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@marcsalzman80824 жыл бұрын
I knew who he was, but by the time I actually read him, he killed himself a few years later - his commencement speech at Kenyon college was 1 of the best I've ever read - he was clearly VERY hard on himself, was so brilliant & interesting & down to earth - never read anyone 'share' about recovery like him, of which I have decades of personal experience - it's tough for many people to realize that one has to chop wood/carry water & one has a SERIES of awakenings & learns to give oneself away & realize the ironies, have enlightenment & realize 1 has to chop wood / carry water - possibly his genius was too much of a burden to carry, idk. Infinite Jest is on another plane, real genius, hilarious, JIMNSHO.
@bereaben83 Жыл бұрын
Homeboy grapples with every single word, and every single idea, and drags it from the pit of his soul. Watching him grimace after answering questions is strangely compelling and also devastating. Wish DFW was still around.
@alllowercase6277 Жыл бұрын
great post. nothing really to add to that.
@riccardoantolinipil Жыл бұрын
absolutely agree with this
@grungepants9 ай бұрын
He fell into a lifestyle overthinking and over intellectualising.
@drainel97078 ай бұрын
Dont over-value affectations
@words4dyslexicon7 ай бұрын
h e w a s j u s t s m a r t e n u f f t o f i n d t h e o f f b u t t o n ?
@JimElford3 жыл бұрын
This dude was like a conduit for pure thought, logic, empathy and feeling. RIP
@wilhelmvg99782 жыл бұрын
Beautifully accurate description. It’s like his brain was on fire 24/7. Rest In Peace indeed.
@funfun56562 жыл бұрын
@@wilhelmvg9978 Explains how he went. Poor fella.
@bart-v Жыл бұрын
I could listen to him all day long.
@bart-v Жыл бұрын
... and wish there were 48 hours in a day.
@alvinhaglund581111 ай бұрын
he wouldve cringed at this statement, and rightfully so
@wilhelmvg9978 Жыл бұрын
“I could never rock the bandana, but I learned a lot while watching him wear it” - Bill Burr talking about being a student of David’s at Amherst College
@grungepants9 ай бұрын
Didn't know DFW taught Bill Burr. Thats a crazy connection.
@Willofflineonline7 ай бұрын
Looking into this, it doesn't seem that Wallace and Burr ever knew one another, though it's probable that they crossed paths on campus or whatever. Nevertheless, I choose to believe that Bill did that bit about becoming a dictator and curtailing the country's population by sinking cruise ships because of A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Lol
@scottv81247 ай бұрын
Also pt anderson
@nomecognome87376 ай бұрын
@@scottv8124 was he a student of david?
@scottv81246 ай бұрын
@@nomecognome8737 yes
@kevinfalls6624 жыл бұрын
Around the 19 minute mark it reminded me of this footnote that appears in a physics text book: "It could be avoided if equations could be written in three-dimensional arrays, but unfortunately publishers are as yet unable to provide such a service. A novelist, or the writer of any work for that matter, will have encountered a similar problem many times. Ideas are linked to one another in complicated patterns but in expressing them one is forced to string them out in a line, sentence by sentence." - Bryce DeWitt
@markcarey674 жыл бұрын
Fitting to give an erudite footnote to a DFW interview :-)
@Juggler40714 жыл бұрын
Are you sure that wasn't a footnote in a DFW novel!? :)
@nemsimic4 жыл бұрын
Love this
@houseofcharm47513 жыл бұрын
Makes metaphysical sense
@alexhill46053 жыл бұрын
damn thassa good quote
@pilarboutte392 Жыл бұрын
That someone was THAT brilliant AND empathic and had genuine humility as well....very, very rare person.
@buffalosolider2064 ай бұрын
😊
@buffalosolider2064 ай бұрын
I think he tried but he realized being as great as he was was a curse It’s almost like everything that made him a good writer was the same stuff that made him have trouble with day to day life he seems to have a sensitivity to everything good and bad Life was complicated when he was alive, I don’t judge him, but I do think that 2001 really was a catalyst he wrote his books about what was happening. He felt survivors guilt because his whole life was enjoying being misunderstood then the entire world says your the greatest when your still a young person It’s a huge burden success
@geordiejones56185 күн бұрын
He also had some weird shit with women apparently but of course that gets overlooked or ignored entirely. A genius creep is still a creep.
@TheTempleman2 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing gem, you don’t see things like this anymore, this is intense sincereity, absolutely wonderful to watch, so present and real, genuineness in the world today like this is unseen. This kind of engage reinvigorates my life force, it’s beautiful. Rip brother, after watching this I feel a kindred sense of spirit, a strong yearning for something that matters, and that thing that matters is just a feeling in yourself that brings you to life and is mysterious but draws you forth.
@ThaKid1411 ай бұрын
This man is such a national treasure. Reading infinite jest right now. DFW is an absolute genius. This interview is amazing. Thanks for posting.
@beerus1013 ай бұрын
Done it yet?
@Thoushallshred5 жыл бұрын
Probably the best, most real, interview I've seen thus far.
@wulyf4lyf4 жыл бұрын
I probably have watched this 2-3 times a month. It’s incredibly hard to watch, as not a day goes by that I don’t wish David was still with us. Listening and watching him speak, is incredible. I can’t think of anyone else who was so incredibly articulate, yet chose his words so carefully with such ease. Watching him have such disdain, or what seems like disdain, or embarrassment regarding his answers, his gritting teeth, his constant doubt, apologizing, you can tell he was deeply depressed. One of the most brilliant human beings, gone way too soon. There will never be a DFW, but his work will live on forever, and Infinite Jest will forever be a highlight among the music, film and literature of Generation X, and the 1990s.
