Notes on…

Gattaca(1997)

Dir. Directed by Andrew Niccol

Not to sound like a Jacobin article, but race, class and where we were born on earth probably account for 90+% of what we will (and can) do in our lives... So what, exactly, is the value in the final 10%…?

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Synopsis: Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.