Chloé Zhao & Peter Spears on Nomadland, Traversing the Midwest, and Terrence Malick | NYFF58

Nomadland director, writer, producer, and editor Chloé Zhao and producer Peter Spears joined NYFF Director of Programming Dennis Lim for a press conference to discuss their NYFF58 Centerpiece selection. They discussed how the project came to life, how Frances McDormand helped to craft her character, collaborating with real-life nomads, mapping the American midwest locations of the films, preserving a connection with nature, the beauty of Terrence Malick's films, and much more. Frances McDormand delivers a beautiful performance of understated grace and sensitivity in this richly textured third feature from director Chloé Zhao (The Rider, NYFF55), adapted from Jessica Bruder’s acclaimed 2017 nonfiction book about itinerant older Americans. Set against the grand backdrop of the American West, Nomadland recounts a year in the life of Fern (McDormand), a stoic, stubbornly independent widow who, having spent her adult life in a now-defunct company town, repurposes an old van and sets off in search of seasonal work. Alongside McDormand, the film features deeply affecting turns from David Strathairn and a supporting cast of nonactors, all real-life “nomads” playing versions of themselves. With this road movie for our precarious times, Zhao establishes herself as one of contemporary cinema’s most clear-eyed and humane chroniclers of lives on the American margins. A Searchlight Pictures release. Nomadland is sponsored by Campari and Radeberger. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 58th New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema from September 17-October 11. This year’s festival features drive-in screenings in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and virtual screenings available nationwide. Get tickets and see more information: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020 More info: http://filmlinc.org Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like on Facebook:   / filmlinc   Follow on Twitter:   / filmlinc   Follow on Instagram:   / filmlinc