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Designing Humanity: Gattaca's Ethical Dilemma

Explore the ethical quandary in Gattaca's society where genetic perfection leads to obsession with flaws. Dive into the human spirit's triumph over genetic determinism and the intricate visual symbolism of film noir elements borrowed from classic movies. Uncover themes of love, identity, and sibling rivalry in this thought-provoking sci-fi narrative.

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Designing Humanity: Gattaca's Ethical Dilemma

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  1. Is it wrong to design a baby?

  2. GATTACA In Gattaca’s dystopian society, “physical perfectibility has, ironically, led to an obsession with flaws. Vincent's [heroic] struggle to realize his dream strikes a blow against the status quo on behalf of the human spirit – for which, as is observed in the film, there is no gene.” John A. Woodcock, NYU School of Medical Humanities Database http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webfilms/gattaca96-film-.html

  3. The most unremarkable of events.

  4. The most unremarkable of events.

  5. The most unremarkable of events. The most unremarkable of events. • O:This highly prestigious assignment was guaranteed Jerome at birth. He has all the gifts required. A genetic quotient second to none. There’s nothing remarkable about the progress of Jerome Morrow. • What is the irony of this VO introduction? • How does it establish the film’s central theme of the human spirit’s victory over genetic determinism?

  6. Intertextuality • Several of GATTACA’s Sci Fi and film noir elements are borrowed from earlier films.

  7. Intertextuality • Several of GATTACA’s Sci Fi and film noir elements are borrowed from earlier films: 2001 – A Space Oddyssey

  8. Intertextuality • Several of GATTACA’s Sci Fi and film noir elements are borrowed from earlier films: Blade Runner

  9. INTRICATE VISUAL SYMBOLISM

  10. Film Noir • Film noir is a movie genre marked by cynical characters and a mood of menace and fatalism. • The term [black film] was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective movies in the 1940’s, which used B&W film stock (because it was cheaper than colour) and whose themes reflected a social pessimism, largely as a result of WW2. • What are its double meanings?

  11. GATTACA Noir • What features does GATTACA borrow from the genre of film noir ?

  12. Intertextuality • What does Niccol’s reference to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 Noir classic Strangers on a Train lend to his film?

  13. Intertextuality What does Niccol’s reference to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 Noir classic Strangers on a Train lend to his film?

  14. CHAPTER 11 • LOVE IN PARALLEL: • WHAT DO EUGENE AND IRENE HAVE IN COMMON?

  15. LOVE IN PARALLEL: WHAT DO EUGENE AND IRENE HAVE IN COMMON? (APART FROM ‘HOMOSOCIAL DESIRE’) CHAPTER 11

  16. “MIND FORG’D MANACLES”

  17. CHAPTER 20

  18. DOPPLEGANGERS & SIBLING RIVALRY “I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream”

  19. DOPPLEGANGERS & SIBLING RIVALRY

  20. DOPPLEGANGERS & SIBLING RIVALRY

  21. DOPPLEGANGERS & SIBLING RIVALRY

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