Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' (2017)

7.0/10 • 30 min • Documentary

Overview

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters within their fields of expertise, alien ship and being design, costumes, alien language construction, and Denis Villeneuve's work.

Cast

Ted Chiang

Eric Heisserer

Shawn Levy

Denis Villeneuve

Dan Levine

David Linde

Aaron Ryder

Amy Adams

Jeremy Renner

Forest Whitaker

Jessica Coon

Self

Bradford Young

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