@Petrvsco Жыл бұрын
Good observations but I do not think how he acted means he was depressed. It seems to me a sign that he was humble and self aware. He commented, for example, of how intimidating it was to be on TV for the interview.
@davidhammond7724 Жыл бұрын
It *is* hard to watch, while still being fascinating. His anxiety is palpable, and, yes, anxiety tends to go hand in hand with depression. His irritability is a sign of depression as well.
@mattpike1465 Жыл бұрын
Reading infinite jest I can't stop thinking about how much I wish he could see the world now. Not even that he could help but I think he'd find it hilarious and mind blowing
@annalisavajda2523 ай бұрын
That's what I see too interviews were probably painful for him he seems introverted I don't know how he could teach either he's so smart though it was likely expected he share himself be more extroverted.
@timsopinion3 жыл бұрын
I can't even count how many times I've watched this. I find it simply mesmerizing.
@MD-rp9nc3 жыл бұрын
It’s really, really good.
@sriku10002 жыл бұрын
Can Music save Your Mortal Soul kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6bIqZ2vadiKq5Y A great watch!
@WHOAM18942 жыл бұрын
It's the only interview I can say the same for. DFW is an otherworldly figure -- I mean this as a complement. In an age where the influence of high-minded intellectualism and academics seem to be waning, something about a modern torch-bearer for the movement of literature creates a fascinatingly strange person. I think when considering Thomas Pynchon's mysterious persona and his equally as epic legacy, DFW seems even more otherworldly and mesmerizing. This observation is hard to explain, but I have faith I made myself clear.
@sportsportsport9 ай бұрын
My favourite moment was when he accelerates in speech with "..have I got news for you"
@troystreacker88295 жыл бұрын
He's such a perfectionist.... and he thinks so fast... and layers the thoughts...
@DexterHaven5 жыл бұрын
Sylvia Plath was the exact same way -- both committed suicide and both were valedictorians of their college. The colleges were right near each other and both became writers.
@ModestCasanovaa5 жыл бұрын
So am i, but no one cares. LOL
@dmarcus36635 жыл бұрын
@@ModestCasanovaa Prove it then, and people might start caring.
@johnsmith14744 жыл бұрын
Meds.
@ruburtoe14 жыл бұрын
@Jim McCracken *he's a perfectionist in what he thinks matters* Happy?
@devil_pls2 жыл бұрын
He is my favorite artist along with Elliott Smith. They both have a way of describing the way we percieve life that is so icredibly nuanced and fascinating that I could spend hours listening to them and hear their thoughts on things. Its so incredibly tragic how it ended for both of them. I really hope they rest easy now where ever they are. Love you both Elliot and David. Edit: I know that they both obviously had a similiar tragic end to their life but beyond that I think especially Wallace was exceptional at describing how reality feels to so many of us that he transcends allot of traditional artists. Even Elliott. The reason I listed Smith besides Wallace was simply that he was a very unconventional artist who, pretty much by luck broke into the main stream just like Wallace did. Both extremely shy and without any kind of superiority in them. Hope that clears it up a bit.
@ZachJenkins2 жыл бұрын
I’ve always associated those two with one another. It might be largely because they physically resembled one another and both died by suicide. But I think there are also less superficial commonalities.
@dominikkurowski3145 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking about that. They had very similiar voices too!
@49dwalin55 Жыл бұрын
@@ZachJenkinswas Elliot Smiths death ever confirmed as suicide?
@ZachJenkins Жыл бұрын
@@49dwalin55confirmed -- no. i know there is controversy surrounding his death. my understanding is that it's the accepted story by most friends, family, and fans.
@49dwalin55 Жыл бұрын
@@ZachJenkins Yeah I agree. Very strange though
@jaivas163 жыл бұрын
im just glad dfw got to see Mulholland Drive
@prod6mill.5127 ай бұрын
;(
@TheBlackDeath36 ай бұрын
It may well turn out to be the case that he'll have seen every feature film that Lynch ever makes.
@billiondollardan5 жыл бұрын
Wallace seems to be so hard on himself in this interview. His facial expressions show a high degree of disgust at his answers
@ShivaShaktification5 жыл бұрын
totally, very accurate comment. NEVER seen anyone as self critical as him in any charlie rose interview.
@jacobr97415 жыл бұрын
Was about to write a separate comment then saw this. it's like he continuously eats his own words. But the man produced greatness. Sometimes being tough on yourself to the degree of feeling disgust from your own actions, speech, comments. Sometimes that's necessary. "Most of the things that are leaving my mouth seem to be mean" 12:17. It's funny to think that when a person becomes so unbelievably anal retentive, analytical and intelligent in their own regard. When they pass, their prominence is always further analyzed, poked and prodded by those of the general public wishing to continue in greatness and in excellence.
@Chasstful5 жыл бұрын
Its an interesting observation, I think it stems from a sort of fierce integrity. Its a characteristic we see in our finest artists.
@DexterHaven5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Sylvia Plath had the exact same trait. Both committed suicide. Both graduated summa cum laude from college too. Her at Smith and him right nearby at Amherst.
@lucretius1235 жыл бұрын
many of rose's questions were disgust inducing
@korwl5404 жыл бұрын
What an interview. The frankness with which DFW expresses not his writing process, but all the more important things that go on behind it, I find incredibly valuable as an aspiring writer myself.
@abesapien99303 жыл бұрын
He's not a writer to aspire to be like. His prose is inauthentic, pretentious, and is desperate to "sound" literary. Read the first chapter of The Pale King and you'll see what I'm talking about.
