Is science all that good?
READING
Listen to Nina Simone’s Sinner man while you watch the picture for a while.
The bowler-hatted men in Golconda are shown as if they were raining, or ascending. They all look more or less exactly the same.
15) “Our secret desire,” wrote René Magritte, “is for a change in the order of things.” Do you think any of the characters in the film would agree with this quote? Who? Why?
16) What does the painting say to you?
17) Are there any connections between the film Gattaca and the painting?
[1] http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/magritte1.html 2011-09-13