[lit-ideas] Re: My Dinner with Andre
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:52:31 -0500
>>do you use the blanket?
Like Andre, I don't trust technology and would prefer
to be cold, even in a forest in Poland. Besides,
electric blankets, as has been discovered since the
film was made, are bad for one's health. Better to be
cold and thereby gain some compassion for other cold
people.
One small thing worth noticing: whenever Andre or Wally
are talking about people being "deeply asleep" or not
paying attention to their own lives, Louis Malle has
the white-haired waiter appear in the background or
arrive to serve them.
It's hard to tell where they are in the film, not only
because Giuliani cleaned the place up so much (e.g., no
graffiti subway cars), but also because most of the
good restaurants are west and south of the establishing
shot. In the beginning, Wally appears to be walking
north from Canal on Wooster Street. When the Satie is
playing at the end, his cab is heading north, first
apparently on Park Avenue, then on east on First
Avenue. Still, it's not as confusing about local
geography as most NYC films.
>> "interesting" is not the same as "enjoyable".
I saw it three times (four if you count the '80s)
before returning it to the library.
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