@korwl5403 жыл бұрын
@@abesapien9930 Is that what they're teaching in MFA's these days?
@sriku10002 жыл бұрын
Can Music save Your Mortal Soul kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6bIqZ2vadiKq5Y A great watch!
@unrulysimian38974 жыл бұрын
“... no apologies, but that’s an explanation.” 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
@ST-xg3gy4 жыл бұрын
I'm going to try this look at work tomorrow.
@chocolatewheelchair4 жыл бұрын
Scott Taylor do it.
@shaneelder21834 жыл бұрын
White Collar Axl Rose
@bluedevildixie55653 жыл бұрын
How'd it go over?!
@DrBill-zv5dx Жыл бұрын
My best friend Billy was a mathematical genius. He taught me advanced calculus at 21. Sadly he drank himself to death at 41 . He would have gotten along great with this guy . RIP David Foster and Billy G . 🙏🏼❤️
@Kryptdegen Жыл бұрын
It's the guys that are really good in this world that go through it the worst
@flawedlogic342 Жыл бұрын
@@Kryptdegen lol
@debrachambers1304 Жыл бұрын
By advanced calculus you mean introductory real analysis, correct?
@dankbank7424 Жыл бұрын
I really want to rip your comment apart for being pretentious or just incorrect but that would also rip apart the authentic bits as well.
@josephambrose285210 ай бұрын
Please post positive proof pronto
@plum_swf4 жыл бұрын
I believe we all have warmth and humor. I believe we all have intelligence and an aptitude for concision. It is a fact that it's difficult to showcase them all at once. I think, to borrow Wallace's own example of an ideal situation, it requires an evening over supper, with little time constraints and a relaxed atmosphere. Television demands this balance to be struck immediately, and sustained, in an atmosphere that is completely counter to comfort. Nearly every moment he's funny he quickly tries to rebound with intelligence. Every moment he is analytical he worries about pretension and the hurting of others feelings. He's fighting himself, to be himself, as quickly as possible. He feels he cannot explain himself accurately, whether it be through warmth or intellectual rigor, and for a person who likes choosing long-format writing with 300 footnotes to express themselves television is the worst situation to be in. He feels he doesn't have enough time. At the end of every topic you see a mind in agony, and that's when his tics are most pronounced. Clearly concision isn't my strong suit either. If you read all that I appreciate it. TL;DR I felt a very acute pain every time I saw him grimace like that.
@shaneelder21834 жыл бұрын
Well said
@Horseluvver4 жыл бұрын
He was so very raw here.
@verraque3 жыл бұрын
this was incredibly well worded. put into words what i could not
@ericmuschlitz76193 жыл бұрын
@Regular Joseph digging hard is exactly what a thinker does. Only authority, and those that make apology to ensure their buttressed station in support of authority, diminishes an independent thought. “Don’t think about it” doesn’t serve the greater good. Without challenge, the moral compass is obscured by selfishness, and gathered as dominance.
@regolithia3 жыл бұрын
@Regular Joseph Word. Washing your face + proper skincare is severely overlooked
@pricha243 жыл бұрын
i could listen to this man speak forever.
@kate93412 жыл бұрын
Me too
@CrazyCow5004 жыл бұрын
"quit worrying about how you're going to look and just be" "you confront your own vanity when you think about going on tv" they both were right
@tpstrat144 жыл бұрын
but it's not about being right, it's about being healthy and happy. Sure, you confront your own vanity when you think about going on TV. That's not wrong. I can't imagine being asked to go on TV for the work I've done. What a challenge that would be to my ego. But you know the irony is that if you had done it 100% for yourself to begin with, you wouldn't have any fear of seeming pretentious on TV because your work had NEVER been about bragging rights anyways. Fear of seeming pretentious. wouldn't be a thought that would cross your mind. I think it's a good thought experiment for anyone to do. Just imagine going on TV and being asked why is it that you're so awesome at your job. Find out if that would make you feel a rush of meaning being ascribed to your work. "Who doesn't want to be respected" he says early in the interview. I'll tell you who: healthy minded, independent, self confident people who don't give a fuck about anything but love.
@spiritinthematerialworld3 жыл бұрын
That part was palpably painful.
@pantalaemon3 жыл бұрын
I mean, yeah, neither advice is bad, but telling DFW to stop worrying about how he's going to look is pretty much asking him not to be DFW. Also, in hindsight, Charlie Rose should've maybe spent a little more time worrying about how things he did would look, in general... History has placed a pretty tragic aura around this interview.
@alexobed42523 жыл бұрын
Charlie Rose's response was a bit harsh imo. "Just be". Lol. DFW's reply was awesome.
@bgl00ney3 жыл бұрын
@@alexobed4252 May have been a bit harsh but his job is to pull from his guests and we wouldn't have heard Wallace's frank response otherwise. Personally watching Wallace in interviews almost pains me, as at times he seems near arrest giving answers, and at times even grits his teeth an winces at (I'm guessing) regret at how he sounded.
@dshrute66223 жыл бұрын
Self-conscious of the fact that he's self-conscious, which he explained at one point here. Thanks for posting.
@That1Guy4 жыл бұрын
3:17 A few minutes a day writing and the rest of the day worrying about not writing. Hits way too close to home
@ambroziajewel3 жыл бұрын
The constant lament of a writer.
@rhythmdroid3 жыл бұрын
the artist’s way!
@notanotherjamesmurphy55744 ай бұрын
he said “I will probably write an hour a day”
@UnderFlow-u6s3 ай бұрын
Oof same
@thereversealmightystudios89783 жыл бұрын
The way he goes 'no no no' when confronted with the definition of postmodernism... I felt that!
