We hear the shower running. Lipsky sits on the bed watching Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett.
74 EXT. HOTEL WHITNEY/LOBBY - MINNEAPOLIS - 1996 - MORNING 74 Lipsky and David, with his shower-wet hair pinned up, find Patty’s car out front. They get in the backseat.
PATTY:
You’re wearing that?
DAVID:
For a radio interview? Yes.
75 Her disapproval showing, she pulls away. 75 53.
76 INT. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO/LOBBY/CORRIDOR - ST PAUL - 1996 -76
DAY:
A pretty PRODUCTION ASSISTANT greets David and Lipsky.
DAVID:
Hi. Dave. Dave Wallace.
P.A.
(blushes) I know who you are.
David introduces Lipsky.
DAVID:
My amanuensis, Mr. Boswell.
The P.A. shakes Lipsky’s hand, playing along with the joke.
P.A.
(in greeting) “Mr. Boswell.” Right this way.
She leads David, followed by Lipsky, down a corridor past glass-walled studios. Lipsky sees people recognize David, whisper among themselves. Young women smile shyly, excited to be in the presence of a cool celebrity.
P.A.
We record digitally. I hope that’s OK.
DAVID:
So only yes or no answers?
She rolls her eyes. Lipsky laughs, David sees him scribble in his pad.
DAVID:
If you do a really mean job, I have twenty years to get you back.
Remember that.
76A INT. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO/NPR STUDIO - 1996 - DAY 76A The interview goes on the air. Lipsky observes from outside the booth. The NPR GUY has a good radio voice.
NPR GUY:
My guest today is David Foster Wallace, who has burst on the literary scene with his 1,079-page, three-poundthree- ounce novel, Infinite Jest.
