Comments on: Exclusive: Underrated Ethan Hawke Talks Gattaca, Genre Films

By: benyoung2

benyoung2 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:10:58 +0000

I bought it on VHS ages ago after watching it by accident on a long flight. I’d never heard of the movie or Mr. Niccol at the time and only chose it because the alternatives were so abysmal and I like Uma Thurman.

All these many years later, fellow admirers of Mr. Niccol might be pleased to know that they recently showed a segment of Gattaca in my kids’ school here in Spain. Apparently they only showed enough to establish the premise of the story for discussion in their ethics classes, so I encouraged them to watch the whole thing. My 16 yo’s review, and I quote: “That’s one hell of a story.” That there is a rave.

I think Andrew Niccol is a force to be reckoned with, even S1m0ne was fun, Lord of War is brilliant.

By: Steven James Snyder

Steven James Snyder — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:55:34 +0000

Truman show actually came out the year after….that said, I think Ethan was referring to a first outing as director.

As for what happened, yes, S1m0ne didn’t help at all. But I see he’s already in production on another title (or at least I think he is): The Cross, which IMDB says is about “A man looks to cross a mysterious border that has never been crossed before.”

I love how ambiguous that is. Suggests a movie that’s thinking big, and definitely beyond your cookie-cutter plot. So maybe Niccol is on his way back??

By: Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:33:36 +0000

S1m0ne happened

By: crispy

crispy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:17:21 +0000

Hmm, I thought Truman Show came before Gattaca. (Yes, I know Andrew Niccol just wrote the Truman Show screenplay.) But maybe I’m wrong.

In any case, totally agree that the one-two punch of Gattaca and Truman Show announced the arrival of an amazingly talented storyteller.

So what the heck happened?