@MrZombiekiller234 жыл бұрын
"Is that anything like an answer?!?" I've never seen someone hate on themselves so much while literally being praised
@afipping3 жыл бұрын
Kanye west
@edmondhuot55094 жыл бұрын
his nervousness and uncomfortable nature during the interview becomes his charm so to speak...such a fascinating person. Such tortured brilliance.
@johnsmith14744 жыл бұрын
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
@JamesJoyce124 жыл бұрын
Cicero came a very wealthy family and was consul of Rome - so that is kinda like Bill Gates saying all you need is $127 million house and a Veyron and you have everything you need.
@johnsmith14744 жыл бұрын
@@JamesJoyce12 - You should consider changing your username to "WikipediaStupid12yearold."
@cassiusdio68444 жыл бұрын
Cicero was my guy
@johnsmith14744 жыл бұрын
@@cassiusdio6844 - You know what's real. One of the greats of human history, I am always pleased to be able to use his words with attribution. Then some clueless jackass pulls Bill Gates out of his ass as analogous.
@snidelywhiplash83994 жыл бұрын
Of course 2 millennia ago there wasn't much more on offer for the roman gentleman of leisure. I suppose you could always amuse yourself by beating your slaves or by deciding which torture techniques engendered the funniest faces...
@wulyf4lyf4 жыл бұрын
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this, and I cry every time. God, I miss him so much.
@invisibot66024 жыл бұрын
Why cry?
@DanielBoonelight3 жыл бұрын
@@invisibot6602 you....... don't realize he had a tragic death and a ton of people miss him being in the world?
@invisibot66023 жыл бұрын
@@DanielBoonelight yeah I know
@ancientname4 жыл бұрын
David Foster Wallace: Show me somebody who doesn't like to be respected...I am not more hungry for respect than the average person. Super response.
@ChumpWumber4 жыл бұрын
Dang that last line is haunting and kinda scary
@nikhilnarayanannamboodiri29794 жыл бұрын
Every month I come back to this interview.
@grubbymanz39283 жыл бұрын
this guy was such a gem, so intentional, it makes perfect sense why his works are considered genius.
@TheElectricUnderground Жыл бұрын
I know he s cancelled and everything, but charlie rose is a top tier interviewer
@mggailitis72314 жыл бұрын
I am not an intellectual by any means and would have been intimidated to be in the same room as David Foster Wallace, never mind talk to him. This man was an extraordinary person who left a huge void in my world when he chose to leave it. I remember crying when I heard that he committed suicide. Infinite Jest is an astounding novel, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have read it if not for the fact I was living abroad and feeling alone and bit homesick. I shared an apartment with four expats and spent entire nights reading Infinite Jest in the bathroom while trying to stifle laughter. Despite what DFW says, the novel is fucking hilarious. We get that it's sad, DFW, but don't try to say it isn't funny.
@Annifloyd4 жыл бұрын
I think he's not explicitely telling people to think that it's not funny, but rather that he's surprised by the reaction because it wasn't was intention to write a funny book. I understand you on the crying thing, though. I still do, sometimes, when I read some of his work and shed a tear or two, knowing that such a unique mind is no longer with us. It's rarely the content of his works that makes me sad (quite the opposite) but the loss of the person behind the words and the thoughts and the blending of it all that gets me.
@MsLettucelady4 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Remember that line 'That man stole my heart!'
@l.w.paradis21083 жыл бұрын
Knew him as a teen when I was in my early 20s in Urbana. Took a LONG time to "get over" this -- not that anyone ever does. No words.
@muratisik69563 жыл бұрын
@@l.w.paradis2108 how was he as a teen?
@l.w.paradis21083 жыл бұрын
@@muratisik6956 Brilliant, intense, very sweet, very personable, hanging out at the Illini Union with grad students, especially the radicals majoring in the hard sciences and math (yes, an unusual niche all right), engrossed in his Latin homework, and extremely unassuming in spite of all that. If you had asked me whether he would grow up to be a writer, I would not have been able to tell you yes or no. I would have been taken aback by the question.
@robdeshane3213 жыл бұрын
My god what an original genuine genius! I have often had this daydream of DFW and John Kennedy Toole hanging out and having these frenetic exchanges filled with wit and profound insight….
@HeatherHale3 жыл бұрын
I was literally thinking the exact same thing! ;-)
@bnlang8984 жыл бұрын
"you're seriously asking me my opinion on The English Patient?"
@danielroman93104 жыл бұрын
Minute please?
@GreenMorningDragonProductions4 жыл бұрын
@@danielroman9310 10:00
@danielroman93104 жыл бұрын
@@GreenMorningDragonProductions thank you!!!
@BasteonSanton4 жыл бұрын
Why do you think he responded like that?
@stefanward-wheten34374 жыл бұрын
And the pause right before it where he takes a sip of water before firing back with that line. Lovely.
@judsims11253 жыл бұрын
Wallace was a highly under appreciated genius. It hurt me to see his inner turmoil rise to the surface in this interview.
@ThePainkiller9995 Жыл бұрын
oh come on. i like DFW but he's easily the most highly rated author of the '90s
@AllegoryofPatrick3 жыл бұрын
Thankful for David and the work he shared 🙏
@jackrippzz20543 жыл бұрын
I have never been more captivated by an interview. Wow! How am I not aware of this extraordinary mind? Wow. Sucks knowing that he never found that brass ring.
