The only reason I picked to watch this movie is because I looked up and saw that it was a movie about an author and not some book that was turned into a movie that is just mediocre. I was looking through the list of movies on the assignment sheet looking each one up on rotten tomatoes and when I looked up “The End of the Tour” directed by James Ponsoldt I at first thought it was a mistake that it was on the list because it was not based off a book. I read the reviews and people said it was a very interesting story and after watching the movie myself I have to say the same. I went into the movie having no idea who David Foster Wallace, and left feeling like I knew the guy like a friend. The story this movie tells is like none I have ever seen…show more content… While watching the movie you learn that Davis Wallace is not like your everyday citizen. First time you hear him talk is when the Rolling Stones writer, David Lipsky, calls him trying to get directions to Wallace’s house and all Wallace says is how did you get this number, then tells Lipsky you should forget it. So right off the bat you get a feeling Wallace is a some big personality guy but after Lipsky finds the house and meets Wallace you realize that Wallace is actually a very genuine person in his own way. After Lipsky starts talking to him for some time the audience starts to discover that Wallace is actually a lonely person with no one to really talk to. Lipsky joins Wallace to his final stop on his book signing tour in Minneapolis were you really see how Wallace is a person. It is hard to describe him because he is such a unique character. Lipsky is also a rather interesting character too during the movie. Lipsky is an author like Wallace except Wallace has a successful…show more content… The entire movie is about one guy trying to learn anything and everything about another guy’s personality but we actually learn about both of them. This movie really makes you think about who you are as a person and how you lead your life. Another theme of this movie is friendship. It becomes obvious when Wallace and Lipsky first meet that Wallace really does not have anyone to talk to where he lives and with Lipsky asking somewhat deep questions it makes Wallace open up. Wallace also asks some of the same questions Lipsky asks him back to Lipsky which leads us to learn more about Lipsky too. While the idea of this movie was to learn about David Wallace we also learn about David Lipsky too. The point of view of this movie is limited 1st person from the viewpoint of David Lipsky. The movie starts with Lipsky getting a call hearing that Wallace died and Lipsky rushes to his collection of tape records and plugs in his interview with Wallace and we are instantly thrown into the past. The character development of both David’s is insane.With Wallace getting hammered with questions about who he is as and what his past is about really makes Wallace think. He admits and realizes things about himself to Lipsky a lot during the movie. We come into this movie thinking Wallace is a basic genuine guy and leave knowing their might actually be too much going on with him. Lipsky we see as this rebellious Rolling Stones reporter that
