The Art and Science of Arrival (limited edition) signed by Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve

Exclusive Limited Edition of the Illustrated Art book The Art and Science of Arrival

Presented with a tip-in sheet signed by author Tanya Lapointe and director Denis Villeneuve

Features an exclusive print signed by Arrival storyboard artist Sam Hudecki

Limited to 300 copies worldwide

Presented with a variant cover to the trade edition

Featuring an exclusive slipcase unique to this edition

 

SYNOPSIS:

Official retrospective companion book to the film Arrival featuring concept art, sketches, behind-the-scenes photography and interviews with key creative and scientific team members.

Since its release in 2016, Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival has embedded itself firmly in the minds of moviegoers around the world. The film, which was grounded in a certain level of plausible science, has also generated conversation within academia and has been studied in film, philosophy, and linguistics classes.

In The Art and Science of Arrival, author and producer Tanya Lapointe revisits the film and its legacy with the production’s key team members. This lavish hardback volume recounts the genesis of this modern classic, from Ted Chiang’s short story The Story of Your Life to its premiere in Venice and its subsequent eight Academy Award® nominations. It explores the film’s concept of non-linear time, and showcases the remarkable concept art that brought the aliens, their ships and their startling logogram language to life.

 

LIMITED EDITION SPECIFICATIONS

 

Book: The Art and Science of Arrival (limited edition)

 

PAPER STOCK & WEIGHT: 176pp printed 4/4 on 140gsm Chinese GE matt art

SPECIAL FINISHES: No special finishes on interiors

BINDING: Threadsewn, separate printed ends, square backed, cased with PLC over 3mm boards

DUSTJACKET: This is different from the trade edition. The limited edition’s dust jacket features a stark, simple design of a white logogram (the aliens’ written language) on a plain black background.

SLIPCASE SPECIFICATION: Printed 4/0 on 157gsm glossy art plus ‘scuff-free’ matt lamination with sand UV over 3mm boards (the sand UV finish is intended to replicate the texture of the outer hull of the aliens’ spacecraft).

TIP-IN SHEET: Yes – this is a photograph from the film showing four humans in radiation suits inside the spacecraft’s ‘interview chamber’ looking towards the wide blank screen, behind which the aliens appear. The two signatures (author Tanya Lapointe and director Denis Villeneuve) are written in the blank screen.

SIGNED: signed by author Tanya Lapointe and Arrival director Denis Villeneuve.

NUMBERED: Not numbered.

LIMITED TO:  300 copies

 

Art print:

 

PAPER/CARD COLOUR, STOCK & WEIGHT: 300gsm Symbol Satin

PRINTING PROCESS: Digital printing

SIGNED BY: Sam Hudecki (storyboard artist on Arrival)

IMAGE NAME: ‘Overhead Full Alien A’ (file name is Overhead Full Alien A (1).jpg)

 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

 

The Art and Science of Arrival – Limited Edition
By Tanya Lapointe
ISBN: 9781789099492
Format: Hardback with Dustjacket and Slipcase
Pages: 176pp
Pub date: September 20
US Price: $100.00