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The film marks a kind of homecoming for Payne, a Nebraska native, whose recent films have been set in Hawaii (the Oscar-winning "The Descendants") and California (the Napa Valley road trip "Sideways"). Payne's first three films ("Citizen Ruth," "Election" and "About Schmidt") were all in his home state. "If I weren't from Nebraska, I wouldn't have made this film at all, because I'm sure the script never would have come to me," Payne said, referring to Bob Nelson's screenplay. "If it were called
'Iowa,' maybe I would have gotten it." Payne first read the script nine years ago. "I had the script for this while I was making 'Sideways,' but I was so sick and tired of shooting in cars by the time
'Sideways' was finished, I didn't want to make this one right away," he said. "That's why it's been 10 years." The last notable film in black and white to premiere at Cannes was the 2011 silent film ode and best-picture winning "The Artist." Payne's were from another movie era, though, taking inspiration from Peter Bogdanovich's stark 1970s black-and-white "Paper Moon" and "The Last Picture Show." "One thing I like about this story is the son wishes to give the aging father some dignity," Payne said. "My parents are in the home stretch and that was very personal to me."
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