Lex

Caught by the Tides

A simplistic idea with convoluted approach; experimenting unused & personal footage whilst environmentally criticise the change whilst also be lyricist. I didn't enjoy the first part of it, as it was tedious to fathom regardless of my understanding however the finish wraps up everything with a simple quote: mainland, homeland.

seenyourvideo

Caught by the Tides

Very eager to check this out again soon so I can revisit all the droning power guitar, SOV partying, and decade-spanning architectural transmutations. Maybe then I’ll attempt a more detailed review, but for now all I can say is this is definitely one of the most striking, wonderfully assembled films of the year.

nathansnook

Caught by the Tides

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘥. 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴…𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.’ 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳.’” Contemporary strokes of anguish streak the film with notes on AI, the collapse yet resurrection of community post-COVID with grand shifts in time and swaying camera movements from different kinds of cameras, while recycling footage from past films (Ash is Purest White (https://letterboxd.com/bulgogiboi/film/ash-is-purest-white/)). Purely peak cinema as it shifts from documentary to narrative to silent and all back and forth in its dance-hungry steps. If cinema is the naked eye to the world, this is what cinema is, a 360 lens from all angles, capturing everything it sets itself out to grasp and feast upon, connection and contentment, however little it may seem in the vast landscapes this film presents in abandoned theaters, the empty sea, and the gross surplus of production. I still seek contentment and connection in a hyper-capitalistic state because it is all capital in the end, and I am capital cattle, lonely and untethered to the shell of the world.