Comments on: Talking Pictures, Part 1: My Dinner With Andre http://www.moviefanfare.com/staff-notes/my-dinner-with-andre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-dinner-with-andre The Movie Collector's Blog sm Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Repeat Viewings: Movies Worth Viewing Again & Again | MovieFanFare http://www.moviefanfare.com/staff-notes/my-dinner-with-andre/#comment-5106 Repeat Viewings: Movies Worth Viewing Again & Again | MovieFanFare Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:46:24 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=2890#comment-5106 [...] Here, we have films you must include more than once in your cinematic diet because each time you watch them, you see something else. Something richer. Something surprising. You change, and they change with you. They continue to teach you important lessons, sometimes not just about the art of the movies. Citizen Kane, The King of Comedy, Schindler’s List, Prick Up Your Ears, Amadeus, and Wings of Desire are some of these films I find myself using for this purpose. My Dinner with Andre is a special example of this kind of required repeat viewing (and I talked about my experiences with that film here). [...] [...] Here, we have films you must include more than once in your cinematic diet because each time you watch them, you see something else. Something richer. Something surprising. You change, and they change with you. They continue to teach you important lessons, sometimes not just about the art of the movies. Citizen Kane, The King of Comedy, Schindler’s List, Prick Up Your Ears, Amadeus, and Wings of Desire are some of these films I find myself using for this purpose. My Dinner with Andre is a special example of this kind of required repeat viewing (and I talked about my experiences with that film here). [...]

]]> By: Talking Pictures, Last: Swimming To Cambodia | MovieFanFare http://www.moviefanfare.com/staff-notes/my-dinner-with-andre/#comment-3764 Talking Pictures, Last: Swimming To Cambodia | MovieFanFare Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:01:57 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=2890#comment-3764 [...] larger release date; and, of the three installments in my “talking” pictures miniseries (Part 1 was about My Dinner with Andre; Part 2 concerned Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio), this concluding post was destined to be the most [...] [...] larger release date; and, of the three installments in my “talking” pictures miniseries (Part 1 was about My Dinner with Andre; Part 2 concerned Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio), this concluding post was destined to be the most [...]

]]> By: Sue Barner http://www.moviefanfare.com/staff-notes/my-dinner-with-andre/#comment-1489 Sue Barner Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:58:14 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=2890#comment-1489 I couldn't belive that two hours could go by so quickly, and that I could be even remotely interested in a conversation between two people I didn't know and was unlikely to ever meet. I felt a little like I was eavesdropping, but I really enjoyed this film. I couldn't belive that two hours could go by so quickly, and that I could be even remotely interested in a conversation between two people I didn't know and was unlikely to ever meet.

I felt a little like I was eavesdropping, but I really enjoyed this film.

]]> By: Lindsay Bagnall http://www.moviefanfare.com/staff-notes/my-dinner-with-andre/#comment-1480 Lindsay Bagnall Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:07:33 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=2890#comment-1480 Oh, wait - that was "Eating Raoul", another bizarr movie! Oh, wait - that was "Eating Raoul", another bizarr movie!

]]> By: Lindsay Bagnall http://www.moviefanfare.com/staff-notes/my-dinner-with-andre/#comment-1479 Lindsay Bagnall Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:04:23 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=2890#comment-1479 Wasn't this the film where Rick Waln had the line "Beat me, whip me, make me write bad checks"? One of my favorite weird lines of all time! Wasn't this the film where Rick Waln had the line "Beat me, whip me, make me write bad checks"? One of my favorite weird lines of all time!

]]> By: Jim http://www.moviefanfare.com/staff-notes/my-dinner-with-andre/#comment-1476 Jim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:58:45 +0000 http://www.moviefanfare.com/?p=2890#comment-1476 I liked the parody of this film made by Andy Kaufman and wrestler Fred Blassie, "My Breakfast with Blassie." I liked the parody of this film made by Andy Kaufman and wrestler Fred Blassie, "My Breakfast with Blassie."

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