Mexican director and writer Fernando Eimbcke’s latest project, “Duck Season,” is an independent foreign film that has stirred up a bit of controversy, as many films of this genre do. In this case, the hot-button issue is not a steamy sex scene or even brief nudity – it’s because Eimbcke made a film targeted at a young audience shot entirely in black and white.
Eimbcke said he chose to film in black and white “to provoke the youth.”
He opted to take a completely different approach in order to get young audiences to think outside the box.
He said his mentality toward viewers was: “OK, you like color? You like fast scenes? Well this is going to be the other way around.”
Not only is the filmmaking approach a little backward by Hollywood standards, the story is a bit off-center, too.
“Duck Season” gives audiences a glimpse into adolescence and pending adulthood through the eyes of best friends Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cata