Essays Tagged: "Andrew Niccol"

Explain how director Andrew Niccol offers viewers a warning about tampering with nature through his film 'Gattaca'

The film Gattaca, which was directed by Andrew Niccol gives viewers a warning about tampering with nature. The director shows some of the th ... suspect because as he says: "take a look at my profile. You won't find a single violent part in me."Andrew Niccol's film Gattaca gives a thought provoking insight into a possible future for our world. ...

(3 pages) 55 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

MOVIE REVIEW--GATTACA

STARRING: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Gore VidalDIRECTOR: Andrew NiccolRating: out ofIn the not far away of future, genetics will play an important role in th ...

(2 pages) 25 0 0.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Gattaca" shows that even if your resume is in your genes, what you make of your life is up to you. Do you agree?

"Gattaca", written and directed by Andrew Niccol, depicts a futuristic world of a cold society, where one's resume exists in their cell ... finding answers, when he could easily have lived a grand life.This futuristic society, depicted by Andrew Niccol, shows where science has advanced to a level where genetic modification has surpassed ...

(3 pages) 51 0 4.3 Jul/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Gattaca" Essay: 'Explain how director Andrew Niccol offers a warning about 'tampering with nature' through his film, Gattaca'

th and then born into a prejudiced society where DNA determines your social standing. The director, Andrew Niccol successfully expresses a bold warning about tampering with nature through his epic cin ... ry was an outstanding tale of one mans fight against science. Through Vincent's story the director, Andrew Niccol conveys a message to viewers about to kind of complexes science can burden us with. As ...

(3 pages) 45 0 5.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Truman Show

worlds and is not presented in straight chronological order. The director Peter Weir and the writer Andrew Niccol, have made extensive use of visual language to convey some ideas and commentary about ...

(3 pages) 5685 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Gattaca

this could become reality the future. Discuss? The movie "˜Gattaca', directed and written by Andrew Niccols (Columbia Pictures 1997), has been based "˜'in the not so distant future'' wher ... im because in Anton's mind this was all impossible "˜'they'' had taught Anton to be prejudice.Andrew Niccols shows us that even those that have been genetically modified have faults that are unc ...

(4 pages) 19 0 5.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What ideas link Utopic and Dystopic texts, support your response to this question through a detailed analysis of-1984 by George Orwell,Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol,Incognito by Claire Carmichael

as the Notion of social classes, nationalism and the loss of privacy to Gattaca (1997) directed by Andrew Niccol which presents us with a world rife with oppression and the consequences of technologi ...

(4 pages) 1779 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Merchants of Death

less, in spite of this brutal claim, a business person is no different than your typical worker. In Andrew Niccol's Lord of War and Jason Reitman's Thank You for Smoking, the average worker is effecti ... des for the family. Also, their actions show the sincere care and love for their family. Therefore, Andrew Niccol's Lord of War and Jason Reitman's Thank You for Smoking successfully characterizes Orl ...

(5 pages) 16 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

Belonging

ng.To belong or not belong? That is the question.In Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest and Andrew Niccol's In time, the co-existence of belonging and freedom is evident through the characters ...

(4 pages) 2 0 0.0 Aug/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Vincent is the Hero of Gattaca

ttaca Clearly, Vincent is the hero of Gattaca. Do you agree? ! ! Ambition. Conquest. Determination. Andrew Niccol's captivating film, Gattaca comprehensibly explores these three potent terms which def ... ssistance of Jerome.! ! Essentially, the award-winning film, Gattaca, under directional guidance of Andrew Niccol's traces the journey of Vincent Freeman, a genetically inferior man who occupies the i ...

(5 pages) 1 0 0.0 Aug/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies