With a 40-plus-year career and an Academy Award nomination , David Strathairn is guaranteed to raise the bar on any project he’s involved in. Rangy and reserved with a shock of white-steel hair, the San Francisco-born actor has proved versatile as — among dozens of other roles — a supportive manager , an abusive husband , a blind tech geek and, now, a possible love interest for Frances McDormand’s uprooted Fern in “Nomadland,” which opens this week.
Are we meant to envy this independent lifestyle? Or pity that in a wealthy country many of them are forced into being nomads?You may think, “Living in a car, how desperate is that?” but I would say that the people, the nomads, do not feel sorry for themselves. They’ve made this choice, and they live it to the fullest. It requires a lot of resiliency and inventiveness. I didn’t sense anyone feeling sorry for themselves. It’s not a political film; it’s the story of one woman.
I was going from summer theater to summer theater. I look back on those days as being, “Wow, that was a really special opportunity,” which doesn’t exist today. Now, people don’t trust people they see on the side of the road or hitchhiking. They ignore them or dismiss them. This was back when you could get rides across the country. You had to keep your wits about you, but it was a great way to see the country.
Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)
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