My Dinner With Andre [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

My Dinner With Andre [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Louis Malle Cast: Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn
, Andre Gregory
Andre Gregory
, Jean Lenauer
Jean Lenauer
, Roy Butler
Roy Butler
Louis Malle
My Dinner With Andre [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

My Dinner With Andre [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Louis Malle Cast: Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn
, Andre Gregory
Andre Gregory
, Jean Lenauer
Jean Lenauer
, Roy Butler
Roy Butler
Louis Malle

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Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/16/2015
UPC: 0715515146814
Original Release: 1981
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:51:00
Sales rank: 9,004

Special Features

Interview from 2009 with actor-writers André Gregory and Wallace Shawn, conducted by their friend the filmmaker Noah Baumbach "My Dinner with Louis," a 1982 episode of the BBC program Arena in which Shawn interviews director Louis Malle

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Wallace Shawn Wally Shawn
Andre Gregory Andre Gregory
Jean Lenauer Waiter
Roy Butler Bartender

Technical Credits
George W. George Producer
Beverly Karp Producer
Louis Malle Director
André Gregory Screenwriter
Wallace Shawn Screenwriter
Jean-Claude Laureux Sound/Sound Designer
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