Filmmakers in Conversation: David and Nathan Zellner with Scott Foundas
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Filmmakers in Conversation: David and Nathan Zellner with Scott Foundas

Following the September 19 screening of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, filmmakers David Zellner and Nathan Zellner were joined by Variety chief film critic Scott Foundas for a discussion. After obsessively watching the Coen brothers’ Fargo, which she believes reveals a treasure map, a Japanese woman becomes fixated on digging up the case of money buried in the movie’s remote, snow-covered landscape in the film. She soon travels to the “New World” to track it down. A meditative tale of hope and tragedy, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter follows her quest through many baffling encounters in Japan as well as film locations in Minnesota. “Kumiko is a poetic stunner, shot through with Zellner Bros’ blend of empathy and black humor but with a new sense of majesty” (Filmmaker Magazine).

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