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My Dinner with Andre (The Criteiron Collection) [Blu-ray]

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Genre Drama
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Contributor André Gregory, Louis Malle, Wallace Shawn
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 51 minutes

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In this captivating and philosophical film directed by Louis Malle (Au revoir les enfants), Wallace Shawn sits down with his friend Andre Gregory at a restaurant on New York's Upper West Side, and the pair proceed through an alternately whimsical and despairing confessional about love, death, money, and all the superstition in between. Playing variations on their own New York-honed personas, Shawn and Gregory, who also co 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.

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In this captivating and philosophical film directed by Louis Malle (Au revoir les enfants), actor and playwright Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride) sits down with his friend the theater director André Gregory (Vanya on 42nd Street) at a restaurant on New York’s Upper West Side, and the pair proceed through an alternately whimsical and despairing confessional about love, death, money, and all the superstition in between. Playing variations on their own New York–honed personas, Shawn and Gregory, who also cowrote 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 André remains a unique work in cinema history.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2492
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Louis Malle
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 51 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 16, 2015
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Wallace Shawn, André Gregory
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection (Direct)
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00UUOVC1C
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 283 ratings

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Customers find this movie to be a wonderful thought-provoking film that holds up well over time, with interesting conversations and articulate dialogue. The visual presentation receives positive feedback, with one customer describing it as "vivid." The DVD's quality receives mixed reviews, with several customers noting the grainy and poor film print.

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36 customers mention "Movie quality"36 positive0 negative

Customers find this movie to be a wonderful thought-provoking film that is thoroughly entertaining and among their favorite movies of all time.

"...However, it is still a fascinating movie, but you must concentrate because the movie is pure conversation, and if you get distracted at all you'll..." Read more

"...This is simply intelligent, witty, sometimes searching & troubled conversation about the meaning of one's life, the roles & scripts that society..." Read more

"...itself, I'm taking the time to write these remarks because it's a great movie that is well worth watching and watching again...." Read more

"...The image was a bit soft but otherwise was quite good and the sound was excellent, near as I could tell...." Read more

5 customers mention "Visual quality"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the visual quality of the DVD, with one noting its vivid presentation and another highlighting its nicely designed cover.

"...It's a great contrast between two people from the same world - New York's world of theatre - who have two completely different outlooks on life...." Read more

"...the most bizarre of circumstances, and I find his stories compelling & vivid...." Read more

"...Wally Shawn and Andre Gregory looking back on the experience, very illuminating. Highly recommended for fans of the film...." Read more

"...sharing of experiences of the present & past in a fascinating & totally charming way...." Read more

4 customers mention "Conversation quality"4 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the conversations in the movie, with one noting they remain articulate throughout.

"...This is simply intelligent, witty, sometimes searching & troubled conversation about the meaning of one's life, the roles & scripts that society..." Read more

"This dinner and conversation will hold your attention as well will the uniquely clever performers who bring bring “Dinner With Andre”to life...." Read more

"...But, one of the most intelligent and interesting conversations I have ever seen." Read more

"This wonderful film holds up year after year. The conversation remains articulate and often fascination." Read more

3 customers mention "Intelligence"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the intelligence of the movie, with one noting the uniquely clever performers and another highlighting the successful playwright.

"...and conversation will hold your attention as well will the uniquely clever performers who bring bring “Dinner With Andre”to life...." Read more

"Just a conversation between 2 men. But, one of the most intelligent and interesting conversations I have ever seen." Read more

"This movie mirrors a Candide-like search by an intelligent, successful playwright that had just returned home to his family after searching the..." Read more

5 customers mention "Quality"3 positive2 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the DVD's quality, with several noting the grainy and poor film print, while one customer mentions it holds up well over time.

"Used disc was in great shape and packaged with care!" Read more

"I was afraid it was going to be indeed of very bad quality but I was pleasantly surprised. Great 2 DVD pack and nice booklet." Read more

"This wonderful film holds up year after year. The conversation remains articulate and often fascination." Read more

"...of this excellent movie unless you don't mind a grainy ridiculously poor quality of film print...." Read more

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Packaged really well. I first heard of this film in Community, have always been eager to watch it since. I loved it and the directing is pretty subtle. Engaging throughout the final scene resonated deeply, thought about it for awhile. Definitely would recommend.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2009
    This is a great movie for selected audiences who happen to be in the right mood for it. I will warn you that the rest of the review contains spoilers, but that shouldn't prevent you from enjoying the film since it really has no plot twists or turns.

