Is there any particular reason this scene was in black and white? I understand it was similar, if not close to identical (besides how the conflict ended) to when they had travelled before. Further - why didn't he get a proper visa so that he could travel safely; or would having the proper papers have even mattered??
(lot of questions were asked in this thread - whoops)
Not sure about the black and white, but Henckels, when he gives Gustave that piece of paper (pass or whatever), he says that getting a visa for Zero then would be very difficult. He may not have been able to. Anyway, the times as they were, I would've tried not to travel if I were Zero.
You just have to be resigned-
You're crashing by design
I thought it was black and white to symbolize the end of fun, carefree, whimsical days that the hotel (and the characters) went through. It was a stark, war-torn country now.
The glory days of the hotel and the people within it were forever gone.
I agree that is was along those lines. I believe it was in black and white because it was when zero lost his 2nd father figure in gustave H. Zero had endured his father's murder, his families execution, and the burning of his village. Gustave took zero under his wing and protected him. Gustave became a father figure to zero. His death was war taking away his family once again. The black and white film enhanced the loss and the change that was taking place for zero.
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