![]() ![]() ![]() To this higher end, he buys the assistance of a Valid, Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), who, though crippled by an accident, possesses a spectacular set of genes. Hawke plays Vincent Freeman (the name's assuredly not the result of random chance), a "natural" (or an "In-Valid," as they're called, to distinguish from the "Valid" genetic elite) confronting a society where his kind are relegated to grunt work.Īfflicted with nearsightedness and a weak heart, Vincent nonetheless cherishes the impossible dream of becoming an astronaut at Gattaca Corporation, where he works as a janitor. Births now happen two ways: by natural conception with parents playing the game of random chance, or by predetermining the child's genetic makeup-in effect, creating the perfect child. This lays the groundwork for a futuristic, Brave New World setting in which one's DNA establishes one's lot in life. ![]() It's body matter-hair and dead skin cells. A zoom-out to a view of Ethan Hawke industriously scrubbing his naked body provides the clue to the mystery of the falling matter. It's then that the significance of those four letters finally dawns upon you: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine, the four bases that make up our genetic code. Meanwhile, the credits appear in fragments: first the letters that make up the movie title-A, T, C and, more rarely, G-followed by the rest of the name. The opening of Gattaca, like the rest of the movie, is an eye-teaser: against a backdrop of cool blue-gray, misshapen bits of matter drift like feathers, only to collect in an unidentifiable heap. ![]()
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