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Arrival (2016)

Film

DirectorDenis Villeneuve

Meta takes2

Figures

Form & technique

Montage of global news and military escalation
Jóhann Jóhannsson's score, specifically the layered vocal motifs → The Unseen Soundscape

Tropes

The Heptapod Logograms
Dr. Louise Banks's choice to conceive Hannah
Physical form and environment of the Heptapods
The addition of the global military crisis subplot
Louise's visions of her daughter, Hannah
The interior of the Heptapod "Shell" vessel → Haptic Visuality
Louise's acceptance of her daughter's tragic fate for the good of humanity

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Son of Saul (2015) — via Haptic Visuality, The Unseen Soundscape
Requiem for a Dream (2000) — via Haptic Visuality, The Unseen Soundscape
Collateral (2004) — via Haptic Visuality, The Unseen Soundscape
Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey (2014) — via Haptic Visuality, The Unseen Soundscape
Happy Hour (2015) — via The Unseen Soundscape
Get Out (2017) — via The Unseen Soundscape