David Foster Wallace on Ambition | Blank on Blank

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  • @roxanne4820
    @roxanne4820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1459

    "Perfectionism is dangerous because if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. You sacrifice how gorgeous and perfect it is in your head for what it really is"
    I felt this on such a deep spiritual level.

    • @trevorw109
      @trevorw109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Lol he put it in such a perfect way.

    • @Maxmaxmax63
      @Maxmaxmax63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same problem the schizoid a’la Guntrip has. Read The Schizoid Phenomenon and Object Relations

    • @Stoney-Jacksman
      @Stoney-Jacksman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why the need to do /create something (if it doesnt come close to how you want it to be)?

    • @DashaTheDivineDivah
      @DashaTheDivineDivah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sooooo true

    • @trojecan
      @trojecan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      In my opinion, perfectionism is almost always linked with the fear of failure. So once you accept that the first draft will always be imperfect and give yourself the permission to fail, your art starts to grow.

  • @jrm78
    @jrm78 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1929

    One of my regrets in life was not taking a writing course from David Foster Wallace while I was a student at Illinois State in the late '90s. But at the time, I was unaware of how great a talent he was.

    • @sdrw7389
      @sdrw7389 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      That would have been something else.

    • @justmeeagainn
      @justmeeagainn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      jrm78 what makes you think he would have accepted you into his class?

    • @LCInstrumentals
      @LCInstrumentals 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Oh my god, sorry you missed out on that man.

    • @towelierg-400smarttowel9
      @towelierg-400smarttowel9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shaka, when the walls fell

    • @felixeisenmenger1914
      @felixeisenmenger1914 6 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @@justmeeagainn Jesus Christ dude that is pretentious af
      For starters you dont know anything about him, so you have no academic or intellectual basis to judge him on and furthermore I sincerely doubt that he picked his students, for most students the fact that you'd have to write at a very high grammatical and linguistical level to get good (or even just average) grades was probably enough of a turn-off.

  • @BrandonScottFox1
    @BrandonScottFox1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +527

    God I love the sound of this man's voice. It soothes me like a lullaby.

    • @taasinbinhossainalvi9173
      @taasinbinhossainalvi9173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He’s also very persuasive

    • @mitchwebster5088
      @mitchwebster5088 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too. I recently listened to his “This is Water” speech and a recording of “Consider the Lobster” and it is incredible

    • @carolecksit2947
      @carolecksit2947 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You should go to an upper class private college, you’ll get the best sleep of your life.

  • @John_Smith_Dumfugg
    @John_Smith_Dumfugg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    "But there's also the drugs? "
    "... Dh-..... Ye....."
    Killed me lmao

    • @Flore-162
      @Flore-162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂 me too

  • @loganrandall780
    @loganrandall780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Fun fact: Paul Thomas Anderson, filmmaker behind There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights and Magnolia was taught briefly by DFW.

    • @themoreyouknowfools4974
      @themoreyouknowfools4974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That explains PTA's writing. He's one of my favorite filmmakers.

    • @nomecognome8737
      @nomecognome8737 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      somehow I always imagined that. Even the way PTA speaks in interviews always reminded me of David Foster Wallace

    • @vibhumalik3247
      @vibhumalik3247 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      fan of PTA and DFW here. this connection was quite astonishing!

    • @naimaismail4356
      @naimaismail4356 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There Will Be Blood inspired me to really take writing seriously wow!

  • @Andres-is3lj
    @Andres-is3lj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    This guy makes me think that sincerity is the only thing you need to produce something good

  • @matthewosmesfin265
    @matthewosmesfin265 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    come back to this every couple months.. just remarkably therapeutic

  • @chloelee784
    @chloelee784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I never imagined his voice is so soft and gentle!!! I could listen to him all day!!!

  • @sdrw7389
    @sdrw7389 7 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    Rest in peace you brilliant man.

    • @shanetobin3609
      @shanetobin3609 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Steve Olson what? Why would you ever do that?