@MRide30004 жыл бұрын
can listen to him talk for hours upon hours upon hours.....beyond special
@ecaepevolhturt5 жыл бұрын
Charlie Rose enjoyed talking to him, you can tell.
@Leghore4 жыл бұрын
Charlie Rose is finally getting to speak on par. Its never been so apparent to me before...how often Charlie Rose had to Pander
@bev_buntu46744 жыл бұрын
@@Leghore Rose was usually out off his depth talking to people of importance and intelligence. His show later on just became a hollywood roundtable were he had dumb actressses on he wanted to fuck.
@bobobandy93823 жыл бұрын
From this alone, I don't really understand why Rose was held in such high regard as an interviewer. The question about respect was just... useless.
@martinmcsweeney7323 жыл бұрын
@@bobobandy9382 amen!
@martinmcsweeney7323 жыл бұрын
Kept wishing Charlie would stop trying to complete his fing sentences!! Let the man talk!
@robertplautz97225 жыл бұрын
his brain is gorgeous, his mouth is fast, his hair is the best! we miss you so much DFW! (weeping)
@Mhgogetter3 жыл бұрын
“The normal incentives to get out of bed don’t apply anymore.” Jesus; that hits home hard.
@TheBenevolentDictatorship3 жыл бұрын
There’s an incentive: Jesus
@linda-g7x6e43 жыл бұрын
@@TheBenevolentDictatorship that's a lame incentive :P
@kelechi_775 ай бұрын
@@linda-g7x6e4 Well it worked for people for a couple centuries, keep in mind religion isn't just a belief system, it also works as a way of giving people purpose and community. I may not be the most religious person, but I would take living in a time where everyone is unified by a belief and you could easily find friends and partners who would stick by you and understood you rather than the jagged and uncertain times of today.
@benmjtАй бұрын
@@kelechi_77Still bollocks though.
@kelechi_77Ай бұрын
@@benmjt but what isn't? Honestly as much as atheists take the piss out of religion, without it we probably wouldn't be where we are at now, even if its real or fake. It's a really good way of rounding up a community under a belief system, boost morale... etc.
@el61784 жыл бұрын
I wish he was still here with us. One of the most interesting interviews on Charlie Rose
@abesapien99303 жыл бұрын
No thanks
@nathanieldeclarador14662 жыл бұрын
23:07 David being highly self aware he knows he is the interviewee, he checks Charlie making sure David is being understood, and not simply being glossed over to the next subject. Amazing.
@alexrush41404 жыл бұрын
Damn, I wish Wallace was still around. So insightful on this postmodern world and where he saw it heading
@andybaldman Жыл бұрын
He wouldn’t care.
@kaikingsland4 жыл бұрын
I just want to hear dfw's opinion on everything
@abesapien99303 жыл бұрын
Why would you want to view the world through the eyes of someone who took their own life?
@kaikingsland3 жыл бұрын
@@abesapien9930 Have you read Infinite Jest? It's fucking brilliant. dfw killing himself takes nothing away from his brilliance.
@ridespirals3 жыл бұрын
@@abesapien9930 you sound painfully sheltered
@Justin-ib2iz3 жыл бұрын
People will really use any platform they can find to pick a fight, huh?
@SuperGuanine3 жыл бұрын
@@abesapien9930 You'll never know.
@WisdomTooth19875 жыл бұрын
i can listen to him for days.
@spiritinthematerialworld3 жыл бұрын
Fran Lebowitz & David Foster Wallace & nothing else! Thank you.
@maxonmendel57573 жыл бұрын
This interviewer was brilliant. I wish that DFW had had some peace and had been able to receive the praise he was being given. The old man and the young man motif was here in full force, and really DFW needed to hear what was being said. I don't think he understood how much people loved him. I was ten years old when DFW killed himself. I'll never know what the world was like, the world that he was writing about when he composed Infinite Jest. But I am desperately covetous for those of you who got to. The world pre-9/11, and the world that gave us Apple and Microsoft, a new international, global economy with every new horizon and opportunity available. The twilight between the advent of the internet and the invention of social media seems particularly romantic and infinite. Hearing DFW talk and watching these old interviews takes me back to some nostalgia for something I never got to know. I'm just perennially devastated that I no longer live on a planet with such a brilliant and insightful mind.
@MrBojangles7882 жыл бұрын
You still do and it could be you, plenty of smart brilliant people out there.
@OwenWithAHammer3 жыл бұрын
God damn I love this interview, I cannot express how sad it makes me that we cannot hear what this person has to say about the development of society, his unbelievably predictive ideas of the world are more relevant today than ever before. I can say with confidence that he is our modern George Orwell, in a more developed manner than possible to describe in a YT comment. This man is responsible for helping me understand that I am not alone in this world, that other people share my opinions, and that there is hope that eventually more people will understand then take action against whatever abstract seemingly undefeatable unnecessary nonsense we're all subject to. I know he's just another human being, but metaphorically speaking if someone wanted to pretend to be a time traveler for attention, David Foster Wallace could have pulled it off better than anyone else I'm aware of.
@charliestubbs61513 жыл бұрын
much better than orwell
@tboss81573 жыл бұрын
Bless
@loureed65044 жыл бұрын
Fantastic man. I like people who use their brains to think deep and healthy thoughts. This man seemed to do it. Humble about his talent. It is rare to see people like this in public these days because stupidity is now a priority.
@Horseluvver4 жыл бұрын
True that.
