Jia Zhangke's film (Platform)

Author: Lin Xudong, Zhang Yaxuan, Gu Zheng (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: As one of the most exciting film geniuses in recent years, Jia Zhangke is committed to contemporary reality, having directed three insightful films. Like Godard in the 1960s and Altman in the 1970s, he focuses on the youth but captures the universality we share. Through his camera, his gaze on the world is like a lightning bolt, capturing the aura of communication between bodies—this kind of exchange tells a story as crucial yet distinct as sociological and psychological expressions. His directorial style appears rough and improvised on the surface, yet it is meticulous and effective in practice. By enveloping the main characters in constantly shifting relationships of proximity or distance, he vividly dramatizes the mundane emotions people often take for granted.