#oh yeah gore vidal's there LOL

[sanctifiedtongues]

notes about gattaca bc i'll literally never write it down if i dont make a public post about it i guess. forewarning these are not going to be coherent

1) surveillance state and all the paranoia involved in maintaining a working existence under it coupled very closely with

2) bioinformatics but not really as it's actually utilized in the real world, it remains as abstract as discussion and the unexplored unseen mystery of the Virtual Database located in chunky computers with low-res screens, the visceral elements of hair, spit, blood and urine (especially those last two) as well as visual indicators like hair dye and height (something to be said about the injury that disables eugene and renders him "unproductive" and the injuries vincent puts his body through to become "productive"/ assume the person of jerome both being intentional) are dramatized and drive the plot of

paranoia which loops back around to the first point

do appreciate the visceral usage bc i love a good fluid and i love how Much of it and how much discussion of it was in there especially with how sterile the aesthetics of the movie are but i do think it kind of contributes to how much it

fell short as a narrative surrounding eugenics. it simply does not understand it at all and made it vaguely inspiration porn-y??? it also has a very underwhelming inclusion of class but at least it's included. it's as that post said. mid movies will make you do all this i guess

[bren-sanity-blog]

Brensanity Part 4: With Honors

M: Oh. My. God. Gore Vidal?! C: Gore Vidal?! Oh My God!! M: Why does Patrick Dempsey have such awesome hair? C: Is that a rooster at Harvard? M: I wonder if B-Fras wrote a thesis for this movie... also, where can I read it? C: Dude, I have gotta read that thesis; he sounds authoritarian as all hell! I did not expect. M: God damn it Joe Pesci. C: I would just die, omg that is his THESIS. His thesis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is your floppy disk man?! Shit, shit, shit. M: Dan Quayle joke. C: “Clean underpants and a pristine glazed donut”

M: The thesis isn't down there and it isn't on him... where is it? C: “Most of them are schizophrenic” Jeff is such a douche! M: Brendan Fraser's heart is going to grow three sizes in this movie, isn't it? C: But I kinda understand why he’s cold - writing a thesis makes you lose your ever-loving mind! He’s hard-hearted because his thesis is gone! HIS. THESIS. M: What if that guy died in the night? Would B-Fras just have to write the thesis again? C: Jeff is the biggest yuppie. Rooster dude is such a hipster....but with a heart. <3 Also, “I wonder what it is like to read upstairs” is the saddest line! M: I'm calling it now, B-Fras doesn't turn in the thesis he worked on, he changes his whole life's work. C: Well, Jeff, if you’re not getting into med school, maybe that’s on you man. M: Y'all, I can't even with Joe Pesci. C:”I can���t get dressed without a beer.” LOL M: B-Fras is gonna try to get Joe back with his one true love, I guarantee it. C: Monte is gonna snaaaaaap. M: I wonder how long it will take for B-Fras to let Joe sleep in the house. C: Yeah, he’s gonna change that thesis and start believing in the people. M: Financially Challenged. C: This professor is a DICK. M: Oh snaps... Joe is a political savant. B-Fras' mind is already changing and expanding. C: Is he dying?! M: Oh God he's dying!! C: Women are not wines, hipster dude. Also omg Jeff you yuppie douchebag! You aren’t even studying anyway...he’ll be a shitbag doctor if he manages to become one! M: Doesn't B-Fras know that he could simply beat Jeff's ass? C: Sneak him in. Sneak him inside Monte!!! He’s totally gonna sneak him in. What he didn’t sneak him in?! M: "I'd love to make your windows sparkle." C:Oh fuck, he froze to death! Oh he’s just gone. Damn...Monte you can’t win. M: I wonder if Joe left because he's dying... C: Aw Monte is calling his Mama! <3 M: Fras is gonna get his bum back! Sad music is happening! C: That message. Whaaaat dude whaaaat? M: He got his bum back! C: B-fras can really quiver that bottom lip! Omg he gave him a key! Jeff is gonna be pissed! M: Mesothelioma!!! He needs to call that lawyer!! C: Oh damn!!!!! And now he’s re-writing that thesis! OMFG THE CHICKEN. THAT’S GORKY THEY ARE EATING! M: You can fuck off Jeff. C: Oh fuck, yuppie bitch is home. M: I fucking hate Jeff. C: Monte is done with your shit Jeff. M: Muddafuccing backstory time!!! C: Wait, are they gonna tell Patrick Dempsey about his rooster? M: He fucking left his wife and son?! Is HE B-FRAS' DAD?! C: He’s his dad, he’s his fucking dad!! He’s gonna cry omg his perfect sad face. M: Pajama-jammy-jam!!! C:Oh wait, Sad-eyes Monte can’t be his son, because he’d be 30 something. Damn. M: Oh God, Simon is for real dying!!! C: He’s so tiny! OMG He’s really dying! M: Road trip to see Simon's son. C: He’s not gonna make it! M: God damn it, Jeff. C: Seriously Jeff, why do you think you are are a part of this? M: God damn it, Random Son. You suck. C: He’s sure got some money. M: You're a man, Simon! Not a dog! C: Listenig to him try to breath is gonna make me cry. This move did not look this sad... M: HE WAS ONLY 50?! C: Oh man, his son didn’t want t com to the funeral. M: Oh they're his family now. C: So he’s not graduating “with honors” he’s still a Harvard grad; he’ll be fine. M: 90s Dad jeans. C: Aw he collects rocks now... M: Freeze frame!!! C: Wait is that Madonna?     M: And scene.