Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise' Opens 79th Venice Film Festival
The 79th Venice International Film Festival opens with Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise', an adaptation of Don DeLillo's 1985 novel. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Baumbach himself. Artistic director Alberto Barbera described it as 'an original, ambitious, and compelling work that plays with multiple registers: dramatic, ironic, satirical.' The story follows an American family in the 1980s confronting everyday life and existential fears, particularly the fear of death. Baumbach, who read the novel in university and reread it in early 2020, said he wanted to make a film 'as crazy as the world feels to me right now.' The film is already being discussed as a potential Oscar contender. Baumbach's previous film 'Marriage Story' opened the 2019 Venice festival and earned six Oscar nominations, with Laura Dern winning Best Supporting Actress. Bill Kramer, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, attended the festival officially for the first time.
Key facts
- White Noise is the opening film of the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
- The film is directed by Noah Baumbach and based on Don DeLillo's 1985 novel.
- Cast includes Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Noah Baumbach.
- Artistic director Alberto Barbera praised the film as original, ambitious, and compelling.
- Baumbach read the novel in the late 1980s and reread it in early 2020 before adapting it.
- The film explores themes of family, chaos, disaster, and the fear of death.
- Baumbach's previous film 'Marriage Story' opened the 2019 Venice festival and won an Oscar.
- Bill Kramer, Academy CEO, attended the festival for the first time.
- The film is considered a potential Oscar contender.
- The novel was originally published in 1985.
Entities
Artists
- Noah Baumbach
- Adam Driver
- Greta Gerwig
- Don DeLillo
- Alberto Barbera
- Laura Dern
- Bill Kramer
- Jonathan Baumbach
- Georgia Brown
- Wes Anderson
- Margherita Bordino
Institutions
- Venice International Film Festival
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Village Voice
- Artribune
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- America
- United States