david arnold

  • An Ode to My Favourite Moment in Independence Day

    An Ode to My Favourite Moment in Independence Day

    There are 20 seconds in the 1996 blockbuster film Independence Day that get me every time. And it’s not some big reveal. It’s not some funny joke or hugely emotional beat. It’s just a brief, 20-second blip where the film achieves a level of perfection that, I feel, it never reaches again, and this is…