If this is an auto-biographical film...which i think it is (?), then i was just wondering if anyone knows which of the brothers Noah Baumbach is?
shareI'd guess it's Walt, since we have more insight on him. I'd hate to think it's Frank.
shareIt's not an autobiographical film.
shareUh, yeah it is. http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-09-20/film/mother-knew-best/full/
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I believe it's actually semi-auto-biographical...
RIP Ian....
Noah is Walt; the Jeff Daniels character is John Baumbach, Noah's father and a Brooklyn author and professor; Noah's mother, played in the pic by Laura Linney, is in real life Georgia Brown, a Village Voice writer who was gaining much prominence in the 80s. And Noah does have a younger brother.
So it's only semiautobiographical if they didn't have a cat or something. Otherwise, pretty darn close.
Makes me hope my older brother never writes an autobiographical (or semi-autobiographical) account of our childhood and parents' divorce. I feel bad for the real life younger brother.
shareWalt's character is based on Noah, and Frank is based on Noah's brother Nico.
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