Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise' adaptation is brave, even if not entirely successful

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Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise' adaptation is brave, even if not entirely successful
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Noah Baumbach's film “White Noise” was a brave attempt to portray Don DeLillo's 1985 novel — one that was previously considered “unfilmable.” But even though it's bursting with fun things to watch, our critic says he still can’t call it a triumph.

, who was, as it happens, a huge influence on DeLillo. Godard's movies always tended to shuffle brilliant scenes with sections that leave you weak with boredom. You get the same unevenness here, but Baumbach is less intimidating than Godard or DeLillo, neither of whom ever worried about making the audience happy. Baumbach keepson the lighter, less political side of the ledger, as in the joyous supermarket finale that's miles from DeLillo's trademark sense of paranoia and dread.

Laced with good jokes, the movie brims with terrific moments, be it Murray's magnificent riff on Hollywood car crashes — which he sees as an expression of American optimism — or the sly sequence at the evacuee camp that seems to come from a missing movie by Baumbach's friend and collaborator,Early on, Jack and Babette have a talk in which each admits that they hope they die before the other. It's partly funny, partly not.

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