Welcome to our Colossus Movie Guide for White Noise. This guide contains everything you need to understand the movie. You’ll find a quick explanation of White Noise, as well as our library of material covering key aspects of the movie. We encourage comments to help us put together the best possible guide. Thank you!
The Quick Explanation
White Noise is a meditation on mortality, specifically the fear of death, known as Thanatophobia. It’s something people deal with privately, in their own ways. This fear of death is the narrative motivation for the airborne toxic event. Instead of mortality simply being an issue discussed by Jack and Babette, it becomes a very front-of-mind issue for an entire Ohio town. We see how death motivates a large group of people. The way in which they come together. The selfish things they do that harm others. Part of the conversation turns to how we forget about mortality. Whether that’s through a pill, or work, an attachment to consumerism, or simply enjoying the highs of life while they’re available to us.
Cast
- Jack Gladney – Adam Driver
- Babette Gladney – Greta Gerwig
- Denise Gladney – Raffey Cassidy
- Heinrich Gladney – Sam Nivola
- Steffie Gladney – May Novila
- Wilder Gladney – Henry Moore/Dean Moore
- Murray Siskind – Don Cheadle
- Mr. Gray – Lars Eidinger
- Winnie Richards – Jodie Turner-Smith
- Elliot Lasher – André Benjamin
- Based on the novel by – Don DeLillo
- Written by – Noah Baumbach
- Directed by – Noah Baumbach
Movie Guide
Title Explanation
What does the title White Noise mean? What does it tell us about the movie’s intentions and storyline? Let’s figure it out.
Themes and Meaning
Discover themes that help us define White Noise’s commentary, message, and meaning.
Ending Explained
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Important Motifs
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Key Shots
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Questions and Answers
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I shop, therefore I am.
I am Jack’s sense of agreement.