Decalogue 2005: Tropical Malady

This event took place on Sunday 25 July

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of the Palme d’or at Cannes this year, established himself as one of the world’s most original filmmakers with this boldly surreal film that pushes the limits of narrative and style. It’s a film of two halves, the first a gay romance between a Thai soldier and a country boy, the second a supernatural journey through the jungle where the soldier is tracking a shape-shifting tiger. Lyrical, mysterious and unashamedly daring – this is visionary filmmaking of the highest order.

In this introduction to the work of Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul Mark Cosgrove and Adam O’Brien discuss the director’s filmmaking, which explores dreams, memories and Thai folklore to offer what some consider to be a new direction in cinema.

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