This exercise let me appreciate Ted and Denis' craftsmanship in writing and directing respectively, bc you see how they've iterated on the work they've been given. Want to do this with my other fav directors too!

recently rewatched Arrival for the 5th time and this time, I also read the source material (Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang) AND the adapted screenplay by Eric Heisserer. 

I am struck by:

2. The LAYERS of the creative process when adapting a movie. The source material is very diff from the screenplay (aliens come for a whole diff reason), and the screenplay is different from the movie. The movie simplifies the screenplay even more and removes unnecessary lines

1. The restraint Denis has in storytelling. I also felt this in Dune. The book is Shakespearean but the movie is more minimal which lets the tension sing

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