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Tropical Malady

Banlop Lomnoi (Actor), Sakda Kaewbuadee (Actor), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Director) Rated:
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4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
IMDb7.1/10.0
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Lyrical and mysterious, Tropical Malady chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2250385
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Subtitled, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen, Color, Closed-captioned
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 58 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2005
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Sirivech Jareonchon, Udom Promma, Huai Deesom
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Strand Releasing
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000B5Y0D2
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 37 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018
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Sweet. Magical.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014
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Excellent product and service!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delicate and sensual (but enigmatic) love story that hints at much larger themes
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2008
Tropical Malady is an enigmatic and subtle film that is on one level a simple story of a budding romance between two young men, and on another level takes on mythic dimensions in its exploration of the nature of desire and the relation between the human and the animal. As described on the back of the dvd, the story is fairly straightforward: a soldier out on a mission meets a young man on a farm, when they meet again in the city they begin a friendship that blossoms into romance, and then, just as they admit that their feelings for each other are mutual the young man goes missing. Hearing rumors that the young man has been transformed into a tiger, in an apparent repetition of legend, the soldier goes off alone into the jungle to search for him.

As a matter of fact, the story is not so straightforward -- and it is not at all clear watching the film that the second part in which the soldier searches for a tiger/man is a continuation of the first part in which the same actors begin to fall in love and finally acknowledge their passion for each other. In other films by the same director, Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, he displays an interest in the idea of telling the same story twice or multiple times with significant variation, whether with different characters or during a different time. I think it more likely that is what is going on here -- so the question the film poses is how are these two stories connected? An obvious clue is placed at the beginning of the film in the form of a quotation -- that states we are all wild animals who act on instinct and to become human we must learn how to train that animal inside and teach it to act in ways it would not in the wild. What I find interesting about the connection between the first and the second parts of the film is that in the first the soldier is clearly dominant, flirting heavily with the young man who is shown to be somewhat ambivalent about the direction their friendship is heading. In the second the soldier is hunting the young man who is a tiger but in this case the tiger/man seems to have the upper hand. While this connection raises a lot of questions it suggests clearly that the director is working through ideas in this film.

But what really makes the ideas in Weerasethakul's films worth exploring is the intrigue that develops with his style. Among those critics who have been taken with his work (myself included) descriptions of his style characterize it again and again as lavish, poetic, sensual, rich, exotic, stunning, ravishing. There is something to this: there is an innocence in his eye, a freshness in his vision, that makes it feel as if he is doing something very different with his camera than what we are used to. Of course the same thing might be (and has been) described as obtuseness or ineptitude -- but I think that what accounts for that is that he refuses to depict things in a linear fashion (and that is what is misleading about the linear description of the plot on the dvd case). He almost completely avoids what has been called "continuity editing" -- cutting from one shot to the next at just the moment when the audience is ready to see what comes next, or when a movement will distract them from the jump in camera position, in order to give the illusion of separate shots blending into one continuous sequence. For the most part, his shots are longish shots that are designed to stand on their own and are lain out in sequence to give a sense of complete moments that resonate with one another but don't give a clear sense of an ongoing action in a relatively seamless space and time. That can be uncomfortable and may appear a sign of incompetence, but I don't think it is. Many or even most of the shots do stand on their own as very sensual and fresh, having a vitality that is not quelled because we are being informed about what specifically we are to see in them and abstract from them as the relevant bit of information. At the same time most of the shots seems to remind of or prepare the way for the other shots. The past is never quite over and the present shot always anticipates or resonates in future shots; events repeat or seem to repeat with subtle variations so that they blend together.

