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24: Arrival – Show Notes

First Segment

  • An Alien Encounter
    • Montezuma
      • Tenochtitlan
    • Hernản Cortẻs
      • Amerindian Allies
    • Geronimo de Aguilar
      • 1511
      • Mayan Empire
    • Doña Marina (Malintzin)
      • Mayan Slave
      • Master Linguist
        • Nahuatl
        • Mayan
        • Spanish
      • Legacy
        • Mother of Mexico, or Judas of native peoples?
        • Malinchista
      • Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (Linguistic Relativity)
        • Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf
          • 1940s
        • Lera Boroditsky
        • Aboriginal Language

Second Segment

  • Ted Chiang
    • First Published Story was Tower of Babylon
      • His first Nebula Award
    • Has written 15 short stories and won multiple awards
    • Supports himself as a technical writer
    • Researching Linguistics
    • Explanations
  • Eric Heisserer (Screenwriter)
    • Fan of Ted Chiang for Years
    • Read “Understand”
    • “The Story of Your Life” affected him the most
    • Pitching to Producers
      • Dan Levine and Dan Cohen
    • Pitching to Studios
      • Bidding war between Lava Bear and Film Nation
    • Denis Villeneuve (Director)
      • First Films: August 32nd on Earth, Maelstrom, Polytechnique, Incendies
      • Nominated for an Oscar for Incendies
        • Met Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen
      • Distribution Rights
      • Premiered at the Venice Film Festival
      • Critically Lauded

Third Segment

  • The Book vs. The Movie
  • Wasted Time With the Conflict?
  • Beautiful Visuals
  • What Happened to the Science?
  • Happy This was Made
  • Might Need Sapir-Whorf to Enjoy
  • Thinking Person’s Science Fiction
  • Sorely Needed Message