No, it's a parody. I mean, Coburn works for an organization called Z.O.W.I.E., can relax by stopping his heartbeat for hours at a time and meets a British spy named Agent 0008.

You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are
people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.

Oh, there, voice come from cow on wall…
Moose, moose, you imbecile!
Calm yourself. Man who argue with cow on wall is like train without wheels: very soon get nowhere.
Oh be quiet! I'm sick of your fortune cookies!
Shhh, shhh… cow talk again!

Forget it, Jake. It's Chickentown.

But just as white.

Oooo gritty reboot from the writer of Shame.
So, Fassbender as the dad, then?

George Miller is waiting for the B&W silent version of Birth of a Nation.

"Sure, why not?" - Charlotte Rampling.

What about movies? Haven't seen Hateful Eight yet.

My new screen saver.

FWIW most of my favourite films are in B&W but that's mostly b/c I prefer old movies. As for the desert, 50s sci-fi/horror like Them and Tarantula definitely benefit from monochrome, but not Lawrence of Arabia.

If you go to the menu you should have all sorts of options for adjusting colour and contrast levels etc.

Mad Max Muppets.

In Australia we have the neenish tart, which looks identical, so I always assumed was the same thing, but they have different fillings.

That sound you're hearing is David Lean spinning in his grave.

Well, he is 2000 years old.

* cue laugh track *

Already tragic that he's outlived Hitchens.

The Father - Brando
The Son - Pacino
& The Holy Ghost - Duvall

Whoopi's idea, no doubt.