what we had in that case, david lipsky, a stranger to david foster wallace, had written an account ofime and very subjective experience in his company as someone who admired, from a place of insecurity, fear him a little. david foster wallace understood the exact game that was being played because he wrote the exact sort of profile david lipsky did. it was like they were performing for each other. it was a very subjective take on someone just a couple years younger than the other, but perhaps wanted the life the other person had. charlie: i get more comments on that interview, it is in the top five of 25 years doing this program. the top five, maybe because of what he meant to them. maybe because he did so few interviews. james: having watched that interview 50 times, what strikes me, you seem to get along so well. at a certain point he begins talking about movies. he was reviewing the film. seems to be a moment of recognition, and my just about to critique the movie? he is a tough reviewer and then apologizes in a midwestern way. you seem to admire the quality of his mind in a way th