    • @jeffkit5507
      @jeffkit5507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I like to think this world would be a better place if he was still alive. Then again he’s contributed beauty though words that’s unmeasurable. You are missed Mr. Wallace, but not forgotten.

  • @jeffkit5507
    @jeffkit5507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I like to think this world would be a better place if he was still alive. Then again he’s contributed beauty though words that’s unmeasurable. You are missed Mr. Wallace, but not forgotten.

  • @Morimoto94
    @Morimoto94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Jason segel potrayed him so well in " End of the tour " got the voice right and everything damn

  • @dantoledano4780
    @dantoledano4780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    The way you take interviews and segments from conversations of diverse creative people and put them to drawings is inspiring.

  • @DannyMcCaffrey
    @DannyMcCaffrey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This seems to be eternally in my sidebar as I come back to it consistently over the years. His thoughts on perfectionism are so vivid it chokes me up. If only Id heard this sooner instead of learning the hard way.

  • @NJGuy1973
    @NJGuy1973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Whenever someone tells me they're going on a cruise, I suggest they read "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again."

    • @brendaandrus
      @brendaandrus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Lol. I read it while on a cruise. Definitely exposed/ruined the hedonistic factor and I’ll probably not cruise again.

    • @NJGuy1973
      @NJGuy1973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@brendaandrus I also liked the essay in Consider the Lobster about why Tracy Austin's memoirs were insipid.

  • @LushDepths
    @LushDepths 11 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    I randomly clicked on this video (not knowing who this guy was) and was happily surprised to find that he was a former English professor at my college.

    • @onecentnickel
      @onecentnickel 11 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      He was very intellectual, I hope you had a class with him, if not, oh well. Although I do suggest you read some of his works.

    • @dickydmcd
      @dickydmcd 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I discovered this guy watching a Charlie Rose interview on youtube a couple of months ago. Instantly bought Broom of the System. It's great! he's great!

    • @prede89
      @prede89 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      he's not just a professor. He was a philosopher, famous writer, and all around amazing guy.

    • @heathkrida
      @heathkrida 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Shakespeare, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and David Foster Wallace. Easily one of the ten best writers to ever live. It seems like folks in this thread don't know who DFW was?

    • @skygeneralmonkey1856
      @skygeneralmonkey1856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      love DFW as much as the next guy...but woah there partner

  • @WickedTwitches
    @WickedTwitches 10 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Sold on this channel in seconds. Such fantastic interview candidates on here.

  • @TristanIRL
    @TristanIRL 11 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    One of my favorite authors! He left us too early.

  • @bhn7731
    @bhn7731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He sounds so smooth and sure and articulate and engaged. The presentation here and graphics are very fine.

  • @Voltanaut
    @Voltanaut 9 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I love DFW. I miss him so much. I got so emotional watching this that I had to pause it a few times. I have such difficulty these days reading Infinite Jest and his collections of essays because I can't remove the image of his death from my mind. Goddamnit, David.

    • @Voltanaut
      @Voltanaut 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Me72 David's my favourite writer. Simply put I really like his work. I'd feel just as sad if Cormac McCarthy died or if Lemmy died or if Paul McCartney died, etc. In a way I'm pleased I didn't know David because if I did the pain of his death would have been even worse.

    • @matoranman
      @matoranman 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +HarryIsTheGamingGeek lemmy died

    • @Voltanaut
      @Voltanaut 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      matoranman I know. I was depressed for a whole week. You?

    • @matoranman
      @matoranman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it didnt hit me very hard to be honest. hang in there bud

    • @Voltanaut
      @Voltanaut 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      matoranman I'm all right now. I've had long enough to grieve. I did go on one helluva Motorhead binge though.
      David Bowie?

  • @22mae
    @22mae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How could someone this intellectual and inspiring end his life?.. his words inspire me a lot..:(

  • @adombovic
    @adombovic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    About half way through Infinite Jest. Sad we couldn't have more of you DFW

  • @mandymonkey99
    @mandymonkey99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1323

    he used the phrase "grammar nazi" in 1996

    • @probusexcogitatoris736
      @probusexcogitatoris736 8 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      Yes. It's funny how millennials and younger generations seem to think they've invented the wheel. Most of the memes and shit you are spreading around, aren't all that new and creative. There is truly little new under the sun.

