Yeah, i completely agree. The story is all about those interesting bits of first contact so i think you’ll enjoy it. I thought it was also very faithful to the story with, of course, the inevitable filmy bits to add spectacle. Their alienness really comes across, their motives don’t align with ours and yet our self-centred nature still projects our own motives on them to our cost.
But actually, the aliens part of the plot really feels secondary to me, it frames the story of the linguist to great effect.
Just finished watching That Guy Dick Miller. A fun look at one of the best character actors out there with great interviews of Dick, his wife, directors, producers, etc. Man he has been in A LOT of films.
What was awesome was the love of both him and his work as actor that comes across from all the directors who first saw him when they were kids and enjoyed getting him to be in their movies.
Absolutely, in a number of ways, visual and aurally. I was not at all surprised to see bill laswell in the music credits at the end. Very droney music.
FInally got around to watching the last Star Trek movie that was out this summer. I know I had several folks say I should go, but schedules never worked for it.
One other thing I forgot to mention previously about That Guy Dick Miller is I think it reveals why after A Bucket of Blood he’s never had another starring role. He’s just not that ambitious. He was happy to take the parts that he was offered and didn’t actively go out seeking bigger roles.
It’s a bit of a shame really. I learned from Roger Corman’s How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood And Never Lost A Dime that Miller was a great improviser, adding funny touches to his small roles. In Not Of This Earth he was cast as a straightforward salesman but it was his idea to play the part as a hep cat, calling Mr. Johnson “daddy-o”. It’s interesting that other actors who weren’t even working would come to the set just to watch him.
