Thus begins louis malles very funny, extremely special new film, my dinner with andre, which will be shown at alice tully hall at the new york film festival today at 9. Overview of my dinner with andre, 1981, directed by louis malle, with wallace shawn, andre gregory, jean lenauer, at turner classic movies. My dinner with andre 1981 official trailer, organic. Its important to remember that the film predates the american independent film movement by about a decade. In the decades since its 1981 debut, this tiny, impeccably crafted independent movie has inspired myriad prose pieces and a slew of witticisms that riff on its title. Like philosophy itself, this movie is for selective audiences, which the filmmakers themselves clearly understood. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing.
The first twenty minutes or so, i was afraid this was going to be a really dull film i already knew the whole premise was two guys having a conversation for nearly two hours, but i ended up mesmerized. Its important to remember that the film predates the american independent film movement by about a. Financial analysis of my dinner with andre 1981 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. On and on the two friends talk, while a spectral waiter with a facial tic jean lenauer serves their dinner like the ghost at macbeths banquet. My dinner with andre 1981 the criterion collection. My dinner with andre 1981 january 6, 2015 gregory j. My dinner with andre by ted ollier on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Two men have dinner together in a fancy restaurant and discuss life. Then in the next moment you start to think about things. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the. Another point to make is that film critic roger ebert, upon the film s 1999 rerelease, wrote, someone asked me the other day if i could name a movie that was entirely devoid of cliches. He said, someone asked me the other day if i could name a movie that was entirely devoid of cliches. The 1981 movie was directed by louis malle and written by its stars. The actors play fictionalized versions of themselves sharing a conversation at cafe des artistes in manhattan.
My dinner with andre is a 1981 american comedydrama film directed by louis malle, and written by and starring andre gregory andre and wallace shawn wally. The concept of a movie that is almost entirely a single dinner conversation is successfully experimental, and some of gregorys theories approach the bizarre. In the decades since its 1981 debut, this tiny, impeccably crafted independent movie has inspired myriad prose pieces and a slew of witticisms. But many people, especially online, have mistaken what ebert meant by that claim. Aug 31, 2010 trailer for my dinner with andre in louis malles 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. My dinner with andre is a film that you will either get the first time or a couple of times watching and enjoy it, or it is one that you will right away dismiss as ponderous artsyfartsy talk. My dinner with andre is a 1981 film about two men who share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a chic restaurant in new york city. Travel guide to film locations for louis malles my dinner with andre 1981, in new york and richmond, virginia. The film s dialogue covers topics such as experimental theatre, the nature. Wallace shawn and andre gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal.
You know, in the sexual act theres that moment of complete forgetting, which is so incredible. My dinner with andre a movie from 1981 predicts our. May 15, 2017 they know its moody bends and comical twists so well that you forget, as one does in my dinner with andre, where the actors end and their characters begin. Beyond all the basic film and disc info, it supplies two articles. On the origins of my dinner with andre gives us shawn and gregorys preface to the screenplay they published in tandem with the film s 1981. It is a film rich in ideas and brimming with very honest humanity. My dinner with andre great thought provoking eye opening film. Excerpt from the 1981 louis malle film my dinner with andre, starring wallace shawn and andre gregory. The format of my dinner with andre has influenced two other philosophical movies. By all means, my dinner with andre is a film that shouldnt work. Apr 25, 2017 le film my dinner with andre 1981 vostfr admin 20170425t21.
A conversation about reality my dinner with andre 1981 from jabajabba. I thought for a moment, and then answered, my dinner with andre. After all, whod ever heard of a movie consisting of nearly two hours of nonstop dinner conversation. The sheer audacity of my dinner with andre drew throngs of curious filmgoers who made the film the most talkedabout arthouse hit of 1981. As said in a recent interview with vulture, andre gregory makes some rather prescient comments in that film, and people have thought, wow, he predicted the future. Everyone involved with my dinner with andre 1981 recognized the apparent craziness of making a featurelength movie that consists of nothing more than two men sitting in a restaurant, talking. Wallace shawn and andre gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant. Trailer for my dinner with andre in louis malles 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. My dinner with andre film by malle 1981 britannica. My dinner with andre louis malle completa y subtitulada. It sounds at first like one of those underground films of the 1960s, in which great length and minimal content somehow interacted in the dopeaddled brains of the audience to provide the impression of deep if somehow elusive profundity. My dinner with andre 1981 changes the movie database. During the standing ovation, i found that the two men seated directly behind me were gregory and shawn. My dinner with andre 1981, an unusual film consisting almost entirely of a dinner table conversation between two characters.
