One person one car all the way

Cristobal 2022-04-20 09:01:41

As the director wrote in the movie at the end: To the ones who have to depart.

This is a movie that strips away the lively feeling of self

This is a poem dedicated to the homeless who have to hit the road

Different from Kerouac's on the road - the confusion and exploration of the beat generation

This is a journey of healing with loss and pain

Whether it is spending the rest of my life cherishing the memory of my husband

or service to help others escape the loss of a child

They all walked on their own paths, they met, parted, and reunited

They embrace each soul alone in the collective

They feel the moving and meaning of life in the moment they stay, and they will eventually find the answer to their own departure on the road

But please go on the road, regardless of the return date

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Extended Reading
  • Eddie 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    With the intertext at the beginning and the end, as well as the interspersed amazon scenes, Zhao Ting outlines the decline of traditional manufacturing and the towns it breeds under the development of globalization and emerging industries in a few strokes. At the same time, the dialogue between characters also reflects the current unemployment and pension issues. When home is erased from paper, its definition also changes from a fixed base to a mobile car. It's not about the stories of "marginal" people, but the stories of these "marginalized" ordinary people. The contemporary nomads are not much different from the pioneers of the past. The knights on the land have turned into dilapidated but warm RVs. From the past to the present, they are all walking on the road for life. The director exercised restraint in emotional expression, instead of looking down on humanistic care from a high point, but focusing more on record and presentation. Flowing and erratic shots capture Frances McDormand's profound demeanor as well as a different kind of natural scenery.

Nomadland quotes

  • Merle: I worked for corporate America, you know, for 20 years. My friend Bill worked for the same company. And... He had liver failure. A week before he was due to retire, HR called him in hospice and said, you know, let's talk about your retirement. And he died 10 days later, having never been able to take that sailboat that he bought out of his driveway. And he missed out on everything. Then he told me before he died, just don't waste any time, girl. Don't waste any time. So I retired as soon as I could. I didn't want my sailboat to be in the driveway when I died. So... yeah. And it's not. My sailboat is out here in the desert.

  • Fern: What's remembered, lives.