Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter – An Interview with David Zellner, Writer/Director/Actor

The Zellner Brothers’ latest film, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, is a bittersweet fable about passion over creative works and the desire to escape within them. The film played in Sydney Film Festival’s official competition and our review of the film is here. We caught up with writer/director/actor David Zellner to talk the film.

When did you first hear about this urban legend of the Japanese woman chasing after the treasure from Fargo?

Well I’d heard about it in 2001, this is before Twitter and...