Wonderful World

Michael Haneke is a talented filmmaker, and for all I know he deserves the Palme d'Or at Cannes for White Ribbon, a "stark, black-and-white drama set in a rural German village on the eve of WWI." But haven't we moved beyond the time when to show something is serious, we don't shoot in color?

At this point, black and white is an affectation. It's even distracting, since the filmmaker seems to be trying so hard. When I hear someone has shot in black and white, I want to ask "did you use sound?"