Using a subtly abstract narrative structure, they consider what the discrepancy might be between how we have been taught to think about time and how it really exists.Īrrival begins with the news that twelve alien crafts have appeared around the Earth. Adapting Ted Chiang’s short story “Story of Your Life,” Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer take the film as an opportunity to posit what space might be able to teach us about time - via extraterrestrial visitors. Whether it be a film about astronauts plunging themselves into uncharted areas of the cosmos or an expedition to the moon, one thing is for sure: the laws of time function differently in space.ĭenis Villeneuve’s 2016 sci-fi drama Arrivaltakes the study of time to a new level altogether. One element does tend to bind space movies together, though: time. And in law-shattering classics such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Interstellar, those rules are replaced altogether. In a movie like Ad Astra, the rules of space are constantly questioned. The concept of outer space is inherently complicated. This time, we come to a conclusion on the ending of Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival. Ending Explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old.
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