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Jia Zhangke on Experimenting With AI for Cannes Entry ‘Caught by the Tides,’ Respecting the Audience
Jia Zhangke, whose 'Caught by the Tides' will be vying for the Palme d’Or in Cannes, was guest of honor at Visions du Réel this week.
Finished just in time for submission to Cannes, the film features his wife Zhao Tao, his muse over the last two decades, and tells the story of a couple spanning 20 years. One of the foremost members of China’s politically contentious “Sixth Generation,” whose body of work embraces a broad spectrum of filmmaking, Jia is also a festival darling in Europe, where he won the Golden Lion in Venice for “Still Life” in 2006, and has been nominated no fewer than six times in Cannes, picking up best screenplay in 2013 for “A Touch of Sin.” After receiving VdR’s Prix d’Honneur Monday, Jia spent more than two and a half hours at a masterclass in Nyon’s packed Marens Theater on Tuesday, answering questions from film critic Jean-Michel Frodon, as well as members of the audience, with characteristic humanity and modesty.
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