Uniquely enough, Villenueve had originally wanted to title the film under its original name, but test audiences weren’t too crazy for it, so it was changed to just simply Arrival. Eric Heisserer, who was hired on to create the screenplay for the film, didn’t steer too far from the original work, as both are focused on time and communication on the surface, but once we get into the sub-layers of each piece, we begin to see where Villenueve grabbed the bulls by the horns to create the masterpiece that is sweeping moviegoers around the world. Arrival, directed by Villenueve, was derived from a short story created by author Ted Chiang entitled Story of Your Life. Now, like most sci-fi works, most are often inspired by literature or art, whichever spurn the emotional responses, and Arrival is in that same vein. Sci-fi has been a genre that has always taken a backseat to most box-office busters in the past, taking second-seat to films in the genre of action, comedy, and even romance, but with the delivery of these and other great sci-fi films, we are now on an upswing of seeing more and more of these in theaters, such as the release of the incredible and cerebral sci-fi film from Denis Villenueve, Arrival. In the last decade, we’ve had some gems in the genre that have really helped reshape sci-fi to the modern day generation, such as 2009’s Moon and District 9, 2011’s Attack the Block, 2013’s Her, and 2015’s Ex Machina and Synchronicity. I think that goes without saying if you have seen my previous articles and reviews. MIT Press, Cambridge (MA).I’m a huge fci-fi nut when it comes to film and literature.

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