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Of course you have, if you’re over thirty-five, that is

Plot

A Chinese woman lives quietly, celebrating the prosperous Belle Époque with song and dance. Have you ever bought a band’s album and found that instead of new material, there are some old B-sides, remixes and a few new songs to add value? Jia Zhang-ke’s “Caught by the Tides” is, in many ways, exactly that. But in doing so, it makes a statement about his career and, indeed, about the changing face of the world around him. Qiao Qiao (Zhao Tao) shares a romance with Guao Bin (Zhubin Li), but moves on, with Qiao Qiao following him.

Through the years, and across the country, she follows him

But when she reaches her destination, perhaps what she wanted is not for her. But really the plot is irrelevant, because much of it has already been written and filmed over the years; now it’s just been reused. Scenes scrapped from films like “Unknown Pleasures” (2002), “Still Life” (2006) and “The Mountains Can Break” (2015), if I remember correctly. This allows the two protagonists to be shown realistically over time and their uneven aging. The scenes are therefore different but very familiar, in what serves as a kind of retrospective of Jia’s work, in a more direct and better executed way than Takeshi Kitano attempted with “Takeshis” (2005).

Jia is very tongue-in-cheek with his take on technology

The problem with creating a film this way is that, while it is perfectly functional as a narrative film, forcing what you already have makes it a bit awkward in terms of fluidity. It feels more like a cartoon series than a well-constructed work. Having seen many of the films from which the scrapped scenes come, it serves to remind you of the original scenario and therefore it doesn’t really feel like a single story, but rather several stories strung together. But there are some beautiful coincidences that materialize and allow Jia’s message to get across. Text messages on an old Nokia become TikTok videos on the latest smartphone.

Some scenes don’t quite seem to fit together; more were added as they became available

TikTok stardom is more about cheap publicity than actual fame and fortune; and service bots can easily be confused by asking simple questions. Technology has played an interesting role in shaping the nature of human relationships, especially in the last twenty years. If you’re familiar with Jia’s work, you’ll immediately recognize what’s going on here. But if you’re new to his work, this might feel like a slightly odd film that doesn’t quite gel well together. So this might require some grounding for the uninitiated, and it’s a whole other ball game for longtime fans.

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