The ambiguity and uncertainty that pervades the entire film continues through the last frame. Conflict and paranoia consume the team of scientists trapped at the isolated Arctic research base as they realize any one of them could be the monster.
The so-called Thing at the center of Carpenter’s film is an alien life form with the ability to consume and imitate other living organisms. The original movie was made during the height of the Red Scare, and was a reflection of that era’s growing mistrust and fear of communism.Īlthough Carpenter’s remake relocated the story to Antarctica and toned down the more overt political undertones of the original, he maintained the uneasy paranoia that made The Thing From Another World so effective. The film is a remake of 1951’s The Thing From Another World (which itself is an adaptation of a 1938 novella). John Carpenter’s seminal science-fiction horror film The Thing is a certified classic in the genre.
And unlike other films on this list, Memoria actually provides an answer to its central mystery, but like any great ending, the ramifications of the answers only inspire more questions. Memoria is incredibly slow, and though that may sound like a bad thing, Weerasethakul is able to harness the film’s long beats of silence to create something truly hypnotic. The film tracks her journey to find the source of the noise, which may or may not have cosmic origins. This sound repeats with no discernable pattern, and it quickly becomes apparent to Jessica that she is the only one who can hear it. Tilda Swinton stars as Jessica, a Scottish woman living in Colombia, who awakes one night to the sound of a mysterious loud boom. And Weerasethakul’s latest, Memoria, is no different. But patient viewers who hand themselves over will be rewarded with a complex and emotionally-rich experience. To say his films are niche is would be an understatement they are deliberately-paced and refuse to adhere to a traditional structure or narrative. Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a rising star in the art-house circuit.
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