My Dinner with Abbie

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• Posted 06/28/10 by rw
  Wow! That had to be the longest dinner Abbie ever had. After this, he should also be known for incredible patience. I would of excused myself to go to the restroom and ran out the back door. The interviewer seemed to have no touch with what he was willing to share of himself, being too occupied with trying to poke a hole in his trip. This felt like an extra credit after school project. The weirdest interview I think I have ever seen!
• Posted 12/31/09 by Nanette
  "It's a little embarrassing to be more radical than the next generation." I agree with the earlier comments. Abbie was such a brilliant and creative thinker, and he had a huge wit, but all that is wasted on this interviewer, who really is out of her depth. Her questions are awful and, as someone else here noted, she hardly even listened to him. She lost some great opportunities for follow ups. This film is agonizing for any Hoffman fan to watch. He does seem to show signs of the depression that later took his life, or perhaps his mind was affected by medications. He seems slower, and definitely more cynical (not without good reason!) than he was earlier in life. Still, he seemed thoughtful and engaged and willing to answer her questions. Too bad she had so few good ones.
• Posted 12/20/09 by chris hart nibbrig
  Interesting film as an artifact, but the interview and interviewer were awful. Lots of wasted time with cringe-worthy, dumb questions. Seemed Hoffman tried, but was let down again and again by interviewer Cohen, who was way, way out of her depth.
• Posted 12/20/09 by Henry
  Nancy Cohen is simply terrible as an interviewer.
• Posted 12/19/09 by sallyann
  Nancy Cohen asks questions of Abby Hoffman, but has no interest in him, or in his answers. She attempted to lead the interview in directions that were irrelevant to the passions leading his life. I felt his discomfort as she showed disrespect. It was sad. :(...