Video archive for the film my dinner with andre, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1981. My dinner with andre was a film that has previously caught my eye because dialogue in my mind is the most stand out part of a film in personal experiences. My dinner with andre elevates the simple activity of conversation to a fine and lively art. My dinner with andre predicted our future 35 years ago andre. Wallis annenberg center for the performing arts and film independent present a special, onenight only live read of the 1981 comedy my dinner with andre, starring emmy awardwinning writer and comedian john mulaney saturday night live, kid gorgeous and noted film and broadway actor nick kroll loving, big mouth, spiderman into the spider. In 1999, he added it to his great movies essay series. This is a riveting, provocative film that rewards several viewings, says philip.
The talkers in question are andre gregory, a renowned experimental theater director, and playwright and actor wallace shawn, both of whom play themselves. I saw my dinner with andre at its first public screening, at the 1981 telluride film festival. With andre gregory, wallace shawn, jean lenauer, roy butler. Both leave the dinner unconvinced of the others views, but rewarded by the debate. They know its moody bends and comical twists so well that you forget, as one does in my dinner with andre, where the actors end and their characters begin. My dinner with andre 1981 is a philosophical biography, comedy movie starring wallace shawn and andre gregory. Trailer for the 1981 film my dinner with andre trailer for the 1981 film my dinner with andre. Someone asked me the other day if i could name a movie that was entirely devoid of cliches. Le film my dinner with andre 1981 vostfr film complet. The duo behind my dinner with andre brings their talky.
At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater. There is no plot or action to speak of, and the only conflict occurs in the differing philosophies between the two men. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Wallace walks to the restaurant like a longdead ghost wandering to no place in particular through a bustling city of the living, he appears uncertain and anxious and blue, two hours later he will walk out of the restaurant with his feelings not inverted but irrevocably various and eager and rose coloured. Other articles where my dinner with andre is discussed. The film is not a documentary, but a condensation of several real discussions. And when i was at findhorn i met this extraordinary english tree expert who had devoted himself to saving trees, and. May 11, 2014 by all means, my dinner with andre is a film that shouldnt work.
A conversation about reality my dinner with andre 1981. My dinner with andre 1981 mankinds brainwashing hd duration. A conversation about reality my dinner with andre 1981 on. And everyone was equally surprised when the finished film turned into not just an indie hit but a veritable phenomenon, playing for months and making a. And, er, thats pretty much it andre, whos given up his career as a theatre director, is given to flights of spiritual fancy, while. Long, strange trips is a 2009 essay by film critic amy taubin which celebrates and dissects the film and its three principal makers. In it, wallace played by wallace shawn, a playwright and actor, goes to a restaurant to meet his old friend andre played by andre gregory, whom he hasnt seen for a while, and the film essentially follows their. And everyone was equally surprised when the finished film turned into not just an indie hit but a veritable phenomenon, playing for months and making a lot of money relative to its cost. A extended conversation between two old friends over dinner proves an unexpectedly fascinating subject for a film in the critically acclaimed my dinner with andre. My dinner with andre 1981, an unusual film consisting almost entirely of a dinnertable conversation between two characters. My dinner with andre 1981 posted on april 10, 2016 april 10, 2016 by shane scotttravis were just going around all day like unconscious machines, and meanwhile theres all this rage and worry and uneasiness just building up and building up inside us. A heady, involving discussion of life and the awareness of existence between actorplaywright wallace shawn and theatre director andre gregory, my dinner with andre is a thoughtprovoking and thoroughly involving. As i made my preface to the film i was sure to point out that while the title of the film accurately depicts its content it also deludes it, this is a film that, each time ive seen it, has never once failed to excite, animate, and arouse my imagination and my consciousness, and that, somehow. The film s dialogue covers topics such as experimental theatre, the nature of theatre, and the nature of life, and contrasts.
The illusion of freedom will continue as long as its profitable to continue the illusion. The boston society of film critics awards ranked it as the best american film in 1982, and awarded gregory and shawn its prize for best screenplay. Jun 17, 2015 s eemingly nonchalant, borderline delirious, my dinner with andre is the result of an inspired collaboration among its actorwriters, wallace shawn and andre gregory, and its director, louis malle. Nov 27, 2016 trailer for the 1981 film my dinner with andre trailer for the 1981 film my dinner with andre. Dec 21, 2010 excerpt from the 1981 louis malle film my dinner with andre, starring wallace shawn and andre gregory. My dinner with andre 1981 playwright and actor wallace shawn sits down to dinner with his friend andre gregory for a lengthy conversation. Wallace shawn might be best known for louis malles 1981 twohander film my dinner with andre, which takes place almost entirely inside a restaurant during one meal between old friends. The my dinner with andre criterion collection brings the cultclassic conversation film to doubledisc dvd at long last. In this captivating and philosophical film directed by louis malle, actor and playwright wallace shawn sits down with his friend the theater director andre gregory at a restaurant on new yorks upper west side, and the pair proceed through an alternately whimsical and despairing confessional about love, death, money, and all the superstition in between.
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