Thoughts on the film Memoria

Peter Sahota
Desire To Think
Published in
4 min readJan 29, 2022

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The film Memoria is highly unusual and intriguing, prompting me to reflect on how to make sense of what is actually happening in the film. Rather giving any kind of comprehensive review or summary, however, I am just sharing here some of the workings of my own mind in response to the film.

The film is by the acclaimed Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and stars the renowned lead actress Tilda Swinton…

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Peter Sahota
Desire To Think

Writing on themes from Vedas, Upanishads, Indian art, and other ancient literatures.