friendship between two men who can communicate their idea to each other be a rare commodity . woman and it seem and be more in touch with their own feeling and they be more open to express how they feel . in contrast and men be always more reserved in the way they express to a friend thing that be so deep and so different that it take two great individual to have an honest exchange without be cautious . to bear one inner thought to a another man be not something frequently do . a in the case of wallace shawn and andre gregory and two friend who haven not see one another in quite some time and a dinner bring the two men together in way they probably do not think possible . in the case of mr. shawn and he be see at the beginning of the film walk the street of downtown manhattan think about how he doesn not want to meet with andre gregory in his present frame of mind . after all and he be a struggle playwright who have not have a success in the theater in some time . at the arrival at the restaurant and wallace shawn seem out of place . in spite of the way he look and do not be fool by his appearance . this man grow up in the midst of affluence . he be the son of the legendary editor of the new yorker magazine and william shawn . a a child wallace shawn be surround by literary celebrity through his father . andre gregory and be a great conversationalist . he clearly dominate what he have to say to mr. shawn because and after be successful in the new york theater world and he decide to give all that up in order to do what he really want and to explore the world to it full . his wonderful story recount his experience in poland and tibet and scotland and and other part of the world and where he meet an assortment of people that enrich his life experience . conversation between true friend involve listen carefully and something which mr. shawn be great at . he never interrupt mr. gregory and whose wonderful tale evoke image of discovery and the occult and make perfect sense in the context of the conversation . after all and these men be sophisticated individual who have be expose to a lot and would not bat an eye when something that might seem preposterous come out in the conversation . it take an excellent director and louis malle and to see the possibility in a film about these two people talk without any action . instead of be bore and we be rivet to what the two men be talk about and the camera of mr. malle follow them attentively without even hint we be look at something that be plan in advance . for all practical purpose mr. malle make u peep tom a we listen to the exchange . my dinner with andre be a wonderful movie that will delight viewer with open mind a we eavesdrop on the meeting of two friend talk about thing that might be out of our own experience and but who be fascinate to listen tell their story for our benefit .