My Dinner with Andre is a brilliant, prescient film. It took a second viewing to appreciate the script's undercurrent of irony that exposes Andre's brand of faulty idealism for what it really is: a desperate, confused condemnation of the very reality that allows for it.
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In the last minutes of the film the script turns it around and reveals the fear that motivates Wally's self-admitted conformity, while redeeming Andre for his desires with one of the most touching and powerful cinematic monologues.pic.twitter.com/6WckJwbq3N
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Ultimately it is Andre's idealism—the rejection of the mind and the known in favor of knowing oneself—that proves the superior attitude, even when irrational or misguided. Wally simply resigns to perform life from memory, pursuing the only comfort and security he's ever known.
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