    • @PauseFilms
      @PauseFilms 8 ปีที่แล้ว +458

      +Probus Excogitatoris Funny how you take a simple comment and just really put your own narrative and intention behind it. Guessing you have some built up aggression against millennials.

    • @LoliconSamalik
      @LoliconSamalik 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Probus Excogitatoris ever thought it's kind of funny and cool that these terms were even being used 20 years ago?

    • @probusexcogitatoris736
      @probusexcogitatoris736 8 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Pause Films Nope, just pointing out facts... but it seems like I unintentionally touched a sore spot :)

    • @jodawgsup
      @jodawgsup 8 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      "younger generations seem to think they've invented the wheel"
      what?

  • @colloredbrothers
    @colloredbrothers 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I have/had (not sure yet) the same problem, I saw it written somewhere and it encapsulated it so perfectly.
    Paralysis through analysis.

    • @maxlambie7788
      @maxlambie7788 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it was probably in ij

    • @brandonterzic
      @brandonterzic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it should be written in words of fire: FINISHED IS BETTER THAN PERFECT

  • @deltagraph
    @deltagraph 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This video helps me when I'm having trouble with essays or feeling cruddy, it's great motivation :)

  • @sonchik6324
    @sonchik6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Damn, I’m seriously in love with this man

  • @pvrunner8
    @pvrunner8 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think I speak for everyone when I say...we'd all like to see more David Foster Wallace on this channel. Even though I'm sure radio footage is limited and such.

  • @yungyosef
    @yungyosef 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    MORE FAMOUS WRITERS PLEASE!!!!!! This video was so good!!!!!

  • @exv092
    @exv092 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have to say that I don't watch TV or sports. I therefore have the time to search for and discover amazing videos like these. The animation blended with the inspiring interviews gives a very cool sense of amazement even. Keep up the good work!!!

    • @TylerCloke
      @TylerCloke ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I watch sports and have also read infinite jest. Turns out you can be interested in multiple things :)

    • @acex222
      @acex222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watching TH-cam all day doesn't make you better than anyone else.

    • @ciscohour5884
      @ciscohour5884 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TH-cam is tv

  • @1dbanner
    @1dbanner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm always humbled and humiliated reading Wallace. I cannot begin to imagine how chaotic it was inside his towering intellect. May he rest in peace.

  • @hghbunger927
    @hghbunger927 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think the important thing to remember about that quote you post in the description, is that he spent years struggling with that. Struggling with perfection is far better than disregarding it.

  • @c.galindo9639
    @c.galindo9639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He seems like a person that learned a lot and is set towards certain goals and wpuld be an excellent guru of sorts to learn upon

    • @c.galindo9639
      @c.galindo9639 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DPhoenixPoet good for the insight but he left a mark and did what he could to his best ability. He could have been greater but he had faults that he couldn’t overcome

  • @ts4gv
    @ts4gv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dude. The kick drum in the first bit of music sounds fucking amazing.

  • @KM-zm9tu
    @KM-zm9tu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1499

    very little on ambition here.

    • @BlankonblankOrg
      @BlankonblankOrg  9 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      You don't hear it?

    • @JoeCorneli
      @JoeCorneli 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      +Ken McCarthy if your ambition is to get high and watch tv...

    • @jakesibley897
      @jakesibley897 8 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      +Blank on Blank suuuuper pretentious reply there friendo

    • @nososha
      @nososha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it's that late allready?

    • @csqw
      @csqw 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I'd agree. More about acknowledging one's limitations (at least that is what I took from the video).

  • @juxtapost_
    @juxtapost_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I wonder what he thought of Paul Thomas Anderson as a student in his class.

    • @katelinmarie5360
      @katelinmarie5360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What, really?

