Louis Malle (1981) My Dinner With Andre

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. General Complete name : My.Dinner.With.Andre.1981.avi (split into 2 CDs) Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave Format/Family : RIFF File size : 1.36 GiB PlayTime : 1h 51mn Bit rate : 1738 Kbps StreamSize : 13.5 MiB Writing library : VirtualDub build 0/release Video #0 Codec : XviD Codec/Family : MPEG-4 Codec/Info : XviD project Codec profile : Streaming Video Profile/Level 1 Codec settings/PacketBitStream : Yes Codec settings/BVOP : Yes Codec settings/QPel : No Codec settings/GMC : 0 Codec settings/Matrix : Default PlayTime : 1h 51mn Bit rate : 1656 Kbps Width : 640 pixels Height : 384 pixels Display Aspect ratio : 1.667 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Resolution : 8 bits Chroma : 4:2:0 Interlacement : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.280 StreamSize : 1.29 GiB Audio #1 Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 PlayTime : 1h 51mn Bit rate : 74 Kbps Bit rate mode : VBR Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 48 KHz Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize : 59.3 MiB Writing library : LAME3.95 Encoding settings : VBR (mtrh) IMDB: tt0082783 English audio, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese subtitles Criterion Collection Rip

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ManoloCIA (2010-01-08)

Great movie, thanks.