Tropical Malady (Weerasethakul, 2004): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.40pm
This film, which is also being screened on January 7th, is part of the Sight and Sound Greatest Films poll season. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
The third work and second narrative feature of Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Blissfully
Yours), the prodigiously gifted Thai filmmaker who studied painting
and filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute—a spellbinding,
beautiful, enigmatic film with a mysterious, allusive two-part
structure. The first section tracks the hesitant, playful relationship
between a shy provincial ice cream truck driver (Sakda Kaewbuadee) and a
dashing soldier (Banlop Lomnoi); the astonishing second section is set
deep in the Thai jungle and includes an abstract, wordless pursuit of a
ghost tiger. The two parts are linked by lyrical compositions and an
almost painful sense of longing and regret. Viewers open to a new way
of imagining film are sure to be enthralled by this singular young
voice.
Patrick McGavin
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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