    • @BillytheEntertainer
      @BillytheEntertainer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@katelinmarie5360 "I called him once. He was very generous with his phone number. He said “Call me if you got any questions,” and I called him a couple times … I ran a few ideas by him about this paper that I was writing. I was writing a paper on Don DeLillo’s White Noise … I’d come up with a couple crazy ideas, and I don’t remember the conversation well, but I just remember him being real generous at like, you know, midnight the night before it was due … I’d love to go back and read [White Noise] again." - PTA on DFW

    • @nicholasbarrett2204
      @nicholasbarrett2204 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just read about that, sounds like PTA really had a great awakening in DFW's english class.

    • @boxking2832
      @boxking2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or Bill Burr, he was also a student in his class.

    • @DocAlexandrite
      @DocAlexandrite 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@boxking2832 WHAT

  • @definitelynotdia7532
    @definitelynotdia7532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Been reading him for a bit. First time I’ve ever heard him. I’m in the middle of Consider The Lobster and I know when I get back to the book I’ll hear the words in his voice now.

  • @julianblake8385
    @julianblake8385 7 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I find 3 things funny in this interview: 1. The interviewer bringing the drug factor out the blue in the middle of a totally different topic. 2, The fact that FW considered annoying and frustrating reading people who write only to show off that they're clever, and you see a lot of arrogant comments in this video, by probable FW followers, who seem to be doing precisely that. And 3, the fact that Foster Wallace, of all people, Foster Wallace is saying that it is annoying to read such people. The irony there!

    • @memegimygimy1526
      @memegimygimy1526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I was thinking the exact same thing! DFW loves words and has and incredible vocabulary, but come on, he was trying to be clever and impressive with that exhaustive vocabulary! Give me a break.

    • @pranitsinha1075
      @pranitsinha1075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      No, that's not what david foster wallace meant by 'clever'. Verbose and 'clever' are two separate things. By clever, it would be appropriate to say he meant writing which plays around with ideas but doesn't really have anything to _say_ .

    • @ExtremelyTastyBread
      @ExtremelyTastyBread 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "3, the fact that Foster Wallace, of all people, Foster Wallace is saying that it is annoying to read such people. The irony there!" Thank you, I was hoping someone else had the same thought.

    • @SwanintheSwamp
      @SwanintheSwamp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is your name Pot? Stop yelling at the Kettle for being hot.

    • @spencer1531
      @spencer1531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah I think he's great but he was clearly just projecting an insecurity he had about his own intentions for writing.

  • @djobokuwali4316
    @djobokuwali4316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I had to rewind the first 20 seconds like five times.

    • @SOLE_II_SOUL
      @SOLE_II_SOUL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Djobo Kuwali Facts, lol. And dope profile pic, Basquiat the man ✊🏾

  • @skiphoffenflaven8004
    @skiphoffenflaven8004 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The idea that the student is the “genius” and the teacher can only teach you what is “retrograde or outdated” is increasingly common in students today, at least in college. The majority of professors/teachers don’t think they are geniuses. They know exactly what that looks like and quickly realize that they are not while in grad school and/or in their years of teaching. What they are, though, is vastly more experienced, more nuanced, and more well-rounded than their students. That has become more and more difficult to get students to understand over the past 10 years.

  • @nickgeffen8316
    @nickgeffen8316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song at the end is a frickin' JAM!

  • @TheOnlyGimmeturben
    @TheOnlyGimmeturben 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is one of the most important figures out there, especially because of his foresight on post modernism

    • @heitorcaramez
      @heitorcaramez 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can he can foresight something that comes from the 50, 60s

  • @andrewsmith6305
    @andrewsmith6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just came here to say that Jason Bitner did an awesome job on the music! I know it's just the background vibes, but damn! I love the music in this one. Video is great and of course the interview content is cool but the music really captured my attention on this one and I don't normally notice the tunes in these short "blank on blank" videos.

  • @AngelBug8580
    @AngelBug8580 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I adore this! It's just fantastic.
    Keep up the awesome work guys!

