Xu Zhiyuan's interview with Jia Zhangke in "Thirteen Invitations" subverted my previous intuitive impression of him.
The film itself does not talk much, but more of a precipitation of personal experience. One of the sentences was impressive.
Jia Zhangke said that everyone hopes that others will recognize their views and reach some kind of consensus. I have no interest in reaching consensus at all.
Because the process itself is the dissolution of the self, it is a great internal friction. I think this is very serious. All the artist has to do is present and share, whether you like it or spray it, you are free, and giving up the argument is the self-cultivation of intellectuals.
Today's Jia Zhangke is very peaceful, returning to his hometown of Fenyang to open a private kitchen, talking to friends in his own small restaurant, living in simplicity, and living in semi-seclusion is desirable.
He also studies uncharted territory astrophysics and VR technology, believing in the existence of aliens. Remembering the interview with Zhang Chu, he was also obsessed with this topic.
Whimsy can be part of creativity, and for artists, something otherworldly needs to inspire them. As an elite, he also has a sense of powerlessness to the current society, but his mentality is relatively loose.
"Swim Until the Sea Turns Blue" was watched on AiYiqi, and going to the cinema to watch documentaries always felt a little redundant. The only time was to go to the cinema to see Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Finale".
The film is mainly composed of three writers, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua and Liang Hong, who tell their growth experiences and reminisce about the old people in their hometowns. The most impressive thing is that Yu Hua said that the morgue is the cleanest place in the world. Death is a cool night, and Heine expresses death so calmly and poetically.
