Analysis Of The Movie 'Blood Brothers In The Film Gattaca'

In the film Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol the key relationship between the brothers helped the viewer to understand the important idea. In the world of Gattaca, the society is divided into two classes of people – the genetically enhanced Valids and the naturally conceived Invalids. Through the brother’s relationship, Vincent as a faith born child as opposed to Anton as a genetically engineered child, the viewer is shown the idea of a Valid and an Invalid. Vincent and Anton are living in a society where these terms reflect their social status. Vincent and Anton’s competiveness is shown through their relationship as blood brothers, where there is more than just sibling rivalry in this relationship, but Anton’s sense of confidence where he …show more content…
The society in which they live in constantly influences and leads them to believe that the genetically enhanced have a greater superiority over the Invalid. At the end of the end of the film, Vincent proves he is capable of superiority and love for his brother, once again challenging Anton to one last game of chicken. There is a connection to the beginning of the film with the repetition of the crucial swimming scenes which help the viewer to understand the brother’s relationship. Chicken is last seen later in the movie, when the two brothers are old; Vincent, with a borrowed ladder, is currently working at Gattaca, under the name of “Jerome Morrow” while Anton is a police investigator. Vincent once again challenges his younger brother to one last game of chicken where Anton is fearful that they will get lost but Vincent showing more determination than ever. Anton stops again and asks Vincent "How he's doing this?" Vincent responds with: "You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back." The dialogue expresses Vincent’s perseverance and the determination to not only beat his brother but prove to him that his dream is attainable. Anton, after hearing Vincent's response begins to swim back, but just like the previous games, he has no energy left and begins to drown. Vincent rescues Anton revealing a brotherly love which is simply an action you cannot engineer for in the human spirit. Through the brother’s relationship revealing superiority and inferiority in one another, Vincent still has spirit and determination developed from their competiveness. This method is used by Niccol to help the viewer understand Vincent as a character and who he is trying to become in such a discriminatory