My Dinner With Andre Director: Louis Malle Cast: Wallace Shawn, André Gregory
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- DVD Release Date: 06/23/2009
- Original Release: 1981
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- Sales Rank: 1,027
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Features
New, restored high-definition digital transfer; New video interviews with actors André Gregory and Wallace Shawn by filmmaker and friend Noah Baumbach; "My Dinner With Louis" an episode from the BBC program Arena, in which Shawn interviews director Louis Malle; A booklet featuring an essay written by critic Amy Taubin and the preface written by Gregory and Shawn for the published screenplay
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Disc #1 -- My Dinner With André
1. Logos/Opening Credits [:43]
2. "The Life of a Playwright Is Tough" [8:59]
3. In a Forest in Poland [14:19]
4. The Little Prince [4:42]
5. Kozan, A Buddhist Priest [7:04]
6. One's Own Flag [3:22]
7. Findhorn [2:43]
8. Halloween in Montauk [8:43]
9. An Insance Dreamworld [11:32]
10. The Dangers of Comfort [9:40]
11. The Sleeping Audience [4:48]
12. The Real World [2:40]
13. Gustav Björnstrand [7:09]
14. "Do You Want to Hear My Actual Response?" [11:44]
15. To Be [10:24]
16. The Ride Home [2:57]
17. Color Bars [:00]
Disc #2 -- My Dinner With André
1. Human Decay and Growth [5:40]
2. Quests, Scandals and Wars [7:12]
3. A Monster Prodigy [4:53]
4. Incomprehensible India [5:54]
5. Traveling With Cousteau [1:53]
6. Two Films About Right and Wrong [12:12]
7. Our Confused Capitalist Country [6:27]
8. Fiction and Documentary [7:54]
Editorial Reviews
A extended conversation between two old friends over dinner proves an unexpectedly fascinating subject for a film in the critically acclaimed My Dinner with André. The talkers in question are André Gregory, a renowned experimental theater director, and playwright and actor Wallace Shawn, both of whom play themselves. The film is not a documentary, but a condensation of several real discussions fashioned into a dramatic exchange by Shawn and director Louis Malle. The subtle conflict stems from the differences in the men's characters: Gregory is an inquisitive, uninhibited wanderer, willing to travel to remote lands to take part in unusual foreign rituals, while Shawn is the cynical, realistic New Yorker, more concerned with the challenges and rewards of day-to-day city life. Malle approaches their philosophical yet playful back-and-forth with a straightforward, minimal style that only rarely wanders outside its restaurant setting. The focus therefore falls on Shawn's and Gregory's contrasting verbal styles and facial expressions, highlighting conversational nuances normally lost on film. While the idea of watching any conversation for over 90 minutes, no matter how fascinating, may turn off some viewers, enough audiences have supported the film to make it an art-house classic. Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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