Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

I watched an interesting movie with YKWIA tonight

It is called Gattaca and is a 1997 film starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law. In a world where doctors engineer genetically-modified people, those who are conceived and born naturally are shunned as imperfect and 'invalid'. A young man goes to great lengths to reach into space by taking on a 'valid' identification and entering the world of the genetic haves, shedding his old life. His dream is complicated by a murder investigation that inadvertently affects the charade. It has a message of overcoming what may seem to be our destiny by sheer determination, as well as the dangers in interalising the labels we are given. It also looks at the precariousness of living a lie and in losing oneself to become someone else. I recommend it. Okay, I've gotten home and it's late. I'll write more tomorrow if I can. Have a good night.

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