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S4E5: ARRIVAL
Manage episode 166987371 series 1188414
For the first time since ETV began, Renan and Bill examine a film that is actually in theaters at the time of recording: Denis Villeneuve's ARRIVAL, starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker. It is not every day that Hollywood releases a sci-fi movie aimed at adults, let alone one that messes with your head like this one does, and it's certainly rare for a film to be built around linguistic theory. Also in this episode: other big budget "puzzle" films and how they get made; examining the work of the Nolan brothers, Twin Peaks and Westworld in particular; the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and Fermat's principle of least time; the short stories of Ted Chiang (and George Saunders, for good measure); and Bill has a bit of a cold, so bear with us here.
Film links:
- Arrival at IMDb
- Arrival at Wikipedia
- Story of Your Life at Wikipedia
- LA Times on alien language development
- The Verge on Arrival's plot twist
- Eric Heisserer on writing Arrival
- THR on Arrival's journey to screen
- Wired on Ted Chiang
- The Ringer on Arrival as a puzzle
- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis at Wikipedia
- Fermat's principle of least time at Wikipedia
- Emily Rome on Arrival and linguistics
- Evan Narcisse on the necessity of Arrival
- Arrival and the US election by Jia Tolentino
- Rod Dreher on religious aspects of Arrival
Show links:
- Rate us on iTunes!
- Friend us on Facebook!
- Reblog us on Tumblr!
- Follow us on Twitter!
- Email us at void@enterthevoid.fm!
100 episodes
Manage episode 166987371 series 1188414
For the first time since ETV began, Renan and Bill examine a film that is actually in theaters at the time of recording: Denis Villeneuve's ARRIVAL, starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker. It is not every day that Hollywood releases a sci-fi movie aimed at adults, let alone one that messes with your head like this one does, and it's certainly rare for a film to be built around linguistic theory. Also in this episode: other big budget "puzzle" films and how they get made; examining the work of the Nolan brothers, Twin Peaks and Westworld in particular; the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and Fermat's principle of least time; the short stories of Ted Chiang (and George Saunders, for good measure); and Bill has a bit of a cold, so bear with us here.
Film links:
- Arrival at IMDb
- Arrival at Wikipedia
- Story of Your Life at Wikipedia
- LA Times on alien language development
- The Verge on Arrival's plot twist
- Eric Heisserer on writing Arrival
- THR on Arrival's journey to screen
- Wired on Ted Chiang
- The Ringer on Arrival as a puzzle
- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis at Wikipedia
- Fermat's principle of least time at Wikipedia
- Emily Rome on Arrival and linguistics
- Evan Narcisse on the necessity of Arrival
- Arrival and the US election by Jia Tolentino
- Rod Dreher on religious aspects of Arrival
Show links:
- Rate us on iTunes!
- Friend us on Facebook!
- Reblog us on Tumblr!
- Follow us on Twitter!
- Email us at void@enterthevoid.fm!
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