  • @codacreator6162
    @codacreator6162 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    The dead stop when the interviewer dropped the "D" word. Wallace maintained his entire life that he never had a drug problem. He drank, sometimes to excess, but never drugs. Just because Infinite Jest is wrapped around the drug culture doesn't me it's his life he used as a model. I saw the same pause in the German TV interview when the cameraman accused him of "pontificating." It's the pause of disappointed offense.

    • @goliaboi
      @goliaboi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He definitely sounds like a stoner.

    • @JP51ism
      @JP51ism 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wallace was on prescription medications, for depression; some shortcoming of, negligence or mismanagement of may have attributed to his suicide.

    • @GamingAttempt
      @GamingAttempt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alcohol is a drug

    • @nara808
      @nara808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He used a variety of drugs and openly admitted to it.

    • @darwindeeez
      @darwindeeez 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      the phrasing in these comments is way above par for youtube and very flattering if viewed, as it should be, as a reflection on DFW@@JP51ism

  • @nameless-is8ft
    @nameless-is8ft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know why but this reminds me of a Dr.Katz episode, the pacing feels alot lIke it and the music too. Fits well. RIP to this great mind.

  • @enotswhat
    @enotswhat 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    so glad I have smart enough friends to put me on to a channel like this.

  • @KingoftheAdriatic
    @KingoftheAdriatic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    BRING THESE BACK!!!!

  • @jamesbnorman1
    @jamesbnorman1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Profound. Everything he gives his insight on is so profound to me.

  • @radbro24
    @radbro24 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first 30 seconds of this video really resonate with me and have driven to me change that sort of aspect

  • @manoneal1724
    @manoneal1724 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. My heart is now filled with joy. Yay.

  • @5piecekit
    @5piecekit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I would have risked an imperfectly placed semi colon, (and the subsequent "C" grade) for the chance to have taken his class. RIP David!!

  • @bennovonarchimboldi9635
    @bennovonarchimboldi9635 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy fack . This is not only really intriguing to listen on an "intellectual" base but also in the way his voice sounds so damn smooth.

  • @Draxtor
    @Draxtor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is still the best!

  • @dogboydog
    @dogboydog 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The animation is awesome, so stylish and nice.

  • @Violetcas97
    @Violetcas97 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Is it just me or did DFW always sound like he had just been coming off of a cold in every one if his interviews.

    • @spencer1531
      @spencer1531 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tea & Book talks learn to suspend your judgement

    • @Matt-nb3yb
      @Matt-nb3yb 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tea & Book talks I think the deduction here might be that's just how he sounded

    • @princessjellyfish6057
      @princessjellyfish6057 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tea & Book talks drugs

    • @jimjambananaslam3596
      @jimjambananaslam3596 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@princessjellyfish6057 Drugs make you soft spoken?

    • @samaraisnt
      @samaraisnt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He has the voice of someone who has just been crying.

  • @zachdavis6272
    @zachdavis6272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rest in peace David wish I could have met you.

  • @liefwerk
    @liefwerk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel is like ice cream

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    David Foster Wallace was brilliant and tortured, so when he killed himself it appeared, as it so often does with tortured brilliant people, that the two always sat together until the last day, when torture wrested control and forced the issue. So in the final analysis, people take the brilliance end of the shoelace and the tortured end of the shoelace and tie a nice bow.
    I have the torture, but not the brilliance.

    • @Yavanna16
      @Yavanna16 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nobody, in my humble opinion, who can come to the conclusion that they lack brilliance is actually incapable of it. Maybe you're more brilliant a critic than a writer, I don't know, but if you can recognise brilliance in others, you can cultivate it in yourself.
      And I though the beautiful, beautiful metaphor of a shoe lace you came up with, was, what's the word for it, brilliant!

    • @darwindeeez
      @darwindeeez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is brilliantly stated

  • @Misserbi
    @Misserbi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If David Foster Wallace walked into a bar he would be adorned but if he represented the feeling he would be scrutinized until he explained it.