The one technique he uses repeatedly in this film that matches with "standard" editing technique is the reaction shot: the shot of someone looking at someone else who is looking back at them. There are several sequences in which this kind of shot is central and they are very intriguing. A group of soldiers sit around dinner with a farmer family, and the mother looks on at the looks that the soldiers give each other and the looks between a soldier and her daughter and a soldier and her son. Her looks tell us a great deal about how she thinks about the various flirtations. What is interesting is that she doesn't judge -- but she knows what is at stake and worries a bit. There is another related sequence in which we see the young man on the bus looking back and forth at a young woman -- what struck me was the distinct possibility that the young woman had been filmed spontaneously on the bus, documentary style, and that her apparently "flirtatious" reactions were responses to being filmed on a bus. There is a documentary/realist strand that runs throughout this film and all of Weerasethakul's work -- that may account for part of the freshness and vitality that appears. His work will never be mainstream and is not for all audiences but for those who delight in alternative approaches to telling stories and who long to feel something beyond the kind of numb excitement that comes from being on a roller coaster ride, there is definitely something here worth exploring.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a double bill
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2007
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An earlier reviewer mentioned that the DVD is a double bill and didn't enjoy the second feature. That was the same mistake I made when watching this film. I thought it was 2 films and actually turned it off, disappointed. Some time later I turned it on again, willing to give it a second chance. Well, to my surprise it wasn't a double bill and the second half is actually better when you understand what's going on. I saw this movie months ago but for some reason it's stayed with me. It's good if you give it a chance and I think the final scene is beautiful and tragic and the same time. See it as a statement of the sacrifices we make for true love. One man wants to be with another, no matter the cost. and another man (the object of his affections) seeks freedom from a living nightmare. In order for either of these goals to be reached one man must be killed by the other. the standoff in the final scene is hauntingly beautiful and stays with you. at least it did with me.
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Shelby Baldock
2.0 out of 5 stars BUYER BEWARE
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2021
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The subtitles are out of sync! For $16 they couldn't even get the subtitles right. Very frustrating as this film isn't streaming anywhere.
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Richard S. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2009
A touching love story with mythological overtones becomes, in its second half, an almost unbaerably moving, ineffable mystery. One of the few films of the 00s that made me weep, and I'm not ashamed to admit that. This is filmmaking for the 21st century; essential.
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G. mays
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2015
This is a movie about men's desire for other men. Besides having no plot in the first story and little in the second, it is also extremely boring. It's like the only instructions the director gave to the actor is, "Look puzzled!" There is very little dialogue and most of the scenes are pointless, like he gets on the bus, he rides the bus to his destination, and then he gets off the bus. End scene. Or he goes to the store, he buys some stuff he needs, and he walks out. End scene. The second part of the movie, also extremely slow moving and boring with little dialogue, is about a tiger demon that is going to devour a guy's soul, and he is okay with it. Kinky, isn't it? The reason this movie gets such great reviews, apart from reasons you probably understand, is that it's from Thailand, and it is cruel to criticize the baby steps of movie industries in their infancy, just like it's cruel to criticize a child's rudimentary drawing since there is a small chance that it may one day inspire real art.
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B. E. Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars Beware of a double bill.
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2006
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This DVD actually contains two parts that are completely different. The first part is what the movie seems to be billed as on the cover--a lovely and innocent gay romance. Restrained yet sensual, the first part is a story of love between two rather average guys in very real Thailand. The second section was a complete surprise! It was a myth come to life with a soldier in a forest being chased by a tiger that wants his soul. It was slow and mysterious and I guess has some cryptic connection to the first half (love, wild beasts that humans are, taming the beast, soul mates, etc.). However, I really enjoyed the first half and was left cold by the end of the second. Beware of the glowing reviews on the cover. I wonder which half was reviewed by the esteemed critics? Not for everyone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfecto directo
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2020
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5/5 very amazing very gay super duper fantastic
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5.0 out of 5 stars Menschen im Dschungel...
Reviewed in Germany on March 5, 2017
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"Von Natur aus sind wir alle wilde Bestien." Es ist unsere Pflicht das Tier in uns selbst zu zähmen, weil wir Menschen es können" - so in etwa lautet das Vorwort von "Tropical Malady" , den der thailändische Regisseur Apichatpong Weerasthakul im Jahr 2004 inszenierte. Es sit dabei ein ganz besonderer Film, der in zwei Segmenten eingeteilt ist und die sehr unterschiedlich sind, aber wohl doch miteinander zusammenhängen.
Der erste Teil könnte "Annäherung und Liebe" heißen, der zweite handelt sich dann tatsächlich um einen gewissen Realitätsverlust, um Fieber oder um eine tropische Krankheit. Dabei ist Teil 1 sehr locker und melancholisch im linearen Stil erzählt, Teil 2 ist undruchsichtig wie der Dschungel, durch den der Soldat wandert und auf der Suche nach einem verschwundenen Dorfbewohner ist. Dabei wird er mit dem gefährlichsten Bewohner des Dschungels konfrontiert: Dem Tiger.

