Searching for Roots: An Exploration of the Development and Innovation Path of Anthropological Documentaries —A Case Study of “Swim Until the Sea Turns Blue”
As the latest work of Jia Zhangke, the sixth generation of Chinese with unique rural style,
the film Swim Until the Sea Turns Blue has swept the online and offline review field. This paper focuses
on the narrative logic of the film and how the aesthetic interpretation expresses the embedded film
and television anthropological thinking. The interpersonal care contained in his films and the oral
expression of the journey of “searching for roots” in the countryside are both very useful innovations
for the development of Chinese anthropological films. At the same time, for the current film and
television anthropology film and documentary development is not clear in the industry, the author put
forward its relevant analysis and suggestions to the dilemma of “good but not good”.