@mr.dalerobinson4 жыл бұрын
When the imposter complex renders genius insecure. Humility and insecurity is a less successful base for creativity, but it allows a more empathic one
@sucemaindex2363 жыл бұрын
Pee pee poo poo
@shrodingerscat41913 жыл бұрын
He's a charlatan.. lolol
@reinarforeman65183 жыл бұрын
@@sucemaindex236 you write like a poet ❤
@martinforstner30752 ай бұрын
Thank you! This was the most interesting and thought provoking 35 min I have had for quite a while. Why can’t we have conversations like this more often…or at all?
@mountainman52924 жыл бұрын
A blessing and a curse. Keen insight and the eloquence to be able to express it however no off switch for the mind running a mile a minute.
@kate93412 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@karlhungus54365 жыл бұрын
Highly intelligent with obsessive compulsive - a dangerous combination because nothing ever feels right/complete.
@JamesJoyce124 жыл бұрын
dude - he had a lifetime of depression that was self-medicated - nothing to do with OCD
@karlhungus54364 жыл бұрын
@@JamesJoyce12 right, because there's never any overlap with psychiatry. When in fact, phenomenal overlap is the domain, funtion, and definition of the psyche period. This is the reason why a recent study was published about the imprecision of the DSM. If I can quote Hannibal Lecter from the silence of the lambs "You think you can dissect me with this blunt little tool".
@JamesJoyce124 жыл бұрын
@@karlhungus5436 lol - I have no idea why you think quoting a fictional character in a movie has anything to do with anything. There is a biography or two written about DFW - I read Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story - it explicitly documents his mental health history from a young age - no OCD - so - no dissection - just modest empirical fact - you know - from real Psychiatrists - but let me guess - you play one on TV - or maybe the movies?
@karlhungus54364 жыл бұрын
@@JamesJoyce12so sorry, I figured you were intelligent enough to draw the connection between Hannibal's utterance and the formulaic nature of saying 'he suffered from depression and he took drugs for it...end of story.' It doesn't speak very well of your grasp of one of the greater minds of our age that you invested the time to read a biography about him and that's all you have to say on the matter.
@JamesJoyce124 жыл бұрын
@@karlhungus5436 I adjust what I "have to say on the matter" based on the intelligence of the audience - quoting movies and clearly not having read anything on the SM places you in the shortbus group - but go ahead - hit me with a Pulp Fiction quote.
@alexconn61494 жыл бұрын
I’m just imagining David Foster Wallace on Joe Rogan lol
@JesusFriedChrist4 жыл бұрын
Jamie pull that up
@alexconn61494 жыл бұрын
Jesus Fried Christ lol
@julioemmanuelespina74934 жыл бұрын
Dude! I was just thinking this thought about 5 minutes ago. Chill
@herrklamm14544 жыл бұрын
Alex Conn “waaaoooowww”.
@stolensentience4 жыл бұрын
Taco Bell Valet a buddy of mine used to be on antidepressants. Have you ever tried jiu jitsu?
@NASkeywest3 жыл бұрын
“ ‘Am I happy?’ Is a question that dictates its own answer.” - DFW.
@PINGPONGBANDIT3 жыл бұрын
I picked up Infinite Jest not long ago without knowing anything about who he was, and just out of curiosity stumbled upon this interview. What a fascinating human. It's a shame our brightest minds are sometimes so tormented.
@funfun56562 жыл бұрын
They do it to themselves but it's also not their fault.
@Petrvsco Жыл бұрын
Maybe there is a link. Maybe they are tormented because they are bright and able to see the world in ways we cannot?
@patrickburns72614 жыл бұрын
“If that was going on it was going on at a level of awareness I do not want to have access to”
@ThePlastocene3 жыл бұрын
I so miss interesting interviews with interesting people conducted by an informed individual.
@solmarcurtiss5 ай бұрын
This man's dedication to telling the truth and drive to say something unique, coupled with his self awareness of his base cultural ambitions and shear brilliance, is amazing to watch.
@LL-bl8hd7 ай бұрын
I like how Rose takes on this almost fatherly role with DFW. "Stop worrying about what you look like!" He seems to have a lot of affection, as well as respect, for DFW.
@xminteee3003 жыл бұрын
At 16:19 you can see him start to genuinely smile and then he catches himself smiling and his facial expression does a complete 180, almost as if he was disgusted at himself for allowing himself to smile and be happy, if for a brief moment.
@kutayguler62183 жыл бұрын
That's some overintellectualization right there
@kutayguler62183 жыл бұрын
Or his smile just faded away which is the logical subsequence of smiling. Ugh.
@UglyGenius3 жыл бұрын
I think that was more a snap realization that he felt he was saying too many “mean” things. He said as much later.
@michaelmcgee3352 жыл бұрын
He seemed troubled.
@OnePercentBetter4 жыл бұрын
The voice of an angel
@sanjayasampath45683 жыл бұрын
Heyyyy youuu
@abesapien99303 жыл бұрын
An angel...that killed itself?
@crunkboy3 жыл бұрын
@@abesapien9930 yeh
@Monkeighz3 жыл бұрын
Why glorify him? He was human.
@crunkboy3 жыл бұрын
@@Monkeighz I guess but who to glorify other than humans?
@brettrobbins4 жыл бұрын
There is no one in the world I'd rather listen to than this guy.
@kate93412 жыл бұрын
❤💔
@10Slayer014 жыл бұрын
His depression was so clear and palpable.
@lucasmurphy7403 жыл бұрын
@@_v7t okay sure but he blatantly displays his emotions on his face and discusses it at length. It's not hidden
@NASkeywest3 жыл бұрын
@@lucasmurphy740 so it was, like he said, clear and palpable.
@lucasmurphy7403 жыл бұрын
@@NASkeywest the guy I replied to deleted his comment
@mikephalen31624 жыл бұрын
Wallace's piece on tennis in the "Fun Thing" book is the greatest thing I've ever read about tennis.
