Jia Zhangke Film: The Hometown Trilogy - "Ride at Will"

Author: Lin Xudong, Zhang Yaxuan, etc.
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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 that is just as crucial as sociological and psychological expressions but is vastly different. His directorial style appears to be rough and improvised reporting on the surface, but it is actually meticulous and effective; he wraps the main characters in a dynamic relationship of constant proximity or distance, vividly dramatizing the mundane emotions people take for granted.