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DFW: …I hope they don’t just start being in big-budget action movies and spend all their time at the gym and retreats making…
GVS: Me too.
DFW: …hundred million dollar salaried plastic product.
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That sage bit, referring to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck from an interview with David Foster Wallace conducted by Gus Van Sant.
They discuss the math problems in Good Will Hunting; Blood Meridian and Cormac McCarthy; and there are multiple references to DFW’s dogs making noise in the background.
