Arrival

In the beginning was the Word. Logos. Meaning. Meaning comes first.

What the film shows about a language that changes your life is, in a way, simply true. Once you can describe what’s going on inside you, you take control of your life.

Favorite joke: say “I love you” in the heptapods’ language and you can’t tell who loves whom. They speak and write in both directions.

Watch it.