Nomadland .

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#Nomadland

The one movie to rule all of #AwardsSeason! Give it *all* the #Oscars now and let's call it a day!

Man, Zhao's rocketship of a directorial career, the fastest rising indie-to-biggie this side of Chazelle-Coogler, will be studied in Hollywood film schools for years to come! Editing, Producing, Writing, Directing – don't look now but she could give Cuaron a run for his #Oscar movie come 25 April!

And, I don't think I've seen the DP-Prod Designer double-bill before. Kudos to Richards for his epic-intimate lensing, with just the right touches of swirling Chivo-Malick(you know what they say about too much of a good thing😼)!

Look, McDormand is stellar, would you expect anything else?, and really balances her trademark fierceness with a gentle openness that invites the audience in in solidarity, not stand back in the usual awe. And speaking of gentle openness, does anyone do that better than the great Strathairn? Give the man a bunch of awards already, hasn't he done enough to deserve over his career👏?

And speaking of Strathairn, what's that true indie pioneer #JohnSayles been up to? In a land of a billion streamers, sadly we haven't seen something from him in recent times…

But the stars, apart from those vistas, are the wonderful, lived-in turns by the non-pros, as would be expected, May, Wells, Endres, Swankie; hopefully the road is smooth wherever they are in this great big land, and their Hollywood experience is just one of many they've had.

What's remembered, lives... I, maybe, spent too much of my life just remembering…😬

[Spoiler Alert] The Plate Plant Payoff…the other PPP 😊

PS. VanLife —> takes on a whole new non-#hipster meaning here…🤗


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#ChloeZhao #JoshuaJamesRichards
#FrancesMcDormand #DavidStrathairn #Swankie #LindaMay #BobWells #DerekEndres
#NMDLND @nomadlandfilm @thatjess @searchlightpics

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