It was recently announced that EPIX, a US-cable channel, had acquired the rights to broadcast the ‘colour’ version of Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, against the director’s express wishes. In this piece we look at films that have made the leap either from or to black and white.
FX’s Fargo and the hilarity of the “horrific struggle”
In a most conclusive riposte to hasty judgment, FX’s television adaptation of the Coens’ Fargo is funny, dark and able to stand alongside its filmic counterpart.