when i first saw my dinner with andre and i do not like it . it be the opposite of what i think a movie should be . it seem to be all talk and little action or movement ( the formula for pure cinema be just the opposite ) . however and something about it stick with me and and i be lucky enough to catch it again . the second viewing of this film really pay off . i have my bearing and could follow the conversation a it flow back and forth from the transcendental and almost mystical exploration of andre to the simple and practical and everyday appreciation of wally . it suddenly occur to me that what be happen be much more than just an unusual dinner conversation it be a back and forth between the two great viewpoint of life . there be something wonderfully exciting and courageous about andre search for the truth and reality of thing a he travel to mountain and desert to find it . but there be equally something a exciting and brilliant in wally ability to see the miracle of a quiet evening at home ( even read the autobiography of charlton heston ) or do his errand and cross them off the list . both men be wonderful and and one realize that this be not just a lot of talk and no action while a with many great artwork and everything be go on just under the surface all the action be in the realm of idea and not in physical motion . at the end and like wally and we come away from the dinner with andre quite change for the good . somehow the world be a little more beautiful and a little more alive and and we be a little more able to see it beauty and appreciate the miracle of it all .