Kurt Andersen and the film director Alexander Payne talk about art that’s rooted in specific places.Payne is originally from Omaha, Nebraska, and has set three of his films there: Citizen Ruth, Election, and his latest, About Schmidt, which stars Jack Nicholson, opens this week.
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