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My Dinner With Andre time again. As usual, Wallace Shawn comes off as the hideous one given his attitudes. Almost missed writing notes down since woke late/needed sleep + was still eating at the start.

Twtr is a crime, having deleted also my prior remarks about this, no longer searchable for me as hoped archivally.

I haven't seen it often enough to remember the sections, so need notes for myself.

The thing about watching My Dinner with Andre 35 years after my first viewing of it in college is that I get all the historical and cultural references.

As an academic now it doesn't seem that different from most of the conversations I have with my closest friends.

I wonder: Did this movie plant a subconscious seed for the kind of people I would end up seeking out?

I watched this as a teenager in the 80s and didn't get it. Just two guys talking at dinner? Watched it recently and it was mesmerizing. And relevant. How to deal with the alienation our society produces? Wally and Andre both make some valid observations.
The entire movie is on YouTube. If you've only heard joke references & never seen it, give it a watch. Might lead to some interesting discussions. youtu.be/O4lvOjiHFw0
#MyDinnerWithAndre, #cinema, #society, #capitalism.