8/10
My Dinner with André starts off very uneventful. It's just two dudes talking about what they've been doing since they've last seen each other, well it's mostly Wallace Shawn listening to André Gregory talking about his theater stories. Nothing enticing. Then they start talking about society, the future, the meaning of their lives, etc. and it becomes one of the most enthralling films about a conversation that I've ever seen. I've seen many films like this where it's either two people talking or in Secret Honor's case 1 but My Dinner with André might be the most important out of them all. Truly one of the most important films of all time and one that should be experienced than explained.

a little disappointed in myself for not appreciating this film as much as I thought I would. usually I’m down for the wordy mumblecore crowd, but this one didn’t quite click on all cylinders for me.

BUT i’m really impressed with what they tried here. such a great effort towards one location, and the audacity to quite literally have this run in real-time. the conversations were thoughtful and almost hitting meta at some points when you think about communicating with an audience, whether it’s through stage or screen. i’m not even surprised that richard linklater cites this film as one of his major influences

I like the idea of a single conversation being the focus of an entire movie, and there were enough bits of dialogue that were illuminating enough. However, the bulk of the conversation consisted of Andre monologing at Wallace Shaw, and even then his bits of enlightenment were dangerously bordering on the ramblings of a stoned college student.

If nothing else, My Dinner With Andre is splash of cold water in your face to remind you to be a bit more present moment to moment in case you begin sleepwalking through life, and there's value in that.

I felt that

i’m definitely too young and stupid to fully understand this movie but when wally shawn was talking about reality in the cigar store? i felt that

Very well written. It slowly gets deeper and you see more layers and the conversation makes more references to itself...
I bet this gets better on rewatching because, for the most part, I just had such a hard time listening to half the shit Andre was saying. #teamwallaceshawn
This was a very interesting use of framing. The camera doesn't have a lot of movement but almost every shot is from a slightly different angle.
It's difficult for me to imagine these kind of conversations in my life now where there are long speeches with no interruptions. Perhaps that's the thing, isn't it? About falling into artifices? Hmmm...

2 lobotomized 2 function

Andre Gregory gave up his job as a successful theatre director to travel the world. While travelling he contributed to several experimental works in Scotland, the Sahara, and Poland. Now back in New York, he meets his friend and fellow actor Wallace Shawn for dinner.

As they discuss their worldviews, Wallace reminds Andre most people can’t live a Bohemian lifestyle, while Andre suggests it’s not living to conform to society’s expectation of what a life should be.

Wallace suggests the simple, everyday things in life are valuable, while Andrew suggests they’re distractions from more important things.

There aren’t enough films like this, which present worldviews alongside their fallacies, hidden hypocrisies, and cracks. No worldview is without its faults, or without a counterview which runs in the opposite direction.

Louis Malle’s film is helped by the blurring of fiction and reality between real life friends Shawn and Gregory, who penned this screenplay about fictionalized versions of themselves.

I enjoyed this movie. For the way honest and genuine behavior can open each other up. Making each other vulnerable. For its questions on spirituality versus the seeming machine of technology, the freedom of the open air against the stale stench of concrete paradises, wondering what it means to create, what it means to be open, what it means to be human, what is purpose / can you live without it? The free ranging discussion where neither participant ever intrudes on the others thoughts. They actually converse and do so attentively. It brought together questions I keep asking myself. Existential ones. That don't have definite answers. This movie gives you the opportunity to see them through another's eyes.

um filme com praticamente só dois atores interpretando eles mesmo dentro de quase duas horas de um papo totalmente filosófico e existencialista. soa meio tedioso mas a cada minuto a dentro daquele papo você fica instigado a ouvir mais e mais que acaba nem percebendo....