outcast man and an accepted woman. ‘Apocalypto’ scribe Farhad Safinia has been brought on to adapt the 1932 novel by Huxley which is set in a Utopian future where there is no violence and the population has been split into five castes.
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