Concavity Show
Concavity Show
Matt Bucher & Dave Laird
Episode 22 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Nicolas Giacobone
1 hour 46 minutes Posted Dec 13, 2016 at 4:08 am.
background and introductions
writing for television is painful
Like Ed Wood, he was his own extra
Homer and Dostoevsky and Cervantes
movie writing is collaborative by nature
San Antonio Spurs and ego
In Latin America, everything is sold with a handshake
Treating writing like work
Ruth Reichl and DFW
Never wrote another novel
Six minute takes
Tortured artist whose biggest obstacle is himself
Free time and they write bullshit
Aaron Swartz's theory of IJ
We can't do math
Plenty of good books are forgotten
The 160-page version of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
Sergio de la Pava
The Internet as a tool
Mario Bellatin
Moving past Bolaño's influence
Make fun of Shakespeare
Comparing Birdman and Infinite Jest
IJ is impossible to film
Easter egg: technical difficulties
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Show notes
In this episode with talk with Academy-Award winning screenwriter and DFW fan Nicolás Giacobone. Nico is best known as the co-writer of Iñarritu's Birdman and Biutiful, but he's also a writer of fiction and a serious reader.
If you have not seen the movie Birdman, it is strongly advised that you do so.
In this episode we discuss his grandfather's filmography, literary influences, Manu Ginobli, and many other things.  
Books and writers mentioned include Alberto Laiseca, John Updike, Don DeLillo, George Saunders, and Michael Ondaatje's Coming Through Slaughter among others. 
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Show notes: 
35:08 - Ruth Reichl and DFW
57:07 - Aaron Swartz's theory of IJ