The formal qualities of cinema and writing produce fundamentally different modes of perception. Yet, the vast formal difference between the film and the short story goes beyond the realm of narrative. A mere comparison between the content of both works might stop here, or devolve into an infinite survey of details. It, like Chiang’s story, depicts Louise’s past interaction with the heptapods, the future death of her daughter, and her present choice to conceive her daughter. and China as a factor in the Earth’s interaction with the heptapods, it retains the core narrative of the original. While Arrival notably inserts a conflict between the U.S. In the end, the aliens inexplicably leave and Louise embraces her fate in spite of its inevitability. As she dwells in this alien language, she begins to embody its simultaneous structure and develops “memories” of the future. In her communication with the heptapods, she learns that they “experienced all events at once, and perceived a purpose underlying them all” (Chiang 134). Louise narrates “Story of Your Life” on the night her daughter is conceived, recalling both her past encounters with the heptapods and the future death of her daughter. On paper, Villenueve’s film faithfully adapts the core plot of the original story.
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