Sideways

[robr]

I assume you all have already discussed this movie.

I thought it was great in its depiction of real people, with all their faults and ugliness, depression, duplicity, along with their generousity and optimism. Also, the other film I have seen by this same director (About Schmidt) tries to capture the reality of life too.

OH, and the wine sampling in Napa and discussion of wines was great too. I wonder if sales of Pinot Noir went up after this film came out?

[hotwine]

Search the board on the word sideways for discussions, including the affect on sales of PN.

[dananne]

Just to avoid confusion, and to placate my pedantic side (though, in my defense, the obsolete definition of pedant is "male schoolteacher," which I am, though just writing that is probably pedantic, too, so I'm hopeless), the wine region in question was Santa Barbara, not Napa [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

[robr]

Santa Barbara, right. My mistake! As an East Coaster (only been to LA, once) I get confused sometimes.

[Kcwhippet]

It's really surprising how many people have confused Napa Valley with Santa Barbara County. I've even seen a column by a reviewer living in California who made the same geographical juxtaposition.