This week we gain two new friends…and bring an old one back! It’s Abbott, Costello, and returning champion Sarah Welch-Larson for the most requested film in Eye of the Duck history!

ARRIVAL is a dense one, but luckily Sarah has the linguistic expertise to help us unlock the mystery of the heptapods and save planet earth from itself.

Next week we travel deep into the wacky (and evil?) Shimmer for Alex Garland’s ANNIHILATION. Join the conversation on Eye of the Discord https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx.

References:

• Special Features
• Xenolinguistics: Understanding Arrival
• Acoustic Signatures: The Sound Design
• Eternal Recurrence: The Score
• Nonlinear Thinking: The Editing Process
• “Story of Your Life” Short Story
• Deadline Eric Heisserer Interview
• The Wall Street Journal Ted Chiang Interview
• Deadline Villeneuve Interview
• Collider Eric Heisserer Interview
• British Cinematographer Bradford Young Interview
• Time Production History
• IndieWire Bradford Young Interview
• Popular Mechanics Patrice Vermette Interview
• The Hollywood Reporter Patrice Vermete Interview
• Collider Jóhann Jóhannsson Interview
• Arrival Score Disqualified by Oscars
• Variety Jóhann Jóhannsson Interview
• Deadline Joe Walker Interview
• VFX Blog VFX Breakdown
• Art of VFX VFX Breakdown
• Female.com Production History

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Michael Gaspari.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich. You can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.

This miniseries was programmed with the help of Nik Long.

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