Til that michael schur, the creator of parks and recreation, reddit. This was tantamount to telling me i had just won two simultaneous powerball lottery jackpots, on my birthday, which. Infinite jest scene,reborn as a rock video news archive. As usc doctoral candidate george carstocea points out on his blog, the whole halfhour was one long homage to david foster wallaces massive novel infinite jest the number one book you. In any case, this is as close as were ever likely to get. The dream director for infinite jest movieseries self. Michael schur wrote for saturday night live and the office before cocreating, writing, and producing parks and. He wrote his senior thesis on the book, and met wallace after inviting the. Infinite jest is one of the great novels of our era, but it would probably make a terrible movie. Parks and recs michael shur directs the decemberists.
Michael schur takes on infinite jest bookish impose. Last nights parks and rec was full of references to infinite jest. Bojack horseman and infinite jest are basically the same story. Wallaces massive novel infinite jest the number one book you pretend to have read in college. Infinite jest imbues decemberists video by michael schur. Schur even owns the film rights to the book, although he doesnt have plans to. Every product was carefully curated by an esquire editor.
The decemberists are my favorite band, and infinite jest is my favorite book. We spoke to creator mike schur, whose credits also include. Schur is such a jest fanboy that when the feature rights to the novel came up for sale a year ago, he snatched them more on that later. Schur collaborated with the decemberists on their music video for calamity song from the album the king is dead. Kristen bell as eleanor, ted danson as michael in a scene from the good place.
Michael schur wrote for saturday night live and the office before cocreating, writing, and producing parks and recreation and, most recently, brooklyn ninenine, two halfhour comedies that have won critical acclaim and loyal fans. Michael schur, coproducer and actor of the office tv series owns the movie rights to infinite jest. How to pretend youve read david foster wallaces infinite. Directed by michael schur, who works on the fantastic parks and recreation, calamity song depicts a game of eschaton from the david foster wallace novel infinite jest which ive written about here. A scene in infinite jest is reborn as a rock video. Michael schur, in sweatshirt, cocreator of parks and recreation, based a new video for the decemberists calamity song on infinite jest, the novel by david foster wallace.
The new york times wrote a piece giving the full background. The decemberists yeah, your moms favorite new band and michael schur from parks and rec yeah, the only show you watch on broadcast, whatever that means now have come together to reenact a scene from infinite jest for a decemberists video. How to pretend youve read david foster wallaces infinite jest. The video is directed by michael schur, a cocreator of nbcs parks and recreation. Til that michael schur, the creator of parks and recreation, brooklyn. The unintentional last words of famous writers including james baldwin, lou reed, nora ephron, and david foster wallace. Most people who own a copy of infinite jest, david foster. It is based on a section of infinite jest by david foster wallace.
The music vid uses elements from a risklike tennis game. Here is michael schur on directing the video for the decemberists calamity song, which was inspired by david foster wallaces infinite jest. Director michael schur, cocreator of parks and recreation and a veteran of the office and saturday night live, gave us his side of the story. Parks and recreations michael schur talks about directing. I found out that infinite jest was the favorite book of the showrunner of parks and recreation mike schur. And when a rep for the group called in search of a music. Michael schur owns the film rights to infinite jest, and you can get an idea for how much he loves it in this article. He wrote his senior thesis on the book, and met wallace. Infinite jest imbues decemberists video by michael schur the. The bands manager, jason, contacted me through his brother michael and asked me to direct a video they were planning that referenced a section of the book infinite jest. This was tantamount to telling me i had just won two simultaneous powerball lottery jackpots, on. Michael schur project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Parks and recreations michael schur talks about directing the.
Calamity song by the decemberists the new york times. How to pretend youve read david foster wallaces infinite jest ew. There are many reference to the book and the author in the office. Schurs favorite book the first he ever read that he felt was written the way he thought and spoke and favorite band, he says he would have. The music video mike schur directed based on infinite jest. The bands manager, jason, contacted me through his brother michael with whom i went to college and asked me to direct a video they were planning that referenced a section of the book infinite jest. The good place, owns the film rights to david foster wallaces novel, infinite jest.
This entire episode is essentially an homage to that book. Michael schur,the cocreator and show runner of the comedy show,parks and recreation,has directed a video based on a section of the novel infinite jest by david. The law firm representing councilman jamm is gately, wayne, kittenplan, and. As schur discussed with the new york times, he was a devoted fan of infinite jest when he was a student at harvard. Infinite jest references in partridge parks and rec showrunner michael schur a. Another reference is the doctors name in this episode doctor clipperton clipperton was the name of a character in infinite jest who would go to tennis tournaments and play with an uzi to his own head, saying he would kill. Show executive producer michael schur is a fan of david foster wallace, american author of infinite jest 1996. Other tv show, bojack horseman, seems to be loosely based on this book.
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