{"product_id":"arrival-david-roche-9781477330142","title":"Arrival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of Denis Villeneuve's genre-transcendent film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Denis Villeneuve's \u003ci\u003eArrival\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), scientists must decipher the language of and peacefully communicate with aliens who have landed on Earth before the world's military attacks. In this first book-length study of the film, scholar David Roche argues that it is one of the most important films of this century, and the most brilliant science fiction film since \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e. Roche posits \u003ci\u003eArrival\u003c\/i\u003e as a blockbuster with artistic ambitions--an argument supported by the film's several Academy Award nominations--and looks closely at how the film engages with theoretical questions posed by contemporary film studies and philosophy alike. Each section explores a central aspect of the film: its status as an auteur adaptation; its relation to the science fiction genre; its themes of communication on narrative and meta-narrative levels; its aesthetics of time and space; and the political and ethical questions it raises. Ultimately, Roche declares \u003ci\u003eArrival\u003c\/i\u003e a unique, multifaceted experience in the world of hard science fiction films, placing it in context with works like \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eContact\u003c\/i\u003e while also examining how it bridges the gap between genre and art house cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Roche\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477330143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477330142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"David Roche","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46052505682175,"sku":"9781477330142","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0dfab1b8-88ee-4528-9dab-1a18cd945272.jpg?v=1723556579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arrival-david-roche-9781477330142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}