Thailand · Film
Tropical Malady
Apichatpong Weerasethakul · 2004
The film cleaves itself in two halves that reflect and corrupt each other, a tender soldier romance giving way to a wordless jungle myth where a man stalks a tiger spirit. This bifurcation mirrors the album's split between cartoon villainy and bruised confessional, both works trusting the listener-viewer to bridge the seam.