Andrew Niccol

Gattaca, A Film by Andrew Niccol      Exactly five seconds after he came into the world, Vincent Freeman was already considered to be a loser. His first genetic test revealed high probabilities of hyperactivity, sight troubles and serious heart diseases, a life expectancy of 30 years and 2 months and quite low intellectual faculties. At that time, the artificial insemination of test tube babies selected according to their genetic potential had become for many people “the natural way of making

The societies in both Frank Herbert’s “Seed Stock” and Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca are much different than society in the real world today. In “Seed Stock,” the sole purpose of the people that were sent to this alien planet was to survive and make the planet like Earth. In Gattaca, a person’s life revolves around their capabilities and potential due to genetics. In spite of this, survival is not the only thing that governs their life. Both Niccol and Herbert presented the idea that although survival and

The 1997 American speculative fiction film ‘Gattaca,’ directed by Andrew Niccol delves deeply into the concept of the human spirit and truly follows throughout the film one simple theme; that the human spirit will always prevail despite an uncaring fate. Niccol explores the notion that the human spirit has the capacity to overcome in his futuristic world of ‘Gattaca,’ by following Vincent, a man who although is invalid and seen as genetically inferior, has a large quantity of human spirit. Vincent

A perfect world with no negative aspects can be defined as a utopia. A utopia consists of having all the required or desirable elements of life that one has in mind. Everyone has an altered perception on what a utopia is, but in order for the world to be a utopia a universal definition is vital. Some elements to be considered in a utopia include a society that is stable socially, morally, politically, and economically. The more a world is in deficient to these key elements of a utopia, the farther

In the film “In Time” Andrew Niccol develops the idea that injustice is a cycle that is difficult to break. This idea is relevant to people in today's society because injustice is a hard cycle to break as keeps on continuing on it is hard to interrupt the cycle because no one thinks that they are powerful enough to stop the cycle.Andrew Niccol uses the techniques of yellow filter and camera angles to show this idea. In Time shows the idea that injustice is a cycle that is difficult to break .

As a society, each and every one of us possesses an inner strength that aids us to overcome the impediments in life that we may face. This inner strength is what we call our human spirit. In the film Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol the power of the human spirit is exemplified as the prominent theme, presented through the characterisation of Vincent Freeman, the protagonist of the film. Vincent is a young man living in a world which discriminates against one’s genes, and unfortunately for Vincent

Inequality, Disease, Poverty… one may experience any one of these three fundamental pitfalls of a modern society on a daily basis. Gattaca, a film directed by Andrew Niccol, portrays a future society and its attempt to eradicate the former. They main character, Vincent Anton Freeman, is a symbol of unorthodoxy in this society. Vincent is a “God Child”, meaning that he was not genetically engineered like other members of this civilization. He was conceived naturally by his parents and was allowed

what beauty looks like. My key idea is that society’s greed and jealousy is caused by the addictive nature of technology. The texts that show this idea are In time directed by Andrew Niccol, The machine stops written by E.M Forster and Gattaca which is yet again directed by Andrew Niccol. In time directed by Andrew Niccol is a visual text which shows how humans take time for granted. The movie in time is run in a futuristic society, where the entire place is split into zones by whether you live

Gattaca is a very impressive film directed by newcomer (at the time) Andrew Niccol. The film is about Vincent Freeman, an imperfect in a perfect world. A man who has grown up in the shadow of his brother. Vincent (Ethan Hawke) wants to overcome his own Genetic complications in order to follow his dream of manning a space mission to Saturn. Vincent was born in the old fashioned way with a life expectancy of only 30 years. He seeks to overcome that by having swimming contests with his brother Anton

Gattaca is a dystopian film directed by Andrew Niccol. It is set in the 'not-too-distant future' where discrimination is based on your genetic makeup and has become the defining factor of your societal class. One message in the film was how your genes do not define you. This was effectively conveyed through the character of Vincent who refused to be defined and held back by his 'inferior' genes. The beginning established this message as Vincent is shown using a genetically 'valid' individual's DNA