{"product_id":"arrival-hardcover","title":"Arrival - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Roche\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e David Roche is a professor of film studies at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 and an Institut Universitaire de France member. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMeta in Film and Television Series\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQuentin Tarantino: Poetics and Politics of Cinematic Metafiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTransnationalism and Imperialism: Endurance of the Global Western Film\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.3 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725922013247,"sku":"9781477330142","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6c5ee3f126efa4a3220240d4fa02cc56.webp?v=1765108493","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/arrival-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}