Keng (Banlop Lomnoi) ist dieser junge Soldat. Am Anfang des Films ist er mit seiner Gruppe zusammen. Die Soldaten haben eine Leiche gefunden und lassen sich mit dem Toten fotografieren. Im selben Gras, am Rand des Waldes, bewegt sich ein nackter Mann langsam und vorsichtig vorwärts. Die Soldaten nehmen keine Notiz von ihm. Sie kehren bei den Bauern ein, dort lebt der junge Tong (Sakda Kaewbuadee). Etwas später begegnen sich Feng und Tong wieder. Tong, dem gerade eine junge Frau im Bus schöne Augen machte, hört das Klopfen am Fenster. Dort hält gerade der Transportwagen der Soldaten und Keng klopft ihm freundschaftlich auf die Schulter. Der Beginn, dass man sich öfters sieht. Meistens im Dorf bei Tongs Familie, aus der Sympathie wird sehr schnell mehr. Die beiden gehen in die Stadt und besuchen Karaoke Bars oder gehen ins Kino. Langsam werden subtile Zärtlichkeiten ausgetauscht und immer mehr wird die Körpernähe gesucht. Am letzten Abend verabschieden sich die beiden, Tong läuft in Richtung Wald nach Hause. Es ist das letzte Mal, dass sich die beiden sehen...zumindest beginnt nun Teil 2: Das Dorf lebt in großer Angst, weil eine wilde Bestie (der Tiger) über die Kühe der Bauern herfällt. Dabei denken die Menschen an die bekannte Thailändische Sage, dass Menschen sich in Tiger oder andere Lebewesen verwandeln können. Keng macht sich in den Dschungel auf, denn es wird angedeutet, dass Tong verschwunden ist. Doch die Suche nach seinem verschollenen Geliebten. Der Dschungel - ein Ort, in dem die Sehnsüchte und Träume offen ausgelebt werden. Zumindest kann er hier alleine dem Tiger hinterherjagen - ein Affe sagt ihm, dass er den Tiger entweder töten muss, um von ihm frei zu werden oder aber sich dem Tiger völlig hingeben, sich von diesem Raubtier auffressen lassen....
Auch wenn das zweite Segment sehr schwer zu durchschauen ist, bleibt der Film bis zum Ende faszinierend - denn der Weg im Dschungel gleicht einem Sog, der nicht mehr loslässt. Es ist eine Reise ins eigene Ich für Keng - denn er ist auf der Suche und hört immer wieder nur die geheimnisvollen Geräusche des Urwalds, das Rauschen von Blättern, das Zirpen von Insekten oder die Stimmen von Affen und Vögeln. Zwischendurch dann das Gebrüll des Tigers in der Nacht...

Ein sehr interessanter Film, der sehr authentisch wirkt. Die beiden Hauptdarsteller sind sehr beeindruckend und begegnen sich sehr vorsichtig, aber immer mehr merken die beiden, dass aus dem Spass am Berühren etwas intensiveres entstanden ist. Aus diesem Grund ist Teil 2 so eine Art Transposition dieser Zweiergeschichte in den Dschungel. Dort ist nur Natur, dort sind Tiere und dort ist der Mensch, ohne dass er sich verstellen müsste. Und dort sieht es so aus als würde er irgendwann halluzinieren und Geister sehen. Oder ist er nur den Mythen des Waldes, den Märchen und Sagen sehr viel näher gekommen ?
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Richard
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2015
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Manuel Grosso Galvan
5.0 out of 5 stars EL SINGULAR MUNDO DE UN DIRECTOR SINGULAR
Reviewed in Spain on January 3, 2016
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Como casi siempre la pelicula esta dividida en dos historias que se conectan mas en el mundo espiritual que en el meramente real. Fascinante y potente, es otra cosa. Fue la pelicula que lo cosagro en Cannes aunque no fuera hasta la siguiente cuando ganara la Palma de Oro. No sabria explicarlo pero sus peliculas se marcan a fuego en el subconsciente. Magica.
PS. Edicion inglesa sin subtitulos en castellano
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Jean for Joel
5.0 out of 5 stars un monde étrange : réel ou imaginaire ?
Reviewed in France on September 7, 2010
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c'est avant tout la patte d'un grand cinéaste qui nous transporte dans un monde -la Thaïlande et ses superstitions quotidiennes- qu'il prend le temps de contempler avec une caméra très caressante où même les silences ont une signification forte, on est bercé et hypnotisé par son rythme de vie, par cette histoire d'amour extrêmement pudique faite de rien entre Keng -un jeune soldat-garde forestier- et Tong -un campagnard-, puis par l'intrusion du fantastique -surtout pour nous Occidentaux- de contes qui deviennent réelles sous nos yeux : un homme qui se métamorphose en bête sauvage : Tong ? Et Ken qui part à sa recherche dans une jungle où des animaux lui parlent ... bref un voyage qui vous emportera dans un ailleurs loin de tous nos repaires, quant à moi je vais continuer à le découvrir avant d'aller voire son dernier film qui vient de sortir sur les écrans et qui a reçut la Palme d'Or 2010.
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