2015 Directed by James Ponsoldt
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
两心相依, 旅程末端, El último tour, 作家上路了
There can be great joy in seeing yourself onscreen. And there can be pain as well.
In The End of the Tour, Jesse Eisenberg plays a writer named David Lipsky. He has a full-time job at Rolling Stone, and he’s just published a novel. By most standard definitions, he would be considered "successful." But his novel’s gone mostly unnoticed and writing boy band profiles isn’t exactly fulfilling. Something’s missing.
When David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, published around the same time as Lipsky’s own novel, becomes a critical sensation, he reacts with skepticism at his rival’s achievement. Then he reads that achievement for himself. When he does, director James Ponsoldt holds on a long shot of Eisenberg sitting on Lipsky’s couch,…
81/100
The End of the Tour is an intimate and delicate exploration of artists, their motivations, and their various influences on aspects of fame, ego, and relationships. With the perfect modern romance The Spectacular Now within his relatively-slim filmography, James Ponsoldt has already set a high-bar in regards to expectations, but I can happily report that my predictions for The End of the Tour came true. This is a beautiful film.
Supported by two stunning performances, The End of the Tour succeeds so brilliantly because of the rapid-fire and supremely naturalistic screenplay, allowing substantial character depth and richness to be drawn from the pages. Jason Segel is the most talked-about aspect here, and for good reason. His portrayal of David…
50/100
Nashville Scene review. One tiny thing I couldn't possibly find a way to fit into it, but which will probably be what I'll recall most vividly about this rather mundane film in years to come: Wallace puts Murmur on at his house, and we actually hear the album play as he and Lipsky talk. As in, "Perfect Circle" ends and then "Catapult," which is in fact the next song, begins. Whether because of rights issues or just because dialogue scenes rarely run long enough, hearing two consecutive songs from the same album—commonplace in real life—almost never happens in movies. In fact, I can't remember another example offhand, which is why it jumped out at me. A meaningless touch, perhaps, but welcome nonetheless.
Spectators who enjoyed this film may also enjoy:
-My Dinner With Andre
-Before Midnight
-Nekromantik
-2 hours of defocused images of snow accompanied by introspective ambient synths
-Placing the Blu-ray on a shelf next to This Is Water and none of David Foster Wallace's significant works
-Imagining David Lipsky falling down an industrial staircase that descends infinitely into the void
A pretty small and totally fine flick touching on the internal conflicts of David Foster Wallace and a young journalist that joins him on an Infinite Jest book tour. Jesse Eisenberg never fails to be totally unlikeable and Jason Segel does an ok job, but feels costumed and stiff. I have never read Infinite Jest or any DFW for that matter, and I can only imagine I might have more to take away from it if I had. I think an interesting man deserves a more interesting movie, but I appreciate its unpretentiousness nonetheless. I’m gonna start rocking the bandana.
The best Bloomington, Illinois movie. I love Segal in this. It’s a really great, yet weird performance when looking at the rest of his filmography.
I am forever enamored with Jesse Eisenburg. One of my favorite actors from this generation.
I luv this movie more than I thought I could, incredible performances, INCREDIBLE SCRIPT - “ I don’t think writers are any smarter than any other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity or in their confusion”
Hard to know what to say about this film. I’m a fan of David foster wallace But have been hesitant to really give this movie a shot. I think it does a good job for what it is but it’s nothing really special either. If anything it’ll be a nice entry to David foster wallace for those who may not know of him. Not entirely sure on the accuracy of the interviews/rolling stone guys dialogue and it does make me skeptical that it’s dramatized for effect especially with the scene of his uncomfort while Wallace talks to his girlfriend on the phone. With that I think he was kinda really shit at acting quite frankly all else aside. Wallace id…
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