Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig star in the director’s version of Don DeLillo’s classic novel.
I wasn’t thinking about whether something is filmable or not.
I don’t even know what that means."
Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver in Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise.'.Venice Film Festival
DeLillo’s real-but-not-real tenor that he strikes represented the world as it was feeling to me.
It just felt uncanny."
“Yeah, Adam and Greta came into mind quite early,” he says.
Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don Cheadle in ‘White Noise’.Wilson Webb/Netflix
And they both did.
It also helped me personalize it from the beginning.
“They’re all people who I love and admire,” says Baumbach.
Don Cheadle and Adam Driver in ‘White Noise’.Wilson Webb/NETFLIX
When we were thinking about [the character], it seemed like a good part for him.
He’s available, if you’ve got a part!"
This approach would prove an expensive one, involving a reported budget north of $100 million.
Noah Baumbach.Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Baumbach admits to being daunted as he began to shoot the film.
“I was suddenly faced with the practical aspects of making it.
It was certainly challenging.
We were shooting in COVID.
White Noisepremiered in August at the Venice Film Festival and has received mostly positive reviews.
“We were only on the phone together during COVID,” says Baumbach.
“We finally got to see each other face-to-face a few months ago.
He was really great and generous about it.”
White Noiseis released in select theaters this Friday and on Netflix Dec. 30.
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