As America contends with its divided identity, ‘Nomadland’ both captures the zeitgeist and embraces the fantasy of leaving it all behind for life on the road. Zhao embraces the paradox at the center of a story that both celebrates its character’s liberation and bemoans that sad state of affairs that put her on that track. IndieWire’s chief critic Eric Kohn named “Nomadland” the fourth best movie of 2020, writing, “The film develops an entrancing narrative about American alienation and the appeal of escaping society’s oppressive clutches. The safety of fiction filmmaking, in my opinion, actually pulls out a level of honesty and authenticity that I think would be impossible if this was a documentary purporting to truth.” Chloé really allows people to choose how they want to represent themselves. “You could see her listening to these individuals telling their stories, and then collaborating with them to fold their own narratives into the script. “You could watch her script adapt to the personalities and stories that came from those conversations,” Zhao’s directing assistant Hannah Peterson told IndieWire about the “Nomadland” creative process. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in Talks to Lead Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Zhao wrote the film’s script using Jessica Bruder’s nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” as a guide, but she also made sure to fold in the real life stories of the nomads themselves. While the film also stars “Good Night, and Good Luck” Oscar nominee David Strathairn in a key supporting role, the majority of “Nomadland” finds McDormand acting opposite real modern-day nomads, including Linda May, Charlene Swankie, and Bob Wells. McDormand stars as Fern, a woman in her sixties who rebounds from losing everything in the Great Recession by journeying through the American West as a van-dwelling nomad. Starring two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand, the acclaimed drama won the Golden Lion at Venice and the People’s Choice Award at TIFF. I have to be excited by little things I discover along the way.” Zhao’s approach is just one reason the upcoming “ Nomadland” ranks among the best films of 2020. Someone once said to me that passion doesn’t sustain, but curiosity does. “I have to be in love with my subject matter and want to learn more about it. Searchlight Pictures will now release Chloe Zhao's Nomadland in select US theaters + also on Hulu starting February 19th, 2021.“I’m not the kind of filmmaker who just makes films,” Chloé Zhao told IndieWire earlier this year. This originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festivals this year, where it won the Golden Lion Award. Produced by Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, and Chloé Zhao. Nomadland is both written and directed by award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Chloé Zhao, director of the films Songs My Brothers Taught Me and The Rider previously she is also directed Marvel's Eternals due for release next year. The Academy Award winner for Best Film, Best Directing and Best Leading Actress is now available to stream on Disney+ Chlo. You can also view the first teaser trailer for Chloe Zhao's Nomadland here, or the other full trailer here.įollowing the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Here's the second full trailer (+ new poster) for Chloe Zhao's Nomadland, from Searchlight's YouTube: If you haven't seen it yet, we encourage viewing this when it opens this month. This is currently the Best Picture frontrunner for the Oscars from 2020, and it could end up winning (deserves it). It also features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. The third feature from acclaimed filmmaker Chloe Zhao, the film follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the "Great Recession", embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. It will also launch on Hulu the same day for everyone to watch. "I maybe spent too much of my life just remembering." Searchlight Pictures has debuted one final trailer for Nomadland, which is now opening in theaters in the US in a few weeks (here's the teaser & other trailer).
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