Tag: White Noise
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White Noise Ending Explained: All Plots Tend To Move Deathward
In Don DeLillo’s pivotal postmodern classic, “White Noise,” professor Jack Gladney contemplates the inevitability of death, musing, “All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots … We edge nearer death every time we plot. It is like a contract that all must sign, the plotters as well as those who are…
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Greta Gerwig’s Best Performance Is in This Noah Baumbach Movie
In addition to being an incredible director, Greta Gerwig is a phenomenal actress, with some of her best work stemming from collaborations with her partner Noah Baumbach, including Frances Ha (for which Gerwig was nominated for a Golden Globe) and the recent White Noise. However, their best team-up — and Gerwig’s best performance to date…
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Greta Gerwig’s Favorite Movies: 12 Films the Director Wants You to See
She only has two solo directorial efforts under her belt, but Greta Gerwig has quickly become one of the most highly respected filmmakers working today. Her 2017 coming-of-age drama “Lady Bird” was an instant teen classic upon release, and her 2019 adaptation of “Little Women” received similar rapturous acclaim, becoming the definitive film version of…
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White Noise’s Most Important Message Was Completely Buried
Editor’s Note: The following contains White Noise spoilers.Noah Baumbach’s White Noise is a deeply confusing movie that was artistic and beautiful but also weird and satirical. Its story begins to get somewhat intertwisted in itself, and it’s hard to tell what the central themes are because there seems to be so many. White Noise, which…
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Noah Baumbach Says “Aspects” Of His Work On ‘White Noise’ Carried Over Into ‘Barbie’
The fact that Greta Gerwig is following up her directorial work on “Lady Bird” and “Little Women” with a new “Barbie” film is an odd situation, in and of itself. However, adding to the mix is the addition of Gerwig’s partner, Noah Baumbach, as a co-writer of the “Barbie” screenplay. And according to Baumbach, his…
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10 Biggest Takeaways From Netflix Playlist, a Film and Series Music Showcase
Award winning composers helped turn this year’s Netflix Playlist event into an aural and visual spectacle.The music from some of the streaming platform’s awards contenders and series were brought to life for live audiences alongside immersive, wall-to-wall projections. Alexandre Desplat, Nathan Johnson and Danny Elfman were among those in attendance for an orchestral performance of…
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LCD Soundsystem Releases Original Song ‘New Body Rhumba’ from ‘White Noise’
While a new Noah Baumbach movie (especially one that stars Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver) is always going to be a big event for the indie film community, the release of “White Noise” is an equally monumental moment for music fans. Indie rockers LCD Soundsystem, who haven’t released new music since the 2018 album “American…
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Greta Gerwig Knows ‘White Noise’ Sounds Like the Ramblings of a ‘Stoned Teenager’
“White Noise” holds a mirror up to American culture, especially cinema history. It’s the purely controlled, heightened chaos onscreen that reminds us why “family is the cradle of misinformation,” much like how the blur of media, art, and celebrity similarly splinter into everyday existential crises.Based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel of the same name, “White…
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‘White Noise’ Producer Buys Rights to Don DeLillo’s ‘Americana’ (Exclusive)
Don DeLillo’s debut novel, “Americana,” is set to be adapted 51 years after it was first published.“White Noise” producer Uri Singer has bought the rights to the 1971 novel, continuing his streak of adapting a string of DeLillo works that have been deemed “unadaptable.”“Americana” tells the story of David Bell, an out-of-touch television executive who…
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See Adam Driver, Julianne Moore, and Greta Gerwig Hit the Venice Red Carpet
The 2022 Venice Film Festival kicked off August 31 with an already star-studded red carpet. The fall festival launcher runs through September 10. Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” makes its world premiere as the Opening Night selection for the festival, marking the first Netflix film to ever open the annual festival in its 79 years…and meaning…