  • @jan_Travis
    @jan_Travis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He had flaws such as being a quasi-sexist but he really was a beautiful soul. Who doesn't have flaws really? His work is summed up simply as "what it means to be fucking human." Infinite Jest blew my mind and it still does. Rest in peace you beautiful man.

    • @alexanderthegreat1270
      @alexanderthegreat1270 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s also such a sharp moment when the interviewer goes “There’s also the drug thing” and DFW just sort of resigns himself to a “yeah”. He always hated how people thought of him as a “Drug” or “Psychedelic” writer when his prose always cut deeper than that

    • @Gettothegone
      @Gettothegone ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quasi sexist should be taken lightly as accusations in today’s environment of toxic feminism which is seen in many modern films with a female lead.

    • @akshayhere
      @akshayhere ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Gettothegone lol

    • @brennenspice6098
      @brennenspice6098 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@alexanderthegreat1270 I think that's a bit diminishing towards psychedelic writers. Wallace was truly terrified of his drug history being used a celebrity marketing thing. The cultural need to elevate an artists suffering above others kind of grossed him out in his own words- understandbly so.

    • @soheiladam7510
      @soheiladam7510 ปีที่แล้ว

      is the quasi sexist a new word you learned in your backward school or something 🤦

  • @Voltanaut
    @Voltanaut 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The poster to 'The End of the Tour' seems very inspired by this video.

    • @Erodam
      @Erodam 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ha truth

    • @palbo4
      @palbo4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Such a fantastic movie

  • @Cybrus07
    @Cybrus07 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely wonderful.

  • @comicsgrinder
    @comicsgrinder 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agreed. I love the graphics! Wonderful animation.

  • @OffGridCofee
    @OffGridCofee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For sure a legend

  • @shivanshpachauri2855
    @shivanshpachauri2855 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    his voice is so soothing

  • @nonchalantd
    @nonchalantd 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PBS has some of the best programming.

  • @jakisinfrance
    @jakisinfrance 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    New favourite channel

  • @rokeeffe91
    @rokeeffe91 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gosh... I had no idea he had such a soft voice... Wish he was still around...

  • @JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon
    @JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ‘Ambition is like your bank account , you always think there’s more in it than there actually is ‘ - Dylan Moran

  • @BurntPuke82
    @BurntPuke82 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The brilliant minds are always the most tortured. RIP to one of the best.

  • @azolawentula9758
    @azolawentula9758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great writer there is something special about moon in virgo's ability to analyse and put that i analysis into practical use. Simply not matched. 2022 anyone.

  • @The_Supervillain
    @The_Supervillain 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really fantastic, thanks for sharing.

  • @jazzguevara8250
    @jazzguevara8250 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    -Start video
    -Disable subtitles
    -Listen to David Foster Wallace talk
    -Activate subtitles again

  • @newsdocumentary3702
    @newsdocumentary3702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how he disagreed to the questions mostly until he said yes to the drug question.

  • @maxinebunnyx
    @maxinebunnyx 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This makes so much sense.

  • @chilltowntv
    @chilltowntv 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this! One of my favorite writers and ANIMATION (which is my life!)

  • @jonfcartwright479
    @jonfcartwright479 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful vanity - fun take; thanks!

  • @Lions4322
    @Lions4322 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Cool. You guys should do one of these on Kubrick.

  • @kermit9817
    @kermit9817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was going to comment something along the lines of “only a tennis player could write infinite jest” but then i realized more accurately that only david foster wallace could write infinite jest

  • @coreypajka2860
    @coreypajka2860 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is really cool. I hope you do more like this.

  • @dddebolt
    @dddebolt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DFW is amazing. Really sad to see him go.

  • @blurgle9185
    @blurgle9185 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high you'd never do anything."
    "...any student's deployment of a semi-colon isn't absolutely mozartesque knows they will only get a C in my class"
    I would've hated him as a teacher.

