My dinner with André /
An actor has dinner with his friend, a theater director, at an Upper West Side restaurant. Together they discuss everything from money to death to love and all the superstition in between. Playing variations on their own New York-honed personas, the two dive in with introspective, intellectual gusto...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2009]
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| Edition: | [Special ed.]. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
479. |
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| Summary: | An actor has dinner with his friend, a theater director, at an Upper West Side restaurant. Together they discuss everything from money to death to love and all the superstition in between. Playing variations on their own New York-honed personas, the two dive in with introspective, intellectual gusto. All captured in a delicate, but artful detachment. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. Special features: New video interviews with actors André 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. Also, a booklet featuring an essay by critic Amy Taubin and the prefaces written by Gregory and Shawn for the published screenplay. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages ; 18 cm). |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital mono., new, restored High-Definition digital transfer, NTSC. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Jeri Sopanen ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; music, Allen Shawn. |
| ISBN: | 9781604651560 1604651563 |