@Thewoxter4 жыл бұрын
Oh please expand on that a little..
@drinkingpoolwater4 жыл бұрын
Mike Phalen his piece on cruise ships and cruises is the best thing ever written about cruises
@richardravenclaw3183 жыл бұрын
both the tennis thing and the account of the cruise ship are absolutely pedestrian. everyone seems to have taken the same DFW drug that says he is the greatest. he's already forgotten.
@bluepeteblue4 жыл бұрын
W/r/t the endnotes: I read somewhere an observation that having flip back to reference the endnotes, then back to the text, then back to the endnotes, &c, over and over again while reading IJ simulates a kind of literary version of playing tennis.
@topherosu274 жыл бұрын
That right there feels like digging too deep, making too much.
@Retrostar6194 жыл бұрын
It also might be a good representation of the self-critical voice.
@goblin65873 жыл бұрын
this and its annular fusion
@dgf49553 жыл бұрын
Cortazar did it in Hopscotch
@theguywhoisaustralian14653 жыл бұрын
eh
@christopherduggan62725 жыл бұрын
never met you but i miss you, wish you were still here david.
@yasuke93173 жыл бұрын
I rewatch this interview often for self reflection more than anything. DFW is one of the Greats.
@reamus91022 жыл бұрын
That part at the end with the brass ring, and getting up in the morning. 😭
@jgc10773 жыл бұрын
David Foster Wallace was a brilliant man, but I must grudgingly concede that Charlie Rose was a brilliant interviewer. First, he lets the subject speak. Second, he knows not only how to poke and prod the subject to reveal something deeper but also how to salve the subject when he becomes disagreeable: he responds not with concession or apology but with the measured, warm intellectual confidence of someone who's really done his homework and isn't simply reading notes that his staff handed him.
@gaminawulfsdottir3253 Жыл бұрын
This is exactly the opposite of how I perceive Charlie Rose. A good interviewer doesn't try to talk over his interviewee; Rose does this constantly, and his interruptions are insensitive and give the impression that he hasn't understood a shred of what the interviewee is saying. He constantly sounds like he's not even listening.
@6lu5ky865 ай бұрын
First time listening to David, I like him a lot. Rest in peace.
@Known-unknowns3 жыл бұрын
"Where do you want your brain to go?" DFW ; "not exploding would be a good start". Notice how he already has his brain bandaged. A brilliant troubled mind.
@eurymone Жыл бұрын
I love this man, I can't find better words
@SophieBird075 жыл бұрын
He was too brilliant, but humble to handle this world as it is.
@magneto443 жыл бұрын
they say the smarter someone is, the more they question themselves
@SamanthaPenner4 жыл бұрын
As time goes on, I can't help but feel that David would be more and more appalled with the state of all things. As much as I know we miss him and all that is lost by not having his mind in this world, he probably got out at the right time.
@drewcamero14894 жыл бұрын
Samantha Penner Yes, During the interview, I had some side thoughts about how dumbed down we are now in 2020. But what is even more sobering is how defeated we are - we don't even entertain the thought that he couldn't he have changed the world rather than abandoned it.
@palbo44 жыл бұрын
I'd give so much to have him still be around to hear his thoughts and have him help us makes sense of all of this insanity. Pretty sure he'd be pretty deeply disturbed by the last few years
@lydiaxstiles90254 жыл бұрын
it’s even crazier to think about how he saw so much of this coming. what a wise man.
@tzazella7513 жыл бұрын
such a trite POV. maybe he would have been thrilled with the state of all things. who are we to make such assumptions.
@oobndroobw3 жыл бұрын
@@tzazella751 lol no way, he’d have an entire essay about how QAnon exemplifies the extent of our dependence and vulnerability to media. This is the kind of stuff he’d been writing about television for years. A passing familiarity with his work and you’ll see that our current world is the extremist version of his fears about technology and our relationship to it.
@rhythmdroid3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never read his books but I absolutely love listening to an intelligent person share their original thoughts. Sigh…a lot has changed in 20 years.
@oinkooink2 жыл бұрын
Put your paper mask on, be quiet and stay at home pleb. Welcome to the 2020's.
@rhythmdroid2 жыл бұрын
@@oinkooink hahah exactly
@ijcp55 ай бұрын
He makes nerdiness, eloquence, deep-thought and creativity cool.
@exoxy3 жыл бұрын
This was magnificent, one of the most fascinating characters I've come across, what a dreadful loss, RIP DFW x
@BronzDano Жыл бұрын
„Quit worrying about how you’re gonna look, and just BE…“ What a beautiful thing to say to someone. We all need to hear that. Wish DFW was still with us…
@pumpkinboi8004 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him talk about films for hours
@brainsareus4 жыл бұрын
Yes, but what a shame that Rose asks dead-ended questions that should be embarrassing for a 13-year-old.
@TheDantheman121215 жыл бұрын
I have never read Infinite Jest and doubt i ever will. Do not get me wrong i would love nothing more but i know i would not be able to get through it as i struggle a lot with easier books. But what an interesting man. I love to hear him speak on subjects. I wish he would give himself just a little of the credit he deserves.
@soiredickson5 жыл бұрын
try listening to the audiobook
@TheDantheman121215 жыл бұрын
@@soiredickson great idea
@DanSavin995 жыл бұрын
@@TheDantheman12121 I'd also encourage you just to read it bit by bit, there's incredible richness and beauty and insight on each page and you don't ever have to come close to finishing the whole thing to get a lot out of it
@TheDantheman121215 жыл бұрын
@@DanSavin99 I literally just read the first chapter very slowly and actually came away with a slight understanding of what the hell it was on about lol.
