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In Louis Malle's captivating and philosophical My Dinner with Andr, actor and playwright Wallace Shawn sits down with friend and theater director Andr Gregory at an Manhattan restaurant, and the two proceed into an alternately whimsical and despairing confessional on love, death, money, and all the superstition in between. Playing variations on their own New York-honed personas, Shawn and Gregory, who also wrote the screenplay, dive in with introspective, intellectual gusto, and Malle captures it all with a delicate, artful detachment. A fascinating freeze-frame of cosmopolitan culture, My Dinner with Andr remains a unique work in cinema history. A stream-of-consciousness dialogue between playwright/actor Wallace Shawn and director/actor Andre Gregory, as it unfolds over dinner in a posh NYC restaurant. The two basically play themselves, and Andre does most of the talking. Wallace Shawn functions as a sort of audience-surrogate, grounding Gregory's philosophical speculations with his own occasional wisecracks. Two old friends, one a playwright/actor, the other a theater director, sit down to dinner together and discuss their fascinating life experiences. A delightful and thought-provoking film. My Dinner With Andre Reviews: "...A wonderfully chilling performance by Jean Lenauer..."
-- Julian Jebb, Sight and Sound "...With a soothing voice and excellent diction, Gregory is a fascinating speaker..."
-- Lor., Variety "...A thrilling drama -- A film with more action than RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "Pretty good as philosophy textbook..."
-- Chris Roberts, Uncut "[A]n arthouse hit in 1981 built around a conversation between old friends and collaborators playing themselves, directed with dining-room intimacy by Louis Malle."-- Keith Phipps, A.V. Club My Dinner With Andre | List Price | $39.95 (You save $11.30) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1981 | | All Time Sales Rank |  40974  | | CD Universe Part number | 7911321 | | Catalog number | 1814 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 23, 2009 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 110 Minutes | | Additional Info | Special Edition | | Movie Details | Color; Special Edition |
My Dinner With Andre Movie Review My Dinner With Andre DVD In Louis Malle's captivating and philosophical My Dinner with Andre, actor and playwright Wallace Shawn sits down with friend and theater director Andre Gregory at an Manhattan restaurant, and the two proceed into an alternately whimsical and despairing confessional on love, death, money, and all the superstition in between. Playing variations on their own New York-honed personas, Shawn and Gregory, who also wrote the screenplay, dive in with introspective, intellectual gusto, and Malle captures it all with a delicate, artful detachment. A fascinating freeze-frame of cosmopolitan culture, My Dinner with Andre remains a unique work in cinema history.
Keep Case
Special Edition
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital
1.0 Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Interviews:
1. Andre Gregory, Actor
2. Wallace Shawn, Actor
3. Noah Baumbach, Filmmaker/Interviewer
Featurette:
1. MY DINNER WITH LOUIS - BBC Program / Shawn Wallace Interview With Louis Malle
Additional Products:
Booklet - Essay - Amy Taubin, Critic
Booklet - Gregory/Shawn Screenplay Prefaces
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For his fourth directorial feature in the span of two years, Clint Eastwood tells the story of a grizzled Korean War vet's reluctant friendship with a Hmong teenage boy and his immigrant family. Set in contemporary Detroit, GRAN TORINO tackles the shifting cultural and economic landscape of not only the Motor City, but America as well. Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski, an unabashed bigot who never heard a racial insult he didn't love. Bitter, haunted, and full of pride, Walt refuses to abandon the neighborhood he's lived in for decades despite its changing demographics as he clings desperately to a mindset long since out of step with the times. When his Hmong neighbor Thao tries to steal his prized muscle car as part of a gang initiation, Walt is forced to grapple with the world around him.
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