James O. Incandenza

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alcoholic fictional character filmmaker founder physicist tennis coach

James O. Incandenza is a brilliant but troubled filmmaker, physicist, and founder of the Enfield Tennis Academy in David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alcoholic ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
filmmaker ⓘ
founder ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
tennis coach ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Himself ⓘ
J.O. Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jim Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn Infinite Jest NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
child Hal Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mario Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orin Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs brilliant ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ
troubled ⓘ
education Enfield Marine Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Infinite Jest NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork experimental filmmaking ⓘ
film theory ⓘ
optics ⓘ
founded Enfield Tennis Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreOfWork avant-garde film ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ
hasAddiction alcohol ⓘ
hasRelative Avril Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Tavis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStudent Hal Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mario Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences Hal Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mario Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture of Enfield Tennis Academy ⓘ
knownFor creating lethally entertaining film cartridges ⓘ
founding Enfield Tennis Academy ⓘ
his alcoholism ⓘ
his complex relationship with his sons ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide by putting his head in a microwave oven ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
narrativeRole central background figure in Infinite Jest ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork the film cartridge known as "Infinite Jest" NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation filmmaker ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
tennis instructor ⓘ
residence Enfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Averill G. Incandenza NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Joelle Van Dyne → appearsInFilmBy → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Joelle Van Dyne → collaboratesWith → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Mario Incandenza → collaboratesWith → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
the Entertainment (lethal film cartridge) → createdByCharacter → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
subject surface form: The Entertainment
the Entertainment (lethal film cartridge) → creator → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
subject surface form: The Entertainment
Mario Incandenza → emotionalBondWith → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Infinite Jest → featuresCharacter → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Enfield Tennis Academy → foundedByFictional → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Hal Incandenza → hasFather → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Mario Incandenza → hasFather → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Orin Incandenza → hasFather → James O. Incandenza ⓘ
Avril Incandenza → spouse → James O. Incandenza ⓘ