1981

The episode is an homage to the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre.

as much the antithesis of an action movie () as you will ever see at least a physical one

My Dinner with Andre (1981) is as much the antithesis of an action movie (at least a physical one) as you will ever see.

Andre Gregory , written by Gregory and Shawn, and directed by Louis Malle

From Wiki: My Dinner with Andre is a 1981 movie starring Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, written by Gregory and Shawn, and directed by Louis Malle.

Movie fans a movie about two men, longtime friends, who meet one night for dinner and just talk—but

Movie fans will at once think of “My Dinner with André” (1981), a movie about two men, longtime friends, who meet one night for dinner and just talk—but the similarity with Melvin ends with the idea of “dinner conversation as movie.”

and Wallace Shawn

Where “My Dinner with Andre,” directed by Louis Malle, written by and starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, instantly renders itself a masterpiece is in the content of the content's conversation and the endless, pulchritudinous imagery that materializes in accompaniment.

half a star () even The Beast Within (1982) got a whole star

My Dinner with Andre (1981)) and the least is ordinarily half a star (even The Beast Within (1982) got a whole star).

by Andre Gregory and 1982 Wallace Shawn

My Dinner with Andre written by Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn 1982: Diner written by Barry Levinson 1983: Pauline à la plage (Pauline at the Beach) written by Éric Rohmer 1984:

by Éric Rohmer 1984

My Dinner with Andre written by Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn 1982: Diner written by Barry Levinson 1983: Pauline à la plage (Pauline at the Beach) written by Éric Rohmer 1984:

Shawn's self-presentation a New York Everyman, who innocently explores mysterious domains only to emerge on Chomskyan turf as simpleton,

My Dinner with André (1981) will recognize Shawn's self-presentation as simpleton, a New York Everyman, who innocently explores mysterious domains only to emerge on Chomskyan turf.

1991

The film was released to most North American audiences on March 29, 1991 however March was not made available to audiences in other continents until 2002 when a DVD was released prior to another DVD release in 2006 for the film's 15th anniversary.

in the 1980s

My Dinner with Andre,' though, that's the prototype of the critic's favorite/art house film, and made in the 1980s by a foreign-born director.

which opened in 2010

The book takes the reader through a year in the life of Restaurant André, which opened in 2010, with behind-the-scenes photography and explanations about the origin of the dishes.

one of those old classic cinematic excerpts (like Brave New WorldThe Networkor 1984) , , that provided an eerie, prophetic window into the future we are now living in

My Dinner With Andre is dubbed ‘A Highly Conscious Conversation’, and is one of those old classic cinematic excerpts (like Brave New World, The Network, or 1984) that provided an eerie, prophetic window into the future we are now living in.