Arrival - w/ The Gospel According To Making the Most of Misery

MOVIE DISCUSSION: 

The Gospel According To Podcast & Instagram

Dave Hallahan of The Gospel According To podcast joins Melvin in discussing one of Dennis 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'".

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