I can see why they cut the genetic engineering part out of the movie, it was too controversial back in 1997, and still is today. I idea of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is very popular today, in no small part due to this movie.
This scene is critical to understanding the larger context of the film. This is the only feature of a Black actor in a non-janitorial role, and it was a number of years before the setting of the film, suggesting that their world's genetic & racial apartheid became more advanced over time. The scene lining up 'in-valids' as suspects for mandatory genetic testing is another example. In general I wish the film had one or two more scenes describing the consequences of such a society.
No. There are several Valids of African descent in the film, including among the GATTACA recruits - the highest social status persons in the movie. You can see them coding flight coordinates alongside Vincent during GATTACA training, next to other non-whites of Asian and American descent. 100% of the non-white characters in the movie are portrayed as equal to, or of superior status to, every other person in the scenes they appear in, with exactly 0 exceptions. By way of contrast, Vincent's janitor colleagues (the only invalids we see) are exactly 100% white. Same thing with the lined-up (presumed) invalids being inspected by the detectives, they are all white. The film unambiguously intends to convey a post-racial society.
I can see why they cut the genetic engineering part out of the movie, it was too controversial back in 1997, and still is today. I idea of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is very popular today, in no small part due to this movie.
This scene is critical to understanding the larger context of the film. This is the only feature of a Black actor in a non-janitorial role, and it was a number of years before the setting of the film, suggesting that their world's genetic & racial apartheid became more advanced over time. The scene lining up 'in-valids' as suspects for mandatory genetic testing is another example. In general I wish the film had one or two more scenes describing the consequences of such a society.
No. There are several Valids of African descent in the film, including among the GATTACA recruits - the highest social status persons in the movie. You can see them coding flight coordinates alongside Vincent during GATTACA training, next to other non-whites of Asian and American descent.
100% of the non-white characters in the movie are portrayed as equal to, or of superior status to, every other person in the scenes they appear in, with exactly 0 exceptions.
By way of contrast, Vincent's janitor colleagues (the only invalids we see) are exactly 100% white. Same thing with the lined-up (presumed) invalids being inspected by the detectives, they are all white.
The film unambiguously intends to convey a post-racial society.
And now it's reality.
lol and now it is mandatory 💉
@@stevenobrien557 trust the science, just like jamie foxx