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ARID CUT

Rail and Mitra, young poets on a stolen motorcycle, search for Arid Cut, a place that doesn't exist, and Bert Neville, a father who has disappeared. Aunt Sandy, who lives in her car down by the tracks, gives them a clue. Vietnam vets and wildcat carpenters, Travis and Ziggy, lose their jobs and find Karin, a homeless addict, in the back of their truck. Followed by Taylor, a black rapper, they flee the land of real estate developers. With no more west to escape to, and promised new employment, the seekers head Northeast into the deserts and ranch lands of the American West.

World Premiere: Mill Valley Film Festival, October, 2019

"What I’m trying to do is get the film out of the film and get the people into it,” he said while taking a break from location scouting in Modoc County for the third movie in his Nomad trilogy. At 81, he’s a prolific master in command of his craft, but Nilsson isn’t interested in imposing his will on the screen. He’s spent decades developing a filmmaking process that depends upon his collaborators behind and in front of the camera taking an active role in creating and enacting a film’s story."

- Nilsson Interview with Andrew Gilbert, Berkeleyside, Oct. 7, 2021

Director:

Rob Nilsson

Story:

Rob Nilsson

Improvised by the Cast:

• Nighttrain Schickele as Rail

• Emily Corbo as Mitra

• Penny Werner as Sandy 1

• Clayton Allen as Panhandler

• Michelle Anton Allen as Lucille

• Lydia Becker as Karin

• Carol Carbone as Joy

• Chris Damm as Building Inspector

• Tiger Darrow as Singer

• Dante Dunn as Taylor

• Stephen Ellis as Herbie

• Jeffrey Gliwa as Ulrich Gore

• Paul Greenberg as Bud

• Reggie Hudson as Oscar

• Jeff Kao as Pinto

• Daniel Kremer as Judd

• Audrey Levan

• Sam Martin as Geoff

• Brette McCabe as Mohr

• Tony Milliner as Ziggy

• Russell Murphy as Travis

• Will Ouren as Wes

• Galina Pasternak as Svetlana Beria

• Grant Peters as Sandy 2

• Puneet as R.P. Singh

• Frank Ratto as Vince

• Howard Teich

Cinematographer:

• Mickey Freeman

Assistant Camera:

• Kimberly Scarsella

Still Photography:

• Marianne Heath

Drone Photography:

• Dave Smith

• Brad Meyer

Additional Photography:

• Luis de la Parra

• Galina Pasternak

• Rob Nilsson

• Chris Damm

Sound Recordist:

• Clayton Allen

• Galina Pasternak

Editors:

• Will Ouren

• Cindy Katila

Additional Editing:

• Emi Nakamura

Editorial Services:

• Vaibhav Sutrave

Data Wrangler:

• Clayton Allen

Music:

• Kit Walker

Visual Effects:

• Clayton Allen

Associate Producer:

• Clayton Allen

Producers:

• Michelle Anton Allen

• Rob Nilsson

Executive Producers:

• Marshall Spight

• Jeffrey Gliwa

Okunrin Meta: David Schickele

https://www.nomadtrilogy.com