Arrival (2016) is a film worth re-watching. 1. It depicts a beneficent super intelligence (cc @pmarca ) 2. It explores how language shapes our thinking. 3. It suggests a way of living through grief.
love coming across this. what is your personal process for storing things for later watching? i haven’t been able to do that in a way that actually helps me go through what i say i will watch, read, etc. later.
I liked Denis’ career direction before the “known franchises” more
Rewatched this recently as well and it’s still amazing!!
agreed. also a big fan of the american language-as-communication vs chinese game (chess)-as-communication example demonstrates this: https://x.com/jacksondahl/status/1528616473442144256?s=20
i'm a huge DV fan but the ending of this movie blows... makes zero sense
The way language shapes out thinking, is huge! Did you see the stuff around the constriction of the language of the aliens? 👾
"The way language shapes out thinking", is huge! And by extension, the shape of the thoughts we choose to loop in that language shapes us immensely 🧠 Did you see the stuff around the constriction of the language of the aliens? 👾 https://www.space.com/35696-arrival-movie-alien-language-explained.html
What Louise says in Mandarin translates into "In war, there are no winners, only widows."
It makes me cry. A lot. Yeah, it's a thinky movie for language lovers. Still ugly cry gloriously 😭
These themes clicked more for me after I read the Ted Chiang short story it’s based off so I’m looking forward to re-watching the movie!
