Episode 98: Noah Baumbach, "White Noise"

<p>Host <strong>Alison Herman</strong> talks to writer and director <strong>Noah Baumbach</strong> about the adaptation process, how his frequent collaborators influence and inform his work, and much more.</p> <p><strong>Noah Baumbach</strong> is the writer/co-writer and director of more than a dozen feature films, starting with KICKING AND SCREAMING in 1995. His 2005 film THE SQUID AND THE WHALE and his 2020 film MARRIAGE STORY were both nominated for the Academy and Writers Guild awards for Original Screenplay.</p> <p>Most recently, he wrote and directed the absurdist dramedy WHITE NOISE. An adaptation of the 1985 Don DeLillo novel of the same name, the film follows college professor Jack Gladney, whose 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.</p> <p>WHITE NOISE was released in November 2022 and is available to stream on Netflix.</p> <p><em><strong>Alison Herman</strong> is a staff writer for The Ringer, where she writes about culture in general and television in specific. When not fighting a losing battle against Peak TV, she tweets at <a href= "https://www.twitter.com/aherman2006">@aherman2006</a>.</em></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">---</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><em>Before it was a podcast, OnWriting was a print publication. Check out <a href= "https://www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/print-archives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OnWriting: The Print Archives</a>.</em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Read shownotes, transcripts, and other member interviews:</strong> <a href= "http://www.onwriting.org/">www.onwriting.org/</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Follow the Guild on social media:</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Twitter: @OnWritingWGAE | @WGAEast</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Facebook: /WGAEast</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">I