Andre Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films - Criterion Collection (BLU-RAY)

When André Gregory and Wallace Shawntheater directors, writers, actors, and longtime friendssat down for a stimulating meal in 1981s My Dinner with André, they not only ended up with one of cinemas unlikeliest iconic scenarios but launched a film collaboration that would continue to pay creative dividends for decades. The subsequent projects they made together for the screen1994s Vanya on 42nd Street, a passionate read-through of Anton Chekhovs Uncle Vanya, and 2014s striking Henrik Ibsen interpretation A Master Builderare penetrating works that exist on the boundary between theater and film, and that both emerged out of many years of rehearsals with loyal troupes of actors. Gregory and Shawns unique contributions to the cinematic landscape are shape-shifting, challenging, and entertaining works about the process of creation.