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film _Gattaca_ (vhs/ntsc)
faces:

• Uma Thurman (_Henry & June_, _Pulp Fiction_ )
• Ethan Hawke
• Jude Law (_eXistenZ_, _A.I._)
• Gore Vidal

"...every atom in our bodies was once part of a star..." - Gattaca

Youth: are you saying that the star is aware of what it is doing?

Thomas: Well, yes and no.  But let's think about it a moment.  We are the self-reflexion of the universe.  We allow the universe to know and feel itself.  So the universe is aware of itself through self-reflexitve mind, which unfurles in the human.  We were brought forth so that these experiences of beauty could enter awareness.  The primeval fireball existed for twenty billion years without self-awareness.  The creative work of the supernovas existed for billions of years without self-reflexive awareness.  That star could not, by itself, become aware of its own beauty or sacrifice.  But the star can, through us, reflect back on itself.  In a sense, you are the star.  Look at your hand - do you claim it as your own? Every element was forged in temperatures a million times hotter than molten rock, each atom fashioned in the blazing heat of the star.  Your eyes, your briain, your bones, all of you is composed of the star's creations.  You ARE that star, brought into a form of life that enables life to reflect on itself.  So, yes: the star DOES know of its great work, of its surrender to allurement, of its stupendous contribution to life, but only through its further articulation - you.

 - _The Universe Is A Green  Dragon_ by Brian Swimme

"All the elements of the Earth except hydrogen and some helium have been cooked by a kind of stellar alchemy billions of years ago in stars, some of which are today inconspicuous white dwarfs on the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy. The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our  teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of  collapsing stars. We are  made of starstuff."

- Carl Sagan, _Cosmos_

• track _We Are All Made Of Stars_ MP3 (192k) by Moby (2002)
• "every man and every woman is a star"  - Aleister Crowley - third law of Thelema

• Anomalog: Gattaca In the NWO - Asscroft & Chimpy Want Your Hair, Saliva & Sweat For New Drug Tests
• Public address announcements in the Gattaca Corporation headquarters building are in Esperanto, an artificial language invented in the 19th century.
• The winding stairs in Jerome's apartment have the structure of a double helix, like DNA.

 

• DNA contains four nitrogenous bases: (G)uanine, (A)denine, (T)hymine, (C)ytosine.
• G-A-T-T-A-C-A
• Uma Thurman's character is named Irene Cassini. Cassini is the surname of the 17th century French-Italian astronomer, Jean Dominique Cassini, who discovered the prominent gap in Saturn's main rings, as well as the icy moons, Iapetus, Dione, Rhea, and Tethys. The space mission in Gattaca is destined for Saturn.
• A space probe is currently travelling towards Saturn's moon Titan. The probe is called Cassini.
• Jude Law's character asks to be called by his middle name, Eugene. "Eugene" comes from the Greek for "well born," which Jerome is. "Eugenics" (the science of improving the hereditary qualities of a race or breed) is the central theme of the film.
• The Gattaca building (interiors and exteriors) is, in reality, the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, CA. It was designed by American  architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. The largest Wright design ever constructed, it was largely built after his death in 1959. The central dome (prominent in the roof-cleaning scene) contains the county library.
• The FBI agents are called "Hoovers," a reference to legendary top-G-man J. Edgar Hoover, but also a clever reference to a vacuum cleaner brand. There are numerous shots of vacuums being used to gather DNA evidence.

Gattaca (1997)

Directed by
Andrew Niccol

Writing credits
Andrew Niccol

Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
 

Tagline: There is no gene for the human spirit.
 

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ethan Hawke ....  Vincent Freeman/Jerome Morrow
Uma Thurman  ....  Irene Cassini

Gore Vidal  ....  Director Josef
Xander Berkeley  ....  Lamar
Jayne Brook  ....  Marie
Elias Koteas  ....  Antonio
Maya Rudolph  ....  Delivery Nurse
Una Damon   ....   Head Nurse
Elizabeth Dennehy  .... Pre-School Teacher
Blair Underwood  .... Geneticist
Mason Gamble   ....  Younger Vincent
Vincent Nielson  ....  Younger Anton
Chad Christ .... Young Vincent
William Lee Scott  ....  Young Anton
Clarence Graham  .... Personnel Officer

Also Known As:
Eighth Day, The (1996/II) (USA: working title)
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for brief violent images, language, and some sexuality.
Runtime: USA:101 / Australia:106
Country: USA
Language: English / Esperanto
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital / SDDS
Certification: USA:PG-13 / UK:15 / Germany:12 / Mexico:B / Netherlands:12 (video premiere) / Australia:M / Spain:T / Sweden:15 / Norway:15 /Belgium:KT

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