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Tropical Malady (2004)

Film
DirectorApichatpong Weerasethakul
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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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