Andre Gregory, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler
A conversation between a globe-trotting theater director and a playwright playfully explores ideas about art, theater, and daily life.
DVD Release Date: February 13, 2001
Stats: 324 reviews
For almost three months, Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory recorded lengthy conversations a few times a week. Over the course of the next year, the material was shaped into a script. Shawn and Gregory would play "themselves", or atleast versions of their personalities, and simply s...( read more)
One huge star for Wally Shawn. He earns it--and I mean EARNS it--not for his acting ability--although I love him as an actor--but for sitting there and patiently and politely listening to the interminable droning of Andre. The prototypical "dinner from hell."
I'm sure it's very interesting and thought provoking, but they made me watch this in high scool philosphy class and all I wanted to do was flirt with the girl next to me. I was bored. Would watch again now with more maturity.
A film about truth, art, theatre, reality, human relationships, and a bunch of other subjects, but basically a film about awareness. Awareness of the person as a human being, awareness of the artist, as a cretive force that changes and shapes our perception of reality- all those ...( read more)
A great dialogue movie. I love that Wallace Shawn couldn't quite make it through the script without saying "inconcievable."
It was interesting because as a film with two people just having dinner and talking it opened up even more ideas as we listen to what they're saying. I got interested to what they were talking about. You have to bring out your empathy for a film like this in order to appreciate i...( read more)
I'm endlessly intrigued by the dynamics that get played out between the 2 characters. Yes, this is a movie that is almost entirely comprised of one dinner conversation. And yes, the first hour gets a bit tedious but there IS a point to it. Don't give up on it. You have to see it ...( read more)
2 great performances from the 2 leads, as they talk over dinner, about life and meanings, both actors havegood lines to chew on
fantastic suspension of disbelief. Assumed to be shot in real time in a real restaurant. Actually filmed over a series of weeks, on a set.
While it's two hours of Gregory talking to Shawn, it's an amazing view into the world of these two people - as if you're eavesdropping on t...( read more)
a very engaging conversational film; I'm just a bit torn on my final verdict. part of me finds it incredibly fascinating and thought-provoking, while another part of me finds it to be a lot of pseudo-intellectual new age mumbo-jumbo. either way, it's entertaining and stimulatin...( read more)
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