There’s a point relatively early in “Memoria,” the stunning new drama from Apichatpong Weerasethakul , in which Tilda Swinton ’s protagonist is trying to describe a sound that she’s been hearing in her head, leading to sleepless nights. She explains it to a technician and he presents her with an audio clip that tries to replicate it. I said out loud, “No, it’s earthier.” And then Tilda preceded to say almost exactly the same thing . I’m not trying to say I’m psychic, only that I was deeply on this film’s wavelength, and I think Weerasethakul, also known as “ Joe ,” would like that story. Joe wants his films to connect in that manner, not through plot or even character, but through experience. He wants to question how we engage with motion pictures, and, by extension, life itself. His “Memoria” will reportedly never have a physical release, only playing in theaters in a traveling road show, going across the country for years, one week ...
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