How I Wrote Arrival

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Arrival is not what you might think at first glance. It isn't really about Earth's first encounter with aliens, but with something more personal. Listen to Eric Heisserer, screenwriter of Arrival, talk about his process adapting Ted Chiang's short story for the screen.
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Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer. It is based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang and stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker. The film follows a linguist enlisted by the U.S. Army to discover how to communicate with aliens who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war.
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[@Mylesperhour20]

arrival is a cinematic masterpiece. it is genuinely the perfect movie in my opinion and had a profound effect on me. 3 years later and i still think about weekly

[@Voidelle]

“You CANT do-… wait, can you?” Is such a beautiful example of getting direction from an outside source. From someone who isn’t thinking inside your box. Love that

[@AngryGoats555]

Ah yes, the aliens who speak in coffee stains

[@JoeVirella]

I can't believe the guy who wrote this heartbreaking movie is so funny.

[@OB.x]

I studied linguistics in college, this is nearly my favorite movie of all time. Couldn't believe they incorporate linguistics in a scifi of all things. Why I like MGSV the game, because it has a lot to do with language

[@dylan10011998]

"to have love and lost, is better than never having loved at all"

[@jaysway9251]

So it’s true. Dennis Villeneuve is not only a great director, but an even better person to work with.

[@icarus-wings]

I always took away from this movie that Amy Adam’s’ character not only chooses to relive the same joy and grief, but that because she now experiences time as non-linear, she experiences that same joy and grief *at all times*. She’ll now be constantly living with the loss of her daughter, but also constantly living with the joy her daughter brings, experiencing each as though for the first time, endlessly.

[@bottegadelloscuro]

“Abbott is death process” is such a great line, isn’t it? And Amy Adams is just perfect for a film that, in my opinion, is a precious gem. Great great great film, I just love it.

[@locutusdborg126]

The best science fiction movie ever, and I am 70 years old and read and watched sci-fi since 5 years old.

[@JaydevRaol]

'Feeling Uplifted and Hopeful and also completely Shattered'

[@kihwanlee5617]

"How can I torture a greater audience with this?" lol

[@Gunnumn]

"Can you put a graphic in a script?"

[@ReasonMakes]

Everyone cared so much in the process of making this film, that's why it became such a masterpiece. The screenwriter cared about capturing the feeling from the book, the director cared about understanding and staying true to the writing. And those ideas that they were genuinely trying to preserve and communicate were really profound. That's rare.

[@Lincoln_Bio]

The concept of a director checking with the screenwriter before changing something is (somewhat sadly) rather mindblowing

[@alexdigg]

This movie is one of my favorite of all time

[@anomiceleven]

As a language teacher/linguist - I love this film where a linguist is the hero. It has never happened before, and will never happen again!

[@columbus8myhw]

I love the mindset. "I don't know how to describe this thing!" "Describe what?" "Well, it's… [blah]. How do I put that into words?" "Use the words you just told me, in that order"

[@albertrr3769]

Never thought I could cry by the end of a video essay but here we are