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I recently saw Jia Zhangke's latest movie, which was filmed in China over the course of 22 years. Half documentary, half fiction; Though they were short glimpses, the documented footage from early 00's Chinese culture really balanced the narrative in a way I'd never seen before. Without revealing more, I'll just say the soundtrack was perfect. Caught By the Tides is one of those slice of life movies with a slow build and huge payoff.
Jul 15, 2025
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amazing mixed documentary 20 years in the making about China, beautifully interwoven with fiction and scenes from the directors past work, this is my first Jia Zhang-ke film so it definitely didn't hit as hard as it could've but man i'm ready to dive into his filmmaking after watching this. super cool experience. couldn't reccomend enough! first third featured some of the best clubbing scenes in any movie i've seen. i fell in love. was able to catch at the frida cinema
Jun 28, 2025
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I was fortunate to be able to catch a screening of this last night! Gorgeous impressionistic experimental romance film comprised of unused footage taken over the course of 22 years—some raw documentary-style footage, some outtakes and scenes from Jia’s other works featuring the same actors (so you see them naturally age over time which is pretty cool). I’ve seen it compared to a collage and I think this is apt; the plot is tenuous at best but really impressive considering that it’s just made up of random scraps. I think it came together well and it was a beautiful experience just letting the footage wash over me like the tides and seeing the passage of time
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Tsai Ming-Liang embodies a lot of the Second New Wave movement in Taiwanese cinema by making gobsmackingly beautiful movies where not even one single thing happens for like twenty minutes. Theres a scene in Days of a guy just taking a bath in a bucket that’s about five times longer than it has any possible reason to be and the lighting is like six million invisible deep sea fish.
Early Edward Yang stuff like Terrorizers is good for this too. I’ve fallen asleep during That Day On The Beach at least 20 times. Still haven’t seen the ending. I would call it a personal favorite
Early Edward Yang stuff like Terrorizers is good for this too. I’ve fallen asleep during That Day On The Beach at least 20 times. Still haven’t seen the ending. I would call it a personal favorite
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