![]() The Philosophy Report: Language, Time, and Life ![]() Banks learns that the aliens’ spoken and written language are entirely unrelated, and learning the written language radically alters her experience. ![]() Things get exciting from there, but intellectually, not in an action movie kind of way (this is not Independence Day or even Star Trek Beyond). Of course, one can’t translate an entirely new language without interacting with the speakers, so Dr. Later she gets a visit from a dour Army Colonel (Forest Whitaker) asking her to translate an audio file of the aliens’ speech. Banks is teaching a class one day when the news of aliens’ arrival on Earth comes in ( Arrival is probably the most realistic film depiction of First Contact since 1997's Contact). ![]() I think I speak for most of my fellow college professors when I say it’s great to see a college professor depicted in a movie as a full human being rather than a pompous jerk, an emotionless egghead, or the absent-minded comic relief.ĭr. Amy Adams portrays the quiet strength and struggle of the main character, Dr. ![]() Director Denis Villeneuve has headed a beautiful adaptation, from Bradford Young's striking cinematography to Jóhann Jóhannsson’s unnervingly sublime score. ![]()
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