Michael Silverblatt interviewing David Foster Wallace after the release of 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men'. The interview took place August 12, 1999.
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@ToasterCat3 жыл бұрын
Whenever I feel lost. When my mind is racing, banging itself against the walls of my own skull, I listen to David Foster Wallace. Rest in my peace. thanks for the peace of mind today, I needed it.
@pod93633 жыл бұрын
@John Greek why the fuck whenever I see a heartfelt authentic comment, the first comment under it is almost always something dickheaded and mean?
@abirkar44962 жыл бұрын
@@pod9363 To restore balance in the universe.
@Gettothegone Жыл бұрын
@@pod9363 because people are very insecure and scared. That’s what that comment screams of
@matthewwinegarden3 жыл бұрын
"Hello, I'm Michael Silverblatt, and this is 'Thoughts for your Thoughts'. I'm sitting here with Leslie Knope ..." 🤣🤣😂😂
@aidanleather3 жыл бұрын
Hahahah yes
@MrTheBest2474 ай бұрын
Is this the guy they based him off? It has to be...
@10Slayer014 жыл бұрын
Brilliant conversation. The book contains some of his best work.
@HomeAtLast5012 жыл бұрын
"The book's inner subject is different than it's ostensible subject. Is this true?" Yeah, really brilliant. And then Wallace gives his usual response about it being a hard question, and basically admitting he's bs-ing in his response.
@joanvega21772 жыл бұрын
@@HomeAtLast501 In this case I’d place the blame on the interviewer tho. That question was shit.
@ricomarez78343 жыл бұрын
I got to hear DFW say that he was 'scared poopless'. Thank you for this.
@idklol41972 жыл бұрын
6:36 * sigma male music *
@joanvega21772 жыл бұрын
Bruh💀💀💀
@idklol41972 жыл бұрын
@@joanvega2177 if you have it open on another tab and play it right after he says that, its extremely funny
@contecrayononpaper4 жыл бұрын
'[P]oop' is a four-letter word.
@vertyisprobablydead2 жыл бұрын
20:32 "enethematic"? What is this word? I must be spelling it wrong.
@Wrenasmir2 жыл бұрын
‘anathematic’ - hateful, loathsome
@vertyisprobablydead2 жыл бұрын
@@Wrenasmir appreciated
@juliunker3 жыл бұрын
Bruh, why do american radio hosts who talk to writers so often have this pretentious silent voice going. It almost seems a performance of intellectuality. Weird.
@SirNutsalott3 жыл бұрын
Dude, the first question he asked too, was just like, pure nonsense.
@lorettagreen67943 жыл бұрын
It’s the same on CBC here in Canada and I’ve always thought the same thing. That it’s such strangely obvious faux seriousness and sincerity.
@myactualfullname3 жыл бұрын
Honestly thought the same about silverblatt in particular, but the more I listen to his interviews, the more I realize he's just that way and there's really no ego in it. Pretty sure he has ASD, iirc and has given talks about that. I think there's one he gave at Cornell that touches on it.
@enblanchard54923 жыл бұрын
@@SirNutsalott So true. What nonesense. The cover?
@poopamultimatepoopy3 жыл бұрын
Silverblatt is actually a really great reader. He used to annoy the fuck out of me, due to his monotone delivery and dry pauses but he poses meaningful questions that David finds more engaging than other interviewers I've seen with him
@elcobalthazar61014 жыл бұрын
What is the word he is saying at 15:41? "It can all get kind of ....... ???"
@milokelly90664 жыл бұрын
Elco Balthazar “Clang-Bird ish” - A Clang-Bird is a fictional bird that flies in ever decreasing circles until it disappears up its own ass.
@brokenfingers984 жыл бұрын
clangbird-ish, as in reference to the book "the clang birds" by john l'heureux
@milokelly90664 жыл бұрын
brokenfingers98 is there an echo in here?
@brainsareus4 жыл бұрын
@@milokelly9066 Sounds like my jive indoctrinated relatives.
@my_tube94053 жыл бұрын
@@milokelly9066 You gave the definition. They gave the source.
@ArcadiaBlvdd2 жыл бұрын
19:50
@pitfighter8713 жыл бұрын
Poopless.
@brainsareus4 жыл бұрын
The dirty little secret hiding in plain sight; is that men are objectified no less than women are. It simply has some different manifestations, and we don't at all talk about it in popular discourse.
@inquisitivechimp54084 жыл бұрын
...you mean a modern woman's expectation of a man to be her ATM machine, butler, dildo, verbal punchbag, mall mule etc ? ;-)
@dmann11154 жыл бұрын
@@inquisitivechimp5408 As a so-called modern woman, none of that has been my experience or expectation at all.
@inquisitivechimp54084 жыл бұрын
@@dmann1115 Then don't think of yourself as an average modern woman because you are doing yourself an injustice.
@tzirufim4 жыл бұрын
@@inquisitivechimp5408 I write this without wanting to question the truthfulness behind your statment, but it sounds like something that could come straight out of one of the interviews in BIWHM 😄
@inquisitivechimp54084 жыл бұрын
@@tzirufim Truth can be hideous. Which is why most people prefer comfortable delusions.
@ThomSonnyYeah3 жыл бұрын
Biggest mistake you can make is to try to sound smart in front of someone like DFW.
@Misserbi5 ай бұрын
I suspect DFW thought two things. One, outbursts count against you. Two, male fans don't actually, that, to me? Damn!!??
@kate9341 Жыл бұрын
Самое невнятное интервью
@lurksnitchtongue89862 жыл бұрын
I'm not a fan of the interviewer, he's trying way too hard to sound intelligent. Some of his questions could be asked very plainly, but instead he substitutes it with rambling, pretentious use of language to come off as more highbrow. It contrasts sharply with Wallace, who speaks more plainly but has far more to say.
@joanvega21772 жыл бұрын
Agree. I guess some interviewers feel a need to sound “smarter” when they are interviewing a writer, but it always comes across as pretentious. You can see it happen in a lot of Charlie Rose interviews (though thankfully the guests usually cut him short when he rambles on and on unnecessarily)
@kate9341 Жыл бұрын
"Я знаю мужчин, я знаю женщин, я знаю себя". В каком смысле знает? Он не может знать несколько миллиардов человек, это несколько миллиардов индивидуальностей, у каждого из которых свой внутренний космос. Следовательно, когда он говорит о том, что *знает* их, он имеет в виду гендерные различия, коллективное бессознательное, паттерны поведения, характерные для этих социальных групп, но при этом отрицает, что в книге есть попытка разобраться в психологии. Такое чувство ,что он просто издевается, и его задача дать максимально расплывчатые обтекаемые ответы, которые по сути не значат ничего.
@skronked3 жыл бұрын
I met this super insecure midwesterner that got a pretty good impression of DFW. Other than that he was a real dolt! Cha cha cha cha