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Tropical Malady (2004)

Film

DirectorApichatpong Weerasethakul

Meta takes3

Figures

Characters

The figure of the tiger as a spectral version of Tong → Hauntology

Form & technique

The film's bifurcated narrative structure → The Unspeakable Void
The unresolved connection between the two narrative halves

Tropes

The queer relationship between Keng and Tong
The depiction of the jungle environment
The unseen tiger-shaman in the film's second half → The Unseen Voice
The jungle as a sensory and affective space

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