I am not a big science fiction fan, but I love Amy Adams and
her new movie, “Arrival” had gotten fairly good reviews. To be honest it was a beautifully
done and thoughtful film. I hope I will not tell you too much to spoil it.
In “Arrival,” Amy Adams plays
a linguist working for the United States government who is summoned by NASA to
try to communicate with aliens who have landed 12 spacecraft on Earth, one in
Montana.
Before the landing, we see flashbacks from Louise's life including
the birth of her daughter, Hannah, and Hannah's death following a diagnosis of terminal
cancer.
Louise's language expertise allows her to have a
communication breakthrough with the aliens on the spacecraft, discovering that
the "heptapods," as they come to be known, emit a smoke that makes
symbols, effectively giving them written communication. While Louise works
frantically to decipher the symbols, the impatient world is ready to just
destroy the ships out of fear, but she and fellow scientist Ian (played by Jeremy
Renner) are encouraged by their progress and set out to prevent the destruction.
After seeing the movie we headed over to the 92nd Street Y to hear Bob Woodward in Conversation with Bernie Swain. I am not sure just how this would have been if the results of last Tuesday had been different, but it was certainly an animated and insightful conversation.
Love,
Rebecca
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