7 Visual Motifs In ‘Arrival’ And What They Mean
Arrival is one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. I watched the film recently and wrote three whole pages of notes on it. I wanted to break down some of the visual motifs of the film along with its over-arching themes.
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Let’s get into the film’s visual motifs.
Fog and Glass Windows
Let’s talk about fog and windows for a second. Obviously in the alien ship there’s a wide glass barrier separating the humans from the aliens. On the alien side, there’s a heavy layer of fog shrouding them in mystery.
These visual cues are hinted at before Louise ever steps foot in the alien ship. At home she has wide glass window panes that seemingly take up the entire back of her house that are shown numerous times.
