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#292 - Chloé Zhao on Nomadland

Film at Lincoln Center Podcast

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The Journey of Making the Film

Casting is a collage of efforts. I'll say a third is from Jessica's book that's already existing. And then a third actually from Fran's life, casting David. That's one of Fran's best friends. Derek was just living in a desert and we saw him and said, you want to be in a movie. He ended up being the art department for the rest of the world. The Beharv is also from the book, but the planes and the badlands. There is a collaboration with nature that we all made an effort to do in terms of production.

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