Sydney Film Festival Dispatch #1: The Drover's Wife's Memoria Where Life Goes On.
Existentialist despair comes in these three movies.
Memoria (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
The meditative Memoria, the latest effort from Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul - well known for his Palme D’Or winning Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Lives - relies on the spaciousness of its audio and visual cues. It centers on a Scottish woman named Jessica (Tilda Swinton), who hears a loud thud and no…