lights, camera, action.

A scene from <n>Denis Villeneuve</n>'s 2016 film <n>Arrival</n>, with cinematography by <n>Bradford Young</n>.

A scene from <n>Christopher Nolan</n>'s 2014 film <n>Interstellar</n> on the fictional <n>Miller's Planet</n>.

A scene from <n>Denis Villeneuve</n>'s 2016 film <n>Arrival</n>, featuring <n>Louise Banks</n> and the <n>Heptapods</n>.

<n>Keanu Reeves</n> as <n>Neo</n> in <n>The Matrix</n> (1999), directed by <n>Lana</n> and <n>Lilly Wachowski</n>.

A still from <n>Stanley Kubrick</n>'s 1968 film <n>2001: A Space Odyssey</n>.