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Dave Hallahan of The Gospel According To podcast joins Melvin in discussing one of Denis Villeneuve’s most accessible and celebrated features, Arrival!
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 36-minutes of discussing Dave Hallahan’s podcast The Gospel According To, their wide-variety of subject matter, the pursuit of media literacy, and the wonder of curation. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- Dave shares about his podcast The Gospel According To, his meme page @youthgroupmemes, and his substack “Bottom’s Up w/ Dave Hallahan“.
- Melvin asks Dave about his familiarity with Denis Villeneuve’s film work, and the two discuss his films.
- Villeneuve utilizes the 5 senses to serve as various pick-up shots during moments of intense, transfixed awe.
- Melvin, “What do you think it is that makes, like, movies like this a chore to watch?”
- Discussing the beauty of the storytelling mantra, “Show, don’t tell”.
- Communication is the complexity of a “story in my head” in combined with or against the pursuit of mutuality.
- Dave sharing thoughts in the spoiler-filled section, “The journey to the hardship is also filled with tremendous joy.”
- Discussing recurrent visuals, symbols, and motifs.
- The Heptapod B language is a gift because it encourages the self to invest further in the present because of their knowledge of the future.
- Dave, “The point of knowing ‘the ending’ is it should motivate our ‘right now'”.
Recommendations:
- About Time (2013) (Movie)
- Man on Wire (2008) (Documentary)
- Terraform: Building a Better World by Propaganda (2021) (Book)
- On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living by Alan Noble (2023) (Book)
- The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) (Movie)
Arrival is Rated PG-13 for brief strong language. It features Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien, Tzi Ma, Abigail Pniowsky, Julia Scarlett Dan, Jadyn Malone, and Frank Schoprion. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Arrival is available here.
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Melvin Benson is the Founder, Editor-In-Chief, and Lead Host of Cinematic Doctrine. Whether it’s a movie, show, game, comic, or novel, it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s rich, he’s ready and willing to give it a try! His hope is to see King Jesus glorified as far as the east is from the west!
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