@fernandacalzados59855 жыл бұрын
Ambrose I feel the same way. I tried to read TIJ a couple of times and I simply get stuck in one chapter. I thought the reason was that I am not a native english speaker. So I gave a chance to the Spanish translation. Result: I hated it. It wasn' DFW. Now, I read a chapter every now and then and I enjoy the power of his words. Watching interviews and reading some of his works also helped to understand the universe he created!
@paulvoorhies88213 жыл бұрын
DFW was, clearly, an absolute genius. All of his essay books are quite interesting.
@endymionas3 жыл бұрын
Really helpful and entertaining interview. He is really honest and clear.
@willk71843 жыл бұрын
Really interesting how he explains the structural intent behind his infamous end notes.
@maxcano20632 жыл бұрын
21:15 This is the minute everybody is looking for... Talking about postmodernism and the necesity to overcome it
@893loses5 жыл бұрын
I think there's a lot to unpack about how irony and dissociation combined with narcissism ruined our lives
@enkiea83225 жыл бұрын
Church.
@DexterHaven5 жыл бұрын
Are you being ironic?
@emiriega5 жыл бұрын
Care to elaborate?
@JamesJoyce124 жыл бұрын
I am not confident that you know the actual philosophical definition of irony
@danielradcliffe92564 жыл бұрын
@@JamesJoyce12 I am not confident that there is zero voodoo in your diaper
@NobodyCaresALot2 жыл бұрын
DFW is so good by the end of this interview. Charlie Rose really gets it there. One of the best interviews ever.
@BMG19FUNNYDIE4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Jason Segal's impression was really good. Subtleties.
@AnnusMirabilus4 жыл бұрын
Segal was outstanding, and that movie is probably the most underrated film of the century.
@guitarsmasher134 жыл бұрын
“Quit worrying how you’re gonna look and just be”
@mirrorsforfaces34124 жыл бұрын
Wallace is the man - forever missed
@MD-rp9nc3 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this interview so many times, but it’s still so sad.
@kepod4 жыл бұрын
"Show me someone who doesn't like to be respected" is very much a logician philosopher's response to having someone else say you are someone who likes to be respected and taken seriously.
@Falconpunch824 жыл бұрын
Why is that?
@sexykids65004 жыл бұрын
The follow-up should have been "but the reasons for why others desire respect may be different from yours. What are your reasons?"
@MsLettucelady4 жыл бұрын
I liked his question to that question. 'You can read that on my face?'
@nietzschesghost85294 жыл бұрын
"There is no x such that x is a person and x doesn't like to be respected."
@sucemaindex2363 жыл бұрын
Well, most whoores
@sonicboom200786 жыл бұрын
Too bad, I wanted to hear his opinion on Blade Runner.
@Johnconno4 жыл бұрын
He thought Blade Runner was worth a 3000 page critique.
@tylerperkinson16774 жыл бұрын
@@Johnconno so, is that good or bad...?
@Johnconno4 жыл бұрын
@@tylerperkinson1677 I'd love to read it, but it doesn't exist. Is that any use?
@seaninness3344 жыл бұрын
Well he goes on about David Webb Peoples for a bit and in some ways, too admirably. Based on a novel by Phil K. Dick the screenplay was also worked on by Hampton Fancher, and with the multiple cuts (I favor the workprint cut) changed by the studio, finance considerations, time consirations etc. I agree that Unforgiven is a great movie but following it's release, studios went on a feeding frenzy and bought EVERY script Peoples had ever written. One, Hero, was a script I wrote coverage on. It was awful. The movie they made from it was pretty loyal to the script and equally awful despite the casting (Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Geena Davis, etc). I dare you to watch it. Getting back to Blade Runner, i fully recommend watching the special edition that includes, I think, 3 full versions of the film, 50 minutes or so of deleted scenes and extra features that are about 12 hours long. It gives you a real taste for what Wallace refers to when he is asked about writing screenplays. Film production is whole other animal he wanted little to do with but admired people like David Lynch for punching their way through. Sorry for the long reply, but I'm a bit like Wallace in that way... footnotes to follow, hehe.
@Retrostar6194 жыл бұрын
@@seaninness334 Do you know what this version is called? I get kinda lost when it comes to BR releases.
@Hands2HealNow3 жыл бұрын
A true gentle man with far to much self criticism. So wish he were with us.
@toro_bravo_803 жыл бұрын
I have to admit, I’m more fond of him and speaking about literature than I am of his stories, though good, just never really hit me like some of my other favorite authors: Hemingway, Kerouac, etc. No doubt his style has opened my eyes to what one can create out of writing. RIP DWD 🤘🏼
@alexok23185 жыл бұрын
Great irony here of DFW and his critique of modern commercial culture in IJ. For example, he promotes his book for sale, on a television show publicized to sell commercials, somebody posts it on KZbin, perhaps to earn money, and google broadcast it to earn money from commercials. He’s passed away now, but scrolling down, I see in the first comment “life of David foster wallace for sale on amazon.” It never ends
@2cuptommy3385 жыл бұрын
We can all see the absurdity but we are bound by certain rules of life which make us play the game. Even he would admit that getting attention for your work is pleasing....but i think its the overload and the chasing of attention by any means that makes it really distasteful. But yes its indeed ironic i agree.
@JamesJoyce124 жыл бұрын
If you ever read him and tried to understand him then you would know it was not a critique he was creating - it was an observation - there is a significant difference for the careful thinker