White Noise

White Noise (2022)

You can’t hear it if it's everywhere.

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 a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an "Airborne Toxic Event" forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.

Date of release
2022-11-25
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (851)
Runtime
2h 16m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Noah Baumbach

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: White Noise

White Noise is a 2022 absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, adapted from the 1985 novel by Don DeLillo. It is Baumbach's first directed feature not based on a story of his own. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don Cheadle. Set in the 1980s, it follows the life of a niche academic and his family as they go through trials and tribulations, beginning with an environmental disaster near their home.

Production

On July 28, 2004, Barry Sonnenfeld was set to direct the film adaptation of Don DeLillo's 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 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. In July, Jodie Turner-Smith joined the cast and it was confirmed that Don Cheadle would also star. In August, it was announced that André Benjamin had joined the cast.

Principal photography began in June 2021, under the working title Wheat Germ. Filming took place in Ohio, including the University of Akron for about six weeks, Ashtabula Pine Lake Raceway and Trail Riding, Cleveland Heights, College of Wooster, Wellington, Oberlin, Dorset, Hiram College, Andrews Osborne Academy, Kent State University, and Lowell Klienfelter Stadium at Canton Central Catholic High School.

Filming took place in downtown Cleveland on November 4, 2021, with scenes shot on the Hope Memorial Bridge.

The film score is by Danny Elfman and was released as an album on November 18, 2022. LCD Soundsystem reunited to record its first new music in over five years for the film. The song, "New Body Rhumba", was released as a single on September 30.

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