Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

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

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Eric Heisserer

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Shawn Levy

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Denis Villeneuve

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Dan Levine

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David Linde

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Aaron Ryder

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Amy Adams

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Jeremy Renner

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Forest Whitaker

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Jessica Coon

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Stephen Wolfram

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