Love in time of rapid modernization: An interview with director Jia Zhangke

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“I was born in 1970,” Jia began. “So all the changes I’m reflecting in my productions, they kind of coincide with my own personal growth. But the focus in my films is still people.” And Jia’s sentiment of studying relationships’ evolutions under the influence of economic shifts is at the center of the romance “Ash.”
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