Learning from Time: "Arrival" by Denis Villeneuve and "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
<p><em>Arrival</em> depicts the alien encounter as a transformative experience. Similar to <em>Contact</em>, <em>Solaris, Encounter of the Third Kind</em> and <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>, the narrative is underlined by a profound, sometimes teary but never dishonest humanism. Louise Banks, played by Amy Adams, is a university linguist charged with analyzing the challenging Heptapod language. The aliens are called Heptapods because of their seven limbs…</p>
Authors: Mathis Gasser
Subject: Denis Villeneuve, Ted Chiang
Series Editor: Lucie Kolb, Pablo Müller, Barbara Preisig, Judith Welter
Art Director: Sabo Day
Code: FLX Labs
Part of: Brand-New-Life Magazine
ISBN: 22979220
ISSN: 2297-9220