影片改编自真人真事,讲述了畅销书《无尽的玩笑》作者大卫·福斯特·华莱士(杰森·席格尔 饰)和《滚石》杂志记者(杰西·艾森伯格 饰)一同踏上新书全国宣传之旅过程中发生的故事。
杰瑞发布于2023-05-21
影片改编自真人真事,讲述了畅销书《无尽的玩笑》作者大卫·福斯特·华莱士(杰森·席格尔 饰)和《滚石》杂志记者(杰西·艾森伯格 饰)一同踏上新书全国宣传之旅过程中发生的故事。
15 INT. LIPSKY’S W 77TH ST APT/BEDROOM/BATHROOM - NYC - 1996 - 15- NIGHT:
Lipsky, at the bathroom door, reads aloud Walter Kirn’s review in New York magazine (2/12/96). Sarah comes out in a towel and he follows her to the bedroom.- LIPSKY:
“Next year’s book awards have been decided.” Can you believe this? “The plaques and citations can now be put into escrow.” Unbelievable. “With Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace - a plutonium-dense, satirical whiz-kid opus that runs to almost a thousand pages She kisses him as she goes past. 6. LIPSKY (CONTD) - (not including footnotes) - thecompetition has been obliterated. It’s as though Paul Bunyan had joined the NFL or Wittgenstein had gone onJeopardy! The novel is that colossallydisruptive. And that spectacularlygood.” That’s the f***ing opening paragraph!- SARAH:
What if it actually is that good? You know? You may just have to read it. 16 INT. LIPSKY’S W 77TH ST APT/LIVING ROOM - NYC - 1996 - DUSK 16 If his 2008 place is grad-student-y, the 1996 Lipskyresidence is smaller and explosively chaotic, like ateenager’s domain. We find Sarah on the couch reading thecurrent bestseller, Primary Colors and Lipsky beside herreading Infinite Jest. Silence. Sh*t.- LIPSKY:
17 INT. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE/CUBICLES/BOB'S OFFICE - NYC - 1996 - DAY 17 Buzzing with the hip, youthful industry of people who knowthey’re at the place to be. Lipsky drops by to see hiseditor, BOB LEVIN, 40, greying, bearded.- LIPSKY:
How many times have we interviewed awriter in the last ten years? Guess.- BOB:
Um... how many? Zero.- LIPSKY:
I checked.- BOB:
Maybe that’s because Rolling Stone doesn’t interview writers.- LIPSKY:
There hasn’t been a writer like this one. Once in a generation, maybe. Hemingway, Pynchon. Let me have this story.- BOB:
What story? 7. Lipsky tosses Newsweek, opened to a photo of Wallace, onto Bob’s messy desk.- LIPSKY:
He’s finishing up his book tour and I want to go with him.- BOB:
That’s not a story.- LIPSKY:
He teaches at some small state university, somewhere in Illinois. Send me there. Please, Bob. This is the sort of stuff I should be doing, not 500-words on boy bands. Talk to Jann? 17A INT. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE/LIPSKY'S CUBICLE - NYC - 1996 -17A