![]() ![]() ![]() The bittersweet feeling instantly settles over the whole film, like the last hour of twilight. The strains of Max Richter’s " On the Nature of Daylight" play over the opening shots of Arrival, which is the first clue for what’s about to unfold: that particular track is ubiquitous in the movies (I can count at least six or seven films that use it, including Shutter Island and this year’s The Innocents) and is, by my reckoning, the saddest song in the world. It deserves serious treatment as a work of art. Not only that, but Arrival is one of the best movies of the year, a moving, gripping film with startling twists and imagery. Arrival is much more concerned with deep truths about language, imagination, and human relationships than any one political moment. But the story Arrival is based on - the award-winning novella Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang - was published in 1998, almost two decades ago, which indicates its central themes were brewing long before this year.
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