Loud Murmurs

In this episode, our three hosts Juan, Diaodiao and Ina discuss ‘Nomadland,’ a recent favorite of ours and of the film festival award circuit (winner of the top prize at the Venice Film Festival). We try to put into words the ennui and other hard-to-grasp feelings the film evokes. We examine our own relationships with nature and the land on which we live, and we dive into the thorny social issue of caring for elderly laborers in both the U.S. and China. In this episode, you’ll hear: 00:00-07:30 First impressions of “Nomadland”07:30 - Frances McDormand’s sublime performance and how the movie can’t be contained by one genre 08:20 - How the film portrays space through storytelling and cinematography, the juxtaposition of the endless road and the cramped van 11:37 - The relationship between human and nature and land in the modern society 14:47 - The real social issues behind this poetic film 19:06 - How China and and the U.S. face similar yet different social issues with aging workers 23:32 - The decline of the w