THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE MOVIE

Heisserer will not be the last screenwriter faced with the challenge of adapting Chiang. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. But itвЂ™s arguably the script by Eric Heisserer that demands the most recognition for how it translates ChiangвЂ™s high-concept sci-fi so effortlessly. Villeneuve ( Sicario, next yearвЂ™s Blade Runner sequel) conjures intimacy and muted tensions to a film of global scale.

Amy Adams brings a precise, introspective performance to the filmвЂ™s hero linguist Dr. Arrival is every bit as sophisticated as its short story origins, and magnificently translated into 2016вЂ™s best piece of cerebral science fiction. Which makes the film adaptation even more impressive for how faithful it is, down to the seven-armed aliens. In his story, Chiang even includes diagrams to illustrate how light refracts through water-and this moment is supposed to help clarify whatвЂ™s going on. He addresses things like FermatвЂ™s principle and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Whereas most stories and films about first contact deal with confrontation, Chiang is interested in the very complicated basics of communication.

THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE MOVIE

Denis VilleneuveвЂ™s latest, a heady sci-fi movie starring Amy Adams, is a pretty faithful adaptation of Ted ChiangвЂ™s вЂњStory of Your Life,вЂќ a short story about an academic linguist trying to understand an alien language after twelve extraterrestrial vessels appear in various parts of the world.

The story of your life