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Podcast: Past Present Future
Episode: Films of Ideas: My Dinner with Andre w/Lee Hall
Description: The second episode in our live series from the Regent Street Cinema explores Louis Malle’s My Dinner with Andre (1981), in which two men discuss the meaning of theatre, capitalism, love, science, faith and freedom over a meal. David talks to playwright and screenwriter Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Rocketman) about how a great film can be made out of a single conversation. Who was the real Andre? How scripted was the dialogue? Who won the argument? And why has this film had such an extraordinary afterlife?
Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in wh...