    99% of the movie takes place at a table in the New York restaurant where Wallace Shawn, a playwright, and Andre Gregory, a theatre manager, are having dinner and a near two hour conversation after a long time apart. The very beginning shows Wallace getting on the subway and coming to the restaurant and reveals that he has not been so successful in his recent pursuits, that recently he has found himself only caring about money due to this lack of success, and that this is a somewhat reluctant reunion he is attending.

    The first part is Andre recounting his professional burn-out and his subsequent travels to Poland, the Sahara, England, and Tibet to look for meaning in his life. The next part is Wallace responding to all of this, and the final part consists of Andre and Wallace basically agreeing to disagree, all while dining at a fine restaurant.

    Although Andre's tale is fascinating, it is very hard to relate to him. It was easier to relate to Wallace as he enters the restaurant somewhat downtrodden, listens patiently to Andre's adventures, and then seems to find his spark when he responds to Andre's tale by saying that it seemed to him that all of Andre's exploits were an effort to strip away the purpose from his life in an attempt to experience life as "pure being". Shawn clearly states that he sees no value in just existing, as he believes we are all defined by our purposes and pursuits. Even if he was home, with nothing to do, he says, he would pick up a book. The two continue to talk, but neither is basically moved from their original positions. The final scene is Wallace taking a taxi home, and mentioning that each street holds a memory for him, from his childhood to the present, and how this cheers him. He seems more upbeat for the encounter, although the voiceover still has him thinking about practical matters at the end.

    I've seen this movie several times, and I always enjoy it. Perhaps I am a bit too much like Wallace, in that I always pick up on practical points of Andre's exploits that always seem to vex me. For one, this movie is set in 1981, and Poland had been firmly under Communist control for the last 35 years. What exactly were the Communist authorities doing while Andre, an American, had several dozen Polish citizens out in the woods carrying on a theatre workshop? I can't imagine they would have been too sympathetic. How did Andre even get into Poland? Likewise with Tibet, which is located inside Communist China. Remember, this is years before China became the more easily penetrable capitalist machine it is today. Why was it that the practical matter of making a living, and the costs of world travel while not working, didn't seem to impede Andre from traveling around the world, or even seem to enter his mind? What was his family doing all of this time that he was globe-trotting? The story of traveling to Poland is not the result of a geopolitically unaware screenplay, as Gregory actually did drop out of theatre for awhile in the late 70's and travel about the world, including to Poland.

    However, it is still a fascinating movie, but you must concentrate because the movie is pure conversation, and if you get distracted at all you'll miss something. Not getting distracted is difficult, as the entire two hour conversation is food for thought. This surely isn't a film for everyone, but I certainly enjoyed it. It's a great contrast between two people from the same world - New York's world of theatre - who have two completely different outlooks on life. One seeks for meaning in grand adventures in exotic settings and thinks everything in his life should be repeatedly examined for continuing validity, the other is content with the simple pleasures of life and enjoys stability and continuity.

    Extra Features:
    New, restored high-definition digital transfer
    New video interviews with actors Andre 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
    PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amy Taubin and the prefaces written for the printed screenplay by Gregory and Shawn
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2011
    There are some films I return to year after year, always finding something new & illuminating in them. "My Dinner With Andre" is at the top of that list, having become not just a cherished favorite, but a special touchstone for me, a reminder of what civilized life is supposed to be -- and it's all the more vital in these crass, anti-intellectual times!

    Yet this isn't the congratulatory self-indulgence & snobbery that some critics make of it. This is simply intelligent, witty, sometimes searching & troubled conversation about the meaning of one's life, the roles & scripts that society writes for us, the effort to wake up from the all-encompassing & comforting illusions we so eagerly embrace without hesitation. Sooner or later we all start wondering about the choices we've made & lives we're living ... and whether that qualifies as living at all. Andre & Wally are discussing these very questions, and we're invited to listen.

