I watched Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” last night. That’s for another post, but I will say solid first hour and mediocre second.
The film had its North American premiere a week ago at the New York Film Festival and during the post-screening Q&A conducted by Emily Mortimer, the actress revealed that she was collaborating with Baumbach on his next film. No further details were given.
I assume that Netflix might not be backing this next project. “White Noise” had a budget balloon to more than $100 million and it doesn’t look like the film will be up for any awards given the inaccessibility of the material and the not-so-enthusiastic reviews.
Regardless, “White Noise” is an incredibly ambitious and oddly fascinating misfire for Baumbach. It deserves to be seen, but I do wonder how receptive mainstream Netflix audiences will be towards it, probably a fairly hostile acceuil awaits it.
As expected, Snyder's latest is being torn apart by TIFF attendees. No mercy given. The film, which had its world premiere this evening, is being called by some one of the worst movies to ever premiere at the festival.