Gattaca - Perfection
"The Film Gattaca Presents a World Destroyed by the pursuit of our perfection. Discuss."Andrew Niccol's film Gattaca does present a world where the world has been destroyed by human's pursuit of perfection. It is the characters in the movie which show this, Vincent, Jerome & Irene. These three characters illustrate a world to the viewer, a world were perfection means everything. It is this I intend to illustrate for you on how Andrew Niccol's film shows us a world that has been destroyed by the human pursuit of perfection.Vincent is considered an invalid in the world of Gattaca, because he wasn't created the valid way. The valid way is done through altering the genetic code of a person, a person engineered to be perfect. Vincent however is anything but perfect; he has a 99% of Heart Failure and is presumed to die at the age of 30. The world of Gattaca is one based solely on perfection, this is shown by the selection criteria of the Gattaca program, in which only the perfect enter, valids. This shows the audience on how intent the world of Gattaca is on being perfect, with the creation of a 'perfect' civilization. The world is destroyed; there is a new underclass that is discriminated upon and not given a chance to succee
With the world of Gattaca so heavily reliant on probabilities as presented by a persons genes. However in the movie Vincent does break this showing that this bondage of perfection has destroyed their world but it can be beaten. It is with this that the people in the world of Gattaca are lead to believe "No one exceeds their potential". The pursuit of perfection is one that has created the destruction of the world surrounding them. Jerome has the perfect helix so to speak, with an off the scale IQ and a heart of an ox. Therefore the pursuit to perfection in the world of Gattaca has destroyed the worlds of many, such as Irene. Jerome is an example of how the world's people are with their pursuit to perfection. One scene in particular which shows this is when the Investigator has all the Invalids lined up for testing, we see darkness which shows the audience that these invalid's live a dark life. Irene has a problem in her genetic makeup; she has a heart problem one that limits her from going out into space. It is this new underclass which shows us the destruction of the world in Gattaca all for the pursuit of our own perfection. The movie Gattaca shows us as humans that the pursuit of perfection isn't always one that can guarantee greatness but rather as one that destroys what makes each one of us special The Human Spirit. Jerome lives under the burden of perfection which is a burden which many in the Gattaca world would be under, the burden to be the very best. It is under this burden which leads to him attempting to commit suicide. The world of Gattaca is one that is dark, cold & lifeless as the people in the world as humans go to any means possible in order to achieve perfection.
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