Jia Zhangke's film 'Caught by the Tides' spans nearly a quarter-century, exploring the profound changes in Chinese society through the lens of cinematic storytelling. The film starts in a more intimate, nostalgic setting and transitions to a modern, impersonal environment dominated by technology. This narrative journey showcases the duality of progress and loss, as familiar human experiences evolve amidst rapid societal changes. Jia's unique approach highlights how individual lives are affected by these larger transformations, creating a poignant examination of time's relentless passage and its impact on human connection.
In Caught by the Tides, these changes go unexplained and unspoken. But the evolutions they chart are deeply familiar to anyone who has lived through even some of these years, in China or elsewhere.
The film's final scenes... depict a more impersonal world of smartphones, robots and QR codes. For a moment, Jia even adopts the perspective of a surveillance camera.
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