The first time I watched Jurassic Park, I was barely 8 years old. Huddled between my parents, I watched the entire film through the gaps of my fingers.While the 8-year-old me gaped wide at the colossal lizards created by CGI and animatronics and flinched at every roar, the filmmaker and adult in me today realize how Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park works on so many levels, especially the line, “Life finds a way.” In this article, let’s unveil the sharp and timeless one-liner from Jurassic Park, one of the most beloved American sci-fi films. The Scene and the Context - YouTube The line is delivered during discussions between the park’s creators and visiting scientists. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) is a chaos theorist who, although fascinated by the scientists’ achievement at John Hammond’s (Sir Richard Attenborough) Jurassic Park, is also legitimately concerned about creating dinosaurs by cloning and genetic engineering. Despite the assurance that all the dinosaurs were designed to be female to prevent breeding, Dr. Malcolm (quite unsure of such safety measures), gently points out that their confidence in controlling life could very much be misplaced, concluding the discussion with “life finds a way,” challenging their hubris in thinking that they can control and tame life. In Michael Crichton's original novel, the quote is expanded. Malcolm says, "Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way." The Impact on the StoryVery...
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