White Noise Trivia | 30 facts about the movie

«White Noise» is a 2022 absurdist comedy-drama film written for the screen and directed by Noah Baumbach.

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1. White Noise is a 2022 absurdist comedy-drama film written for the screen.
2. It was directed by Noah Baumbach.
3. It was adapted from the 1985 novel of the same name by Don DeLillo.
4. It is Baumbach’s first directed feature not to be based on an original story of his own.
5. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, and May Nivola.
6. Set in the 1980s, the story follows the life of an academic and his family, when an air contamination accident occurs near where they reside.
7. White Noise had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2022.
8. It was released in select cinemas on November 25, 2022.
9. Its streaming release happened on December 30, 2022, by Netflix.
10. The film received polarized reviews from critics and audiences alike, while Baumbach’s direction, cinematography, cast performances (particularly Driver’s), and Elfman’s score were generally praised, the film’s screenplay, varying tones, and length divided many.
11. This is Noah Baumbach’s first time writing and directing a book-to-screen adaptation/
12. It is also only his second adaptation after co-writing the screenplay for Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
13. Lol Crawley stepped in as director of photography after Noah Baumbach fired the original DoP Michael Seresin.
14. Jack Gladney’s alarm clock radio is a Panasonic.
15. “Panasonic” was Don DeLillo’s original title for the novel “White Noise”; it was abandoned because of the trademark owned by the electronics brand.
16. Both Barry Sonnenfeld and Michael Almereyda were attached to direct before Noah Baumbach.
17. The movie is set in 1984.
18. Adam Driver’s character, Jack, states he has been to 16 “first days”, the first being in 1968.
19. On July 28, 2004, Barry Sonnenfeld was set to direct the film adaptation of White Noise from a script by Stephen Schiff.
20. 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.
21. On January 13, 2021, it was revealed that Noah Baumbach would be adapting and directing the film for Netflix producing alongside David Heyman and Uri Singer.
22. Principal photography began in June 2021, under the working title Wheat Germ.
23. Filming took place in downtown Cleveland on November 4, 2021.
24. Some scenes were shot on the Hope Memorial Bridge.
25. The film score is composed by Danny Elfman, which was released into a soundtrack album on November 18, 2022.
26. LCD Soundsystem reunited to record their first new music in over five years for the film. Titled “New Body Rhumba”, the song was released as a single on September 30.
27. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, White Noise holds a rating of 63% based on 200 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The site’s critics 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.”
28. On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
29. 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.”
30. 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.