David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)

David Foster Wallace*, is dead in an apparent suicide by hanging, something he'll never do again. In the words of Gawker, "Very Sad."

ADDENDUM Here's a literary video (oddly dubbed a "Chunklette") from David Foster Wallace's "Consider the Lobster," from Consider the Lobster. I'm surprised by how much it reminds me of Ross (Sherman's March) McElwee—and now Werner Herzog. Debbie (and others) will appreciate the use of text in the graphics.



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*who wrote some of the funniest essays and articles I've read

DEBBIE'S VIDEOTEXT ARCADE: "LIONS ROAR" (UNFINISHED)

Here's a very promising but unfinished "typographical motion graphic piece" set to the groovy "Lions Roar" by The Hush Sound.



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DEBBIE'S VIDEOTEXT ARCADE: "THE LUCKIEST GUY ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE"

Debbie burned some midnight oil gamely putting together a list of videos in which type/text serves an important function.

Here's a version of "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side" by The Magnetic Fields.

Click here for other examples.




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