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J.O.I.'s filmography: "Infinite Jest (V?)"

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Infinite Jest (V?). Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar. Poor Yorick Entertainment Unlimited. 'Madame Psychosis'; no other definitive data. Thorny problem for archivists. Incandenza's last film, Incandenza's death occurring during its post-production. Most archival authorities list as unfinished, unseen. Some list as completion of Infinite Jest (IV), for which Incandenza also used 'Psychosis,' thus list the film under Incandenza's output for Y.T.M.P.

Context

The filmography's master loop closes: the lethal Entertainment is the fifth revolution of a chain of remakes of itself — (I) remade as (II), remade as (III), attempted as (IV), maybe completed as (V?) — and JOI dies inside the last turn. The book's central object isn't just a film that loops; it is a loop, produced by looping. (The earlier links in the chain are in the supporting and texture sections, pp. 987–990.)

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