Nebraska: Cannes Review. Alexander Payne's in competition black-and-white film follows a father and son on a road trip to Lincoln, Nebraska.

When Hollywood began transitioning from black-and-white films in the early 1960s, the director Vincente Minnelli had a simple, dismissive reply to those who questioned the shift. “Color,” he ...

My best answer to why black and white suits Nebraska is that it has something to do with the vastness of the Great Plains. Sometimes people describe this country as ‘empty’ but that is not true.

But despite Nebraska’s aesthetic sensibilities, the filmmakers actually went the opposite way, creating a filmic, black-and-white beauty with digital cameras.

Alexander Payne Explains Why He Shot ‘Nebraska’ in Black and White and Cast Will Forte as His Dramatic Lead.

The Oscar-nominated film 'Nebraska,' starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte, makes the daring stylistic choice to shoot in black and white. Some of the psychological advantages of the film's stark ...