Movie Details
| Title: | White Noise | |
| Director: | Noah Baumbach | |
| Year: | 2022 | |
| Genre: | Drama | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 01.02.23 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (6)
- Frances Ha
- Greenberg
- Margot at the Wedding
- Marriage Story
- The Myerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
- The Squid and the Whale
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 01.02.23 | Internet | the second half of New Shit I Want to See, Part 2, this is Noah Baumbach doing Don DeLillo's novel of postmodern malaise. I think it's right up Baumbach's alley since he's made a career out of navel-gazing intellectual humor. I'm sure this follows the book which accounts for its almost anthology feel but since I haven't read the book I believed the trailer which more or less deals with the middle of the movie. As such, I would've liked it better if it had ended before the third part started, but what can you do I guess when doing an adaptation. I think the movie is well produced and has the budget it needs, but I also bet the book is deeper and more impactful. This is somewhere between a mildly funny comedy and mildly dramatic drama. I did like it, and in particular I loved the second act, but the third act kinda lost me. I mean I get it, but it didn't really move me and took away from the effect of the middle. Who knows though, that could all just be due to expectations. Basically, I wanted a remake of Panic in Year Zero, and I got it for one third, but I also got an intellectual send-up of consumerism, academia, and family dynamic. I think the real star of this film is the production and art departments for making that early-80s dream of a supermarket. That shit was designed as hell and color-coded and brand-saturated and great. Seems like that team went buck wild with the house and trash and gas station and everywhere. Seems like every shot had some cereal or soda or something. And the new LCD Soundsystem song, which I thought was kinda weak listening to it on its own, is stronger over the end credits. Seems like they wrote it for this movie rather than it being some b-side or cut album track like what usually happens (and did happen with the vegas blackjack movie 21). |