    Again, some find this boring. Not me! First of all, Andre is a superb raconteur, utterly urbane & at ease in the most bizarre of circumstances, and I find his stories compelling & vivid. Just as enjoyable is Wally's reaction to him, as a wealth of emotion plays over his face: he's curious, dubious, angry, puzzled, fascinated, repelled. And then Wally joins in the conversation, practically sputtering in his need to refute & challenge Andre.

    From there the film really grabs the viewer. Every time I see it, I want to join in the conversation ... and every time, I've got something different to say. That's the delight of this film. It changes & goes in different directions with each viewing, because the viewer has changed & grown in that interval as well. And is there anything as haunting as both Andre's & Wally's last words?

    Criterion has done a wonderful job, as might be expected. The follow-up interviews with Andre & Wally, done more than a quarter of a century after the film, are especially revealing. Andre is older, but the same amused, literate spirit is still there. And Wally has indeed woken up to a new world & life of political & cultural engagement. I sometimes wonder if they might do a second film, reflecting on those decades, or whether that would be a fatal mistake ...

    But you don't have to wait for a second film for more conversation. "My Dinner With Andre" should make you want to talk with your own friends, talk in depth about the questions that matter most to you. Beyond all the shiny gadgets & status symbols & endless pursuit of what you're told to want, what IS your life? In the end, all we really have is ourselves. Why not make the most of that?

    Most highly recommended!

    Note: the published screenplay is equally recommended, as it contains more material -- sometimes a line or two, sometimes an entire page or two -- that was cut from the final version. More food for thought!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2009
    Amazon may automatically link my review to the old DVD release of this movie, "My Dinner with Andre," in which case, this may still be confusing. Pay attention- I am referring in my remarks here to the new Criterion Collection DVD version, which has a photo of a knife and fork on a napkin, on a plate, on the cover.

    When I checked, the first review which appeared on the Amazon page of this new criterion collection version is an old review from 10 years ago. It trashes the DVD release and calls for a new version. Well, it's this criterion collection version which, 10 years later, has arrived to correct the errors which the review talks about. I'm referring to the review here that is titled "But no stars for the DVD". So don't get confused-- this edition is new.

    As for the movie itself, I'm taking the time to write these remarks because it's a great movie that is well worth watching and watching again. By its very nature, as a two hour conversation, you can't absorb all of it the first time, so watch it's more worth buying than many movies. In fact, it played a significant part in raising my interest to the post theatrical work of Jerzy Grotowski, who Andre discusses in the movie.
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  • Jason Harman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ate this up
    Reviewed in Canada on April 11, 2024
    Nice sweater vest. Could have used more Dickey
  • Peter Gebruers
    1.0 out of 5 stars Regio beveiliging USA en verzonden vanuit Zwitserland
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on September 10, 2021
    Regelrecht bedrog. De schijf is USA in plaats van EU (regio beveiliging) en de verzender zit niet in Nederland maar en Zwitserland, dat wordt en hele klus voor een retourzending.
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  • Ranpal
    1.0 out of 5 stars Region 1 - doesn't work in europe
    Reviewed in Spain on August 21, 2014
    Not indicated anywhere that it is region 1. It does not work in european players unless they are unlocked. Bought 2 dvds and 3 BR from rarewaves none of them work in EU
  • Steve Vowles
    5.0 out of 5 stars A little GEM.
    Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2015
    You would not think that a movie where 90% takes place talking in a restaurant would be worth the watch; but this one is. If you have an interest in deep questions you will be mesmerized by Andre Gregory. If you have absolutely no interest in deep questions you will be mesmerized by Andre Gregory. Gregory was so in to character at times that it almost felt like a documentary but he made sure just enough to let you know he was playing a part. The writing for this dialogue is superb. Wallace Shawn does a great job of patiently providing the occasional repartee while letting Andre be the focus. The director Louis Malle is also an integral part of the movie as he carefully provides just the right camera angles and movement. I could not take my eyes off of the screen watching this. I believe this was a collaboration between Gregory, Shawn and Malle and they do a great job. This is a little gem that is worth your time.
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    Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2021
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