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Sci-Fi movie “Arrival” finds a way to connect audiences with a story that seems unique, told in a fantastic way and in a less than common way.
These elements brought together screenwriter Eric Heisserer, producer Dan Lavine, producer David Linde and producer Aaron Ryder who all were captivated by the story.
“From one producer meeting to the next, anytime they asked if there was a piece of source material that I wanted and I said this and I said it’s a short it’s the sci-fi movie I’ve been wanting to make all my life,” Heisserer said.
Although the story’s pace is slow, the content of the story is captivating and enticing enough to keep the audiences’ eyes glued to the screen and the time to fly by.
Few stories have such complexity in a universal manner where everyone who watches can take something away from it.
The story and the way it’s told gives the audience a distinct intelligent view into a thought provoking story.
“As a producer or executive or the many hats that I wore in my life, I’m very interested in distinction. I think today I’m very interested in what makes things distinct because audiences demand it,” Linde said. “With the exceptions of Marvel, Star Wars and these big things that are distinct within their own genres, so to speak, I think the audiences demand to know ‘what is it that’s going to be distinct for me.'”
Subtleties in the script keep everything focused on the story and it’s themes.
The producers, writer and director took great care in such a passionate project.
Every part of this project and everyone involved seemed to bring their own ideas which mesh together well in the focus of making this story great.
“I have to give a ton of credit to Eric Heisserer who devised the language being circular. In the story it’s not circular, but he came up with that theme,” Lavine said. “He actually, in all the scripts he had a rudimentary of what the logograms looked like. They were a little bit more techie, but it was the idea that Denis and our production designer Patrice Vermette worked off of. We loved that idea, there are moments where you see the girl with the stick in the water and it’s kind of circular, it’s trough out and it really connected.”
Already this film has been deemed one of the best films of the year so far, with a 100 percent fresh rating on RottenTomatoes.com.
From the adamant insistence from the producers to do justice to such an original, emotional and powerful short story to everyone involved having a focused vision on how to make the movie stand out, even with a limited budget.
“Arrival is one of the most exciting films I’ve ever been involved with, to be honest with you. Here’s what’s exciting about it. It feels perfect for right now,” Ryder said. “It’s a movie about communications in an era when its complicated right now, in a complicated world about communication and miscommunication and misinterpretation, that’s perfect for right now.”
“Arrival” is out in theaters on Nov. 11.
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CULVER CITY, Calif. (26 de octubre de 2016) – Del director Fede Álvarez y de las mentes retorcidas que crearon Evil Dead, llega DON’T BREATHE, una aterradora película aclamada por la crítica que debuta en digital el 8 de noviembre, y en Blu-ray ™ y DVD el 29 de noviembre de la mano de Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Bautizada como “la mejor película de horror en América en veinte años” (Jim Hemphill, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE), y catalogada como Certified Fresh (87%) en Rotten Tomatoes, el largometraje debutó en el número 1 de la taquilla y se mantuvo en ese puesto durante dos semanas consecutivas. Protagonizada por Jane Levy (Evil Dead), Dylan Minnette (Goosebumps), Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) y Stephen Lang (Avatar), la película sigue a un grupo de atracadores que irrumpen en la casa de un ciego pensando que saldrán impunes tras haber perpetrado el crimen perfecto. Cuando el ciego revela su lado oscuro, el trío pronto descubrirá que ha cometido una equivocación mortal.
, Calif. (Oct. 17, 2016) – From director Fede Alvarez and the twisted minds behind Evil Dead comes the terrifying, critically acclaimed film, DON’T BREATHE, debuting on digital November 8 and Blu-ray ™ and DVD November 29 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Hailed as “the best American horror film in twenty years” (Jim Hemphill, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE) and Certified Fresh (87%) on Rotten Tomatoes, the film debuted at #1 at the box office and remained in the top spot for two weekends in a row. Starring Jane Levy (Evil Dead), Dylan Minnette (Goosebumps), Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) and Stephen Lang (Avatar), the film follows a group of thieves who break into a blind man’s home thinking they’ll get away with the perfect crime. When the blind man reveals a dark side, the trio quickly discovers they were dead wrong.
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns to the captivating grip of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs with Split, an original film that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind. Following last year’s breakout hit The Visit, Shyamalan reunites with producer Jason Blum (The Purge and Insidious series, The Gift) for the thriller being hailed as “Shyamalan’s most terrifying film to date.”
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