Watch Nomadland 2020

Eveline 2022-03-21 09:01:53

I just watched this hit movie two days ago

I watched it several times during the period

To be honest, it felt normal at first, because the language of the camera lens is very simple, not grabbing people, and there is no obvious stylization.

There is also no gimmick in the narrative structure, it is completely straightforward.

But I still like it after watching it. This narrative method and rhythm always maintain a good fit with the content of the film. This is actually very difficult.

The camera adopts a method of following the protagonist, eliminating all interference from beginning to end, to slowly unfold the delicate inner world of the characters.

Of course, Francis McDormand's performance is so good, which adds a lot to the film.

These middle-aged and elderly modern vagabonds in the rust belt of the United States, the film is not too provocative, simple and sincere to present their sadness, helplessness, pain, but also reflects their pursuit of freedom and independence, as well as their happiness and happiness in their wandering life. The harvest - even if you give them a stable and warm home, they are still more willing to spend their later years on the road - not so much because of helplessness, but more of a self-choice.

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Nomadland quotes

  • Swankie: I'm gonna be 75 this year. I think I've lived a pretty good life. I've seen some really neat things kayaking all of those places. And... You know, like a moose in the wild. A moose family on the river in Idaho and big white pelicans landed just six feet over my kayak on a lake in Colorado. Or... Come around a bin, was a cliff and find hundreds and hundreds of swallow nests on the wall of the cliff. And the swallows flying all around and reflecting in the water. So it looks like I'm flying with the swallows and they're under me, and over me, and all around me. And little babies are hatching out, and eggshells are falling out of the nest, landing on the water and floating on the water. These little white shells. That was like, it's just so awesome. I felt like I've done enough. My life was complete. If I died right then, at that moment, would be perfectly fine.

  • Fern: Bo never knew his parents, and we never had kids. If I didn't stay, if I left, it would be like he never existed. I couldn't pack up and move on. He loved Empire. He loved his work so much. He loved being there, everybody loved him. So I stayed. Same town, same house. Just like my dad used to say: "What's remembered, lives." I maybe spent too much of my life just remembering, Bob.