Category: Gattaca

  • Gattaca (1997, Andrew Niccol)

    Gattaca is a science fiction triptych character study by way of film noir. And while the film’s a murder mystery, it only uses the film noir device—narration—for a non-mystery section of the film. The narration ends with the murder mystery, not coming back until the finale. It’s an absolutely fantastic structure from writer and director…

  • Gattaca (1997, Andrew Niccol)

    Outstanding sci-fi set in nearish future when eugenics is the norm. Uma Thurman and Jude Law are perfectly bred humans, Ethan Hawke’s a genetically inferior love child. Thanks to tragedy, Hawke’s able to pose as Law, but then his true (genetic) self becomes a murder suspect. Great direction, awesome production design (by Jan Roelfs) and…