Universal Translator Bradford Young, ASC helps bring a naturalistic look to director Denis Villeneuve's soulful sci-fi drama Arrival. By Mark Dillon *|* 64 December 2016 A dozen extraterrestrial spacecraft have landed across the globe in Arrival, a science-fiction epic with a melancholy soul. Renowned linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) has been enlisted to serve as Earth's interlocutor by military-intelligence officer Col.Weber (Forest Whitaker), who has set up a base in rural Montana near one of the hovering vessels. Joined by physicist Ian Donnelly ( Jeremy Renner), the U.S. team makes its way aboard the vessel, where they encounter two beings who produce mysterious symbols from behind a large, protective, see-through screen. Deciphering American Cinematographer