The new David Foster Wallace movie is much more than a biopic
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"End of the Tour" is based on Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky's (Jesse Eisenberg) memoir, which itself was based on a Rolling Stone long-form interview that was never published. In 1996, Lipsky traveled to Bloomington, IL to spend five days with David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) and accompany him on the final stretch of his publicity book tour for his most famous novel "Infinite Jest."
Over the course of these five days, Lipsky keeps his tape recorder on as he and Wallace pontificate on anything and everything, from the big questions about life and loneliness to more petty things like how "Die Hard" is awesome and what Alanis Morissette would look like eating a bologna sandwich. It's a very intimate experience, and the camera often feels like a fly on the wall.
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It's a complicated role and Segel truly owns it. The scene in which Lipsky asks Wallace why he wears the bandana is particularly moving - it's here that Wallace comes face-to-face with the idea of his own mythos, and the true weight of his dilemma is felt.
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The film is essentially one long, occasionally philosophical and always amusing, ongoing conversation. It's surprisingly moving, wise and full of profound and well-articulated ideas, so much so that I had to stop taking notes as I was basically writing down every other line. Fans of Wallace's writing will find plenty to love here, but even the unfamiliar will walk away inspired and affected.
Watch the trailer below.
"End of the Tour" plays BAMcinemafest in Brooklyn on Wednesday, June 17th.
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