No.14586
>Things don't affect people the way they used to. I mean it may very well be that 10 years from now people will pay $10,000 in cash to be castrated just in order to be affected by something
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No.14594
The second half of the film is fantastic and surprising to not see it quoted more. I found the first half to be schlocky due to the (((experimental art and NYC culture))) Andre kept prattling about and how "invigorating" it was for his soul.
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No.14603
>>14594
I personally like the first half of the conversation as well, but that could just be because I have a "creative" type job so I can relate to it more. Also I would say that Andre has mixed opinions about it. Like I remember he says his big spiritual trip to India just made him feel like a tourist and he didn't learn anything from eating sand in the Sahara desert
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No.14604
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No.14605
>>14604
>not knowing
My Dinner With Andre
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No.14606
>>14605
I dropped Malle right after black moon but later I gave him a chance and he disgusted me with atlantic city so I didn't watch any of his newer works. Thanks anyway.
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No.14607
>>14606
Why would you watch those and not My Dinner With Andre, his most famous and critically acclaimed film?
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No.14608
>>14607
I usually watch films from one director chronologically, overlooking only films with themes I don't care about and ones I deem not influential in his development at all, and find hollywood, or american cinema in general, repulsive.
>most famous
How could I know?
>acclaimed
Usually look at this shit after watching the film, if ever. It's better to not taint your mind beforehand imo.
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No.14610
It may be just me, but it would work way, way better if he just wrote longer novella. It's very boring as a film. I may as well just read the subtitles.
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No.14612
>>14608
>How could I know?
Do you live under a rock?
>It's better to not taint your mind beforehand imo
I strongly agree with this. I never watch trailers, read interviews, or anything like that if I know for sure I'm going to watch something.
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No.14613
I haven't seen it either. However imdb says Louis Malle's most watched and most acclaimed film is Au revoir les enfants. It's got about twice as many user ratings and many more awards (+ 2 Oscar nominations).
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No.14621
>>14613
This is surprising to me, since I never see that film mentioned anywhere and My Dinner With Andre even has an episode of Community parodying it.
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No.14631
>>14621
Yeah I probably won't watch that one anytime soon. I assume it got extra attention because it's set during WWII.
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No.14639
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No.14704
>>14594
Yeah Andre has some annoying traits, particularly his hippie-dippie quest for "meaning" and the significance he puts on those events. I think these stories reveal a lack of personal grounding. The neurotic self-reflection, perpetual jetsetting, and fashionable namedropping all indicate the amount of leisure time afforded by his upper class status. A poorer man like Wally (necessarily) has a completely different philosophy toward life.
Nonetheless, all of Andre's characteristics make him an interesting person. He has no shortage of brilliant insights along the way.
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No.14746
>>14704
I wonder what the point of it was since it's half the movie and he insufferably prattles on about it and maybe there was a point inside it until that itself was the point.
Andre is too high on spirit and will drive himself to insanity and obscurity because he has no ground to stand on and will become a lost delusional stagnant e.g. the hippies who never grew up and leftist boomers entrenched in pop esoterics. Also is this just another fad of his, does he really care about the serious topics he touched on or is it just a grand drama to him.
As for Wally he's weighted in material and cares for little beyond it, constantly worrying about money has sullied his spirit and now he clings to small and trite pleasures because he's been dejected so many times and lowered his expectations to a chemical stimuli level, practically no better than the stereotypical consumerist goy who's life is fine if he gets his pleasure. Never wondering about the benevolent spirit realm that can be reach in the material world.
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No.14749
>>14746
I wasn't sure where the story was going either, or why Wally had no real reaction to any of it (until much later). After sitting silently through 15 minutes of lunacy, his only response was something like "Gahhd, what else happened?" before going silent for another 15 minutes. That part felt like a monologue more than a conversation.
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No.14751
>>14749
Being polite and waiting for his turn to talk?
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No.14849
I noticed Andre can barely go 10 minutes without making some kind of Nazi reference. He mentions communism too, but only to scoff at a priest who badmouthed it. Typical attitude of his ilk, yet it annoys me every time. I'm not someone who thinks Hitler dindu nuffin, but if a person is obsessed with the big bad Nazis while giving a pass to commies (w/ a much higher body count), I can't take their views on the matter seriously.
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