TagAndrew Niccol

The movie GATTACA sheds light on the benefits and risks of genetic manipulation and raises concerns about the possibility of an unequal world in which genes determine human class in the future.   I watched the movie GATTACA. From the first moment I saw the title, it stuck with me. GATTACA, which is also the name of a top aerospace company in the movie, is a combination of the human DNA...

  The myth of Oedipus and the movie Gattaca explore the limits of humanity from a fatalistic perspective. It warns that human endeavors to transcend the fate determined by oracles and genetics, as well as advances in science and technology, could lead to a new fatalism, and asks whether there is a possibility of true free will.   To begin, I’d like to introduce you to the myth of...