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Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law with supporting roles played by Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin.
The film presents a biopunk vision of a future society driven by liberal eugenics where potential children are selected through preimplantation genetic diagnosis to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to instantly identify and classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived by traditional means are derisively known as "in-valids". While genetic discrimination is forbidden by law, in practice it is easy to profile a person's genotype resulting in the valids qualifying for professional employment while the in-valids—considered more susceptible to disease, educational dysfunction and shorter lifespans—are relegated to menial jobs.
The movie draws on concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate eugenics, and the possible consequences of such technological developments for society. It also explores the idea of destiny and the ways in which it can and does govern lives. Characters in Gattaca continually battle both with the society and with themselves to find their place in the world and who they are destined to be according to their genes. The title is based on the initial letters of the four DNA nitrogenous bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine). During the opening and closing credits, the letters G, A, T, and C are all highlighted. The name Gattaca itself is the name of the fictional space agency shown in the film.
he read until he knew the planets back and forth his
parents said that's not what he was put here for and he
tried to find a way to put perfection aside but life is
always hard when everyone is putting you down these are
days when your baby is born genetically perfect blonde
hair and blue eyes the perfect heartbeat they'll see with
nothing less than a perfect 20 / 20 they will be whoever
they wanted to be he swam until he lost direction of the
shore his perfect brother he had never lost before and he
found the friend the kind you give your own blood for and
she found the kind of friend the kind you wait your whole
life for no regrets he wanted it so bad he could taste it
they never suspected a thing and that's something that
carries a sense of pride and accomplishment a reason to