david lipsky is there to profile him.id foster wallace has done numerous profiles of people so he was aware of how this works and who is watching someone who probably had lesser skill at that, with all due respect, try to dissect him. he could see it happening. charlie: that's really remarkable. he knew all the moves. this is an interview that i did with david foster wallace which, , this is onejason of the interviews i get asked about most. david: coming on television stimulates your, what am i going to look like, like nothing else. you have been told -- you have been set as a writer that defines a generation. that's how i feel about you. i hear a brain at work. where are you going to go? david: not exploding would be a good place to start. that kind of stuff, i dissociate very well. it's a useful talent. writing for publication is a very weird thing because part of and you want to say in libraries and not be bothered. another part of you is like look at me look at me. you have a fantasy about writing something that make

>> rose: so what happened to david lipsky? >> david lipsky, i was with him today.id lipsky went on to write write. the article did not get published when he came back from these four days. he was sent off to do another story -- >> why was it never published? >> it ended up being published after david foster wallace passed away. but the-- what happened was he came back. there was-- there was sort of a heroin epidemic actually, going on and david lipsky was assigned to go cover this heroin story. and when he came back, it was three months after the book had come out and i guess in the publishing world that's a lifetime. and the story-- the story was no longer applicable, i guess. >> rose: or as timely. >> yeah. >> rose: and today he writes? >> yes. >> rose: what does he say about it? >> well, this movie is based on david lipsky's book which is basically a transcript of the four days. david lipsky recorded all of this on his tape recorder. so it's a really beautiful beautiful memory of these four days with him, and i think it meant a great deal to david lipsky, and i

john: what was it like playing jesse eisenberg, the man who played david lipsky in the movie?: the best acting experience of my life. diligent in understanding what he's doing in his character. had our first meet-and-greet. somebody asked me when i started writing. i said it was by necessity. nobody was knocking down my door to play captain america, and really quietly but loud enough for me to hear, jesse said, "no, but you could probably play the captain of a weaker country," and i knew that was what was going to go on, and that was fun. john: i've seen you quoted on two things. one, you would like to make a movie with hillary clinton and number two, you would like to go on a man date with barack obama. talk about those things. jason: i have two great answers to that. with hillary clinton, it was when i was doing "how i met your mother." and the constant question was, who is the mother? who is the mother going to be? so i got tired of that question, and i was hoping for hillary clinton, and i got the most graceful and amazing letter from hillary clinton or her people that she

harlie: what happened to david lipsky?he went on to write the article, did not get published when he came back from these four days. charlie: why was it never published? >> it ended up being published after david foster wallace passed away. he came back and there was sort of a heroin epidemic going on to cover lipsky was this story. and when he came back, it was three months after the book came out and in the book world, it is a lifetime. charlie: timely. and today, he writes? what does he say about it? >> this movie is based on david lip sky's book, which is basically a transcript of the four days. david lipsky recorded all of this on his tape recorder. so it's a really beautiful memory of these four days with him. and i think it meant a great deal to david lipsky. but i think he would do differently. charlie: what helped you get david foster wallace? >> honestly, i think there was informative than reading "infin it jest." that is the most greatest thing i read. i feel like he is every single one of those characters. and

john: what was it like playing -- working with jesse eisenberg who plays david lipsky in the movie?bestt was the most experience of my life. he is so talented. he is so profound and knowing why he is saying what he is doing or saying as a character. you: he did something for and your character. jason: it was before the shooting and before the first meet and greet and someone asked me how i started writing and i said it was by necessity, nobody was knocking down my door to play captain america and really quietly but just loud enough for him to hear, jesse said, no but you could probably when a captain of a weaker country. i knew that was what would go on for about a month and it was the best. >> we talk about politics most of the time but we dabble in entertainment. i've heard that you want to make a movie opposite hillary clinton and you what to go on a man-date with barack obama. >> it wasn't that i wanted to play opposite hillary clinton when i was doing "how i met your it was mother." and the constant question was, who is the mother? who is the mother going to be? so i got tired

john: and it is not a guy name david lipsky who goes to interview david foster for infinite jest, andspend days together. ,ou have done a lot of tours and you have dealt with a lot of journalists in your life. what do you think the movie reveals about the nature of the writer/subject or the writer/celebrity relationship? is complicated, but at the same time, david had one they came out the same year that did not do as a, so you meet a guy meeting and idol, a guy he idolizes me also once to dethrone, and to go to that, you realize the person interviewing you might have interests that diverge from your own, that you are trying to communicate a a point across, and seeing the person interviewing you might want to take your words and twist them and reveal something about you, and that is what comes into play in the movie, and david goes in with a bit of an agenda because there were addiction rumors fosterg around david wallace, and david lipsky once to expose him. -- wants to expose him. i do not these days think you would agree to an interview that is four days long. bloomberg asked me to

. >> now she's in "the end of the tour" about rolling stone journalist david lipsky. she plays his girlfriend. good to see you. >> nice to see you, thank you very much. >> this is getting rave reviews, oscar buzz. has to be a good feeling. >> i'm so pleased for the film. it's really good, really well written. jason just kills it as does jesse. they are fantastic. it's under stated. it tells the story. it's about people talking. it's great. i lo it. >> you play jesse or the writer's girlfriend. >> indeed. we are nice and brainy and very '90s. >> david foster wallace is one of the most acclaimed novelists in the history of time. i was going to say of the generation. but of ever which is true. for people who tonight know about the interview back and forth with lipsky, what's going on? >> well, it's interesting. it's a very, very te tail detailed look at one interview that david lipsky conducted with david foster wallace. it's from his point of view. it's based on his book that was also about this interview, slash, road trip they went on. i think that's what makes a succe

lauren: lipsky caught up in a global markets. chinese stocks with the most in three weeks.cern the government will pare back efforts to prop up the stock market. shanghai down 6%. the hang seng losing 1%. nikkei had cost me down as well. ftse down by 26 points from a dax up by five. in the u.s. down 34-point or the broader market down by four. checking for key commodities this morning. we'll continue to follow the old up arrow. dagen: investors look over second-quarter resorts from wal-mart today. a few things to watch. sales and traffic to report the fourth straight quarter of higher sales and third straight quarter of higher shopper traffic after a long period of decline for both. mobile results say about the overall economy? investigators focus on the health of the core consumer lower income in america is at the stronger dollar expected to weigh on profits. wal-mart continues to invest in higher wages for store employees as well as the e-commerce business. the company expected to lower its full-year guidance slightly. lauren: let's do some weather before you head out the