When Gattaca premiered in 1997, it seemed almost too sleek, too elegant, for the dystopian genre it occupied. Directed by Andrew Niccol, the film offered a future not of neon overload or cyberpunk chaos, but of restrained architecture, immaculate tailoring, and quiet menace. It was science fiction disguised as modernist design — a cautionary taleContinue reading “Gattaca: A Vision of the Future in Perfect Style”
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Reality Bites and the Birth of Generation X on Screen
When Reality Bites premiered in 1994, it was marketed as a romantic comedy about recent college graduates stumbling into adulthood. But in hindsight, it was more than that: it was the first Hollywood film to hold a mirror to Generation X, capturing both its cynicism and its yearning, its distrust of institutions and its cravingContinue reading “Reality Bites and the Birth of Generation X on Screen”
My World of Interiors 