Happy new year! This week, Eddie and Anthony discuss WHITE NOISE, the new Adam Driver dramedy now streaming on Netflix. "College professor Jack Gladney and his family's comfortable suburban life is upended when a nearby chemical leak causes 'The Airborne Toxic Event,' releasing a noxious black cloud over the region that forces the Gladney family to evacuate. At once hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, the film dramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world."

TIMESTAMPS

1:58 Confusing? Misleading trailer?

4:40 Baumbach's direction here; the setting

9:30 The kids (and who everyone looks like)

13:18 Dialogue (and Hitler Studies)

18:01 More in-depth on Driver

24:13 Is this memorable? And where did the budget go?

25:18 Organized chaos

27:18 Anthony's grade

28:04 Eddie's grade

This podcast is produced by Eddie, edited and posted by Anthony, recorded on 1/1/23 in fabulous Las Vegas, NV.

MUSIC CREDIT: "New Body Rhumba," performed by LCD Soundsystem. Written by Pat Mahoney, James Murphy and Nancy Whang. Produced by James Murphy. Published 2022, DFA and Columbia Records. Property of Sony Music Licensing.

"Changing," performed by the Airborne Toxic Event. Written by Mikel Jollett. Produced by Dave Sardy. Published 2011, Island Records. Property of Universal Music Group.

Original score for WHITE NOISE is composed by Danny Elfman. Soundtrack available from Netflix Music.

Footage from WHITE NOISE is property of A24; Netflix. © 2022

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