R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Jun. 2015 | Page 42

Sublimate
Sometimes, the absence of color retranscribes in the perfection the universe of an artist.
Music sinks, tortured character, the movie “Control” of Anton Corbijn, tells Ian Curtis’s short
but intense life who was the singer of Joy Division. In black and white obviously, to stick as
closely as possible to the esthetics of the group.
In his movie Nebraska, Alexander Payne chose to show us the American Midwest in black and
white, to highlight the characteristics of its landscapes and inhabitants: modesty and austerity.
The result is an excellent and funny road movie which even without colors, managed to show
the beauty of the rural landscapes of the North of the United States.