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Feb 18, 2021 · It’s hard to describe the mixture of sadness, wonder and gratitude that you feel in their company — in Fern’s company, and through her eyes and ears. It’s like discovering a new country ...
- Chloé Zhao
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Apr 25, 2021 · The late Chadwick Boseman, who was considered the frontrunner for best actor, was beat out by Hopkins. Frances McDormand, who won best actress, on stage as “Nomadland” picked up best picture ...
Feb 19, 2021 · Doubtless unintentionally, “Nomadland” is a movie born of both America’s and Hollywood’s working-class problem: the movie exalts the working class, but it doesn’t let working people ...
Apr 25, 2021 · By Kyle Buchanan. April 25, 2021. With a howl from its lead actress, “ Nomadland,” a drama about itinerant workers in the American West, was named best picture. The story of widow, played by ...
- A Book About Survival
- The Real-Life Stars of The Movie
- The Contemporary Nomadic Lifestyle
- The Resonance of Nomadland
In 2014, Bruder wrote a cover story for Harper’s Magazine, “The End of Retirement,” which detailed the plight of older Americans who couldn’t afford to retire and worked temporary jobs for companies like Amazon. She built off that reporting and three years later published Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. The book is centere...
While Bruder did not write the film adaptation, she helped supply research to Zhao. She tells TIME that she had primary source material that wasn’t used in the book, and she was able to introduce Zhao to some of the nomads she met while she was writing it. She remembers when Zhao asked her about what she thought of Linda May for the movie. “I didn’...
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Bob Wells discussed the community of modern nomads, and why people are increasingly drawn to the movement. “If the Great Recession was a crack in the system, Covid and climate change will be the chasm,” he said. This lifestyle is not to be confused with “#vanlife”—a hashtag that populates Instagram feeds and...
While she hopes that the movie’s relevance will be long-lasting, Bruder finds it particularly timely right now, for two reasons. One is the escapist nature of the cinematography, which offers a journey around the U.S. for viewers who have not been able to travel for nearly a year. The other is the emotional journey of Fern’s character, which may be...
- Annabel Gutterman
Feb 19, 2021 · Nomadland. Fern (Frances McDormand) is grieving a life that’s been ripped away from her. It seems like she was relatively happy in Empire, Nevada, one of those many American small towns built around industry. When the gypsum plant there closed, the town of Empire quite literally closed with it. In six months, its entire zip code was eliminated.
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Nov 27, 2020 · As “ The Rider ” (2018) gets under way, the hero—a young fellow named Brady—already has an angry gash in his head, having tumbled from his horse at a rodeo and taken a hoof to the skull ...
