Creating analog with digital: the beautiful black-and-white cinematography of ‘Nebraska’

Alexander Payne’s new film Nebraska is about a fading older man (Bruce Dern, hitting a new high in a career full of them) who embarks on a road trip with his son to redeem a sweepstakes prize he’s sure will earn him a fortune. It’s a raw and funny look at family and the relationships we forge, and it’s made all the more resonant by the breathtaking black-and-white cinematography of Phedon Papamichael. But despite Nebraska’s aesthetic sensibilities, the filmmakers actually went the opposite way, creating a filmic, black-and-white beauty with digital cameras. The film always existed as a black-and-white project in Payne’s head, going back to when the two discussed it on the set of Sideways.

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