My dinner with Andre [videorecording] / presented by George W. George in association with Michael White ; produced by George W. George, Beverly Karp ; screenplay by Wallace Shawn, André Gregory ; directed by Louis Malle ; [Nouvelles Editions de Films ; The Andre Company, L.P.].
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FilmPublisher number: CC1814D | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 479.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2009.Edition: Special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 p. ; 18 cm.)ISBN: - 1604651563
- 9781604651560
- Arena (Television program)
- Taubin, Amy Long, strange, trips
- Director of photography, Jeri Sopanen ; production designer, David Mitchell ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; music, Allen Shawn ; costume designer, Jeffrey Ullman ; set decorator, Douglas Kraner ; art director, Stephen McCabe.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
Booklet features an essay "Long, strange, trips" by critic Amy Taubin and prefaces written by Gregory and Shawn for the published screenplay.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981.
Special features: Disc 2. 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.
Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements.
Director of photography, Jeri Sopanen ; production designer, David Mitchell ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; music, Allen Shawn ; costume designer, Jeffrey Ullman ; set decorator, Douglas Kraner ; art director, Stephen McCabe.
André Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler.
An actor has dinner with his friend, a theater director, at an Upper West Side restaurant. Together they discuss everything from money to death to love and all the superstition in between. Playing variations on their own New York-honed personas, the two dive in with introspective, intellectual gusto. All captured in a delicate, but artful detachment.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation enhanced for (16:9) televisions; Dolby Digital mono.
In English with optional English subtitles.