    • @danielmucyn
      @danielmucyn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly. Gatekeeping like that when most of his students would probably wish to earn a post-graduate degree is pretty obnoxious. Teaching is about having others learn, and less about punishment, or at least it should be. Respecting others growth process and where they are in the tree of knowledge is of great importance to students who care.

    • @JH-fb3mp
      @JH-fb3mp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@danielmucyn was definitely a joke

    • @Nippleless_Cage
      @Nippleless_Cage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JH-fb3mp it really seemed like he was serious.

  • @billybegley8948
    @billybegley8948 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    god i wish he was still alive to comment on everything today. he predicted so much with infinite jest, it's uncanny reading it this decade.

  • @bestversion8159
    @bestversion8159 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for the animation. I'd never have been able to follow this interview without the visualization of every single point made.

  • @jonathanneil5901
    @jonathanneil5901 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this channel

  • @Patoman470
    @Patoman470 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was stunned just by the opening

  • @deedotyou
    @deedotyou 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the moment at 1:56 where he adjusts the microphone haha. I giggled

    • @clayerkwiltee2315
      @clayerkwiltee2315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why?

    • @deedotyou
      @deedotyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@clayerkwiltee2315 idk it's just one of those cute little details in an animation that make it what it is, like i could see him having done this in a real life interview

  • @jackwilson8552
    @jackwilson8552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Does anyone have a full version of this song at the end?

  • @mecsimoto7010
    @mecsimoto7010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is inspirational!

  • @hazyhillsblue
    @hazyhillsblue 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This made my week. David rocks and you guys rock too. ^-^

  • @user-yk9sk7pg6v
    @user-yk9sk7pg6v 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like this animation - great job :)

  • @pchamney
    @pchamney 10 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    I'm a bit of a grammar extremist,but I can't see giving otherwise great students a 'C' grade on their writing, simply because they've punctuated something incorrectly. Not every writing genius will be perfect grammatically. That's why we have editors and proofreaders.

    • @AlexMageethefirst
      @AlexMageethefirst 10 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      I would expect any true grammar extremist to know of the word 'hyperbole'.

    • @blaze34
      @blaze34 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Alex Magee Grammar extremists may lack keen senses on figures of speech.

    • @TristanIRL
      @TristanIRL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Addicted to Data You mean you're a SNOOT...

    • @shekeib
      @shekeib 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Addicted to Data i doubt he actually gives them a C......i hope

    • @hermanmelville3871
      @hermanmelville3871 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most great writers I've known are no the greatest when it comes to grammar. "That's what editors are for" is a phrase I hear quite often.

  • @Lanearndt
    @Lanearndt 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    beautiful job! great animation for the greatest mind of the 20th century!

  • @AwesomeRob64
    @AwesomeRob64 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    can anybody identify the music in this or is it just stock music or something like that?

  • @justaguy4886
    @justaguy4886 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was beautiful

  • @cal4837
    @cal4837 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The music at the end ❤️

  • @OtisOtisHH17
    @OtisOtisHH17 10 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    This music couldn't be more NPR-ish even if it tried. DFW is great though...or, well, he was anyway.

    • @BlankonblankOrg
      @BlankonblankOrg  10 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      send along your alt score :)

    • @gametv9on
      @gametv9on 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Blank on Blank whats the name of the music ?

    • @omnibus5359
      @omnibus5359 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blank on Blank Where to?

    • @TobiasDuncan
      @TobiasDuncan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In 2013 that would still have been a compliment.

    • @rawltg
      @rawltg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am an Editor and i think the music works for me in general but the editing in this doesn't. The music should have faded out at 0:44-0:45 but it drags along till 1:25 almost unnecessarily as it won't be risen again, since there's no need. NPR-ish or not, i like the general feel of the composition, though i must add i'm not an American.

  • @drewthefoo
    @drewthefoo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is great work!

  • @dane9027
    @dane9027 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love how you draw him

  • @PoopTruffles
    @PoopTruffles 9 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    music is sick wtf u guys talkign about

  • @evantsb
    @evantsb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found this channel - Great content! I love PBS Digital Studios :D