INTRODUCTION The film "Gattaca" explores a world where genetic engineering has reached a level that people can be designed and purpose built. It is a world not to far from the one we live in, one only a very brief time in the future. It is a world where children are manufactured, and space travel in done in relatively normal daily wear clothes and occurs on a daily basis. This world is one where discrimination …showed first 75 words of 1725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1725 total…helped shape our perceptions of genetic engineering and of the biological sciences in general. This ability is rare in film; those that have it are considered classics. Gattaca has the ability to alter the state of mind of any person who views it with even a passing interest. Its true genius lies in that it forces you to talk about what it meant. One cannot just sit back, watch, and not be moved to speak.