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Wikipedia article
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'White Noise' is a 2022 apocalyptic black comedy film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, adapted from the 1985 novel of the same name by Don DeLillo. It is Baumbach's eleventh narrative feature film and the first not to be based on an original story of his own. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy, Andr Benjamin, Alessandro Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Don Cheadle.
'White Noise' had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2022, and is scheduled for a limited release in the United States on November 25, 2022, before its streaming on December 30, 2022, by Netflix.
Premise
Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at the College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by "the Airborne Toxic Event", a cataclysmic train accident that casts chemical waste over his town.
Cast
* Adam Driver as Prof. Jack Gladney
* Greta Gerwig as Babette Gladney
* Raffey Cassidy as Denise
* Andr Benjamin as Elliot Lasher
* Alessandro Nivola
* Jodie Turner-Smith as Winnie Richards
* Don Cheadle as Prof. Murray Siskind
* Lars Eidinger as Arlo Shell
* Sam Nivola as Heinrich
* May Nivola as Steffie
Production
Development
On July 28, 2004, Barry Sonnenfeld was set to direct the film adaptation of 'White Noise' from a script by Stephen Schiff. In 2016, Uri Singer acquired the rights to the book and pushed the project into development. On October 17, 2016, Michael Almereyda was set to write and direct the film adaptation. On January 13, 2021, it was revealed that Noah Baumbach would be adapting the film for Netflix with Baumbach producing with David Heyman and Uri Singer.Casting
On December 22, 2020, Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig were cast in the film. In April 2021, Raffey Cassidy, May Nivola and Sam Nivola joined the cast of the film. In June 2021, Jodie Turner-Smith entered negotiations to join the cast. She would confirm her involvement the next month, as well as revealing Don Cheadle would star as well.[https://mobile.twitter.com/Variety/status/1414166941070155778 Whats up next for Jodie Turner-Smith? A Noah Baumbach project with Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle called White Noise] In August 2021, it was announced Andr Benjamin had joined the cast of the film.Filming
Principal photography began in June 2021, under the working title 'Wheat Germ'. Filming took place in Ohio, including the University of Akron for approximately six weeks, Cleveland Heights, The College of Wooster, Wellington, Oberlin, Dorset, Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, and at Canton Central Catholic High School in Perry Township, near Salem.Filming took place in downtown Cleveland on November 4, 2021, with scenes shot on the Hope Memorial Bridge.
Release
'White Noise' had its world premiere as the opening film of the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2022, and will also serve as the opening film for the 2022 New York Film Festival on September 30. The film will be theatrically released in the United States by Netflix on November 25, 2022, before its streaming release on December 30.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 'White Noise' holds a rating of 91%, based on 33 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10. The sites consensus reads: "'White Noise' may occasionally struggle with its allegedly unfilmable source material, but Noah Baumbach succeeds in finding the humorous heart of its surprisingly timely story." On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Reviewing the film following its Venice Film Festival premiere, Peter Bradshaw of 'The Guardian' gave the film five out of five stars, writing, "Baumbach has landed a sizeable white whale in his tremendously elegant and assured adaptation." 'The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney described it as "Equal parts clear signal and wearying static", praising the cast performances, humor, and score, but finding the screenplay inconsistent. David Ehrlich of 'IndieWire' called the adaptation "equal parts inspired and exasperating ".
See also
* Postmodernist film
* Postmodernist literature
References
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