Audience Identification
I finally saw Sideways tonight, and was reminded just how much I enjoy stories about writers, even writers who are failures in their own eyes, and (judging by the semi drunken description of his novel) not necessarily good.
There was one scene that really struck me, when Miles and Maya were talking in the back of Stephanie’s place. The way the camera framed Maya as she talked about wine, slightly off center, perfectly still, somehow perfectly captures the feeling of talking to the person you have a crush on at the tail end of a party and being completely focused on whatever they happen to be talking about because you have a crush on them. That’s something I remember from my college days… I can relate to that almost as much as the writer thing.