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Across the river in Reunion Village, a two-year-old feature of the regatta, professionals young and old sipped wine and beer in the comfort of private tents reserved by alumni associations and families, toasting to four more decades of Head of the Charles tradition...
Although he has moved to new geographical territory with Sideways, Payne is familiar with the backdrop. He grew up with Greek parents who drank Scotch and ouzo, but he discovered wine when living alone and cooking, watching Jacques Pépin on PBS. He also had an Italian girlfriend, whose ex-boyfriend had taught her about wine and who, in turn, taught...
Payne applies his brand of direct, specific realism to both wine and filmmaking, and the two collided when he gave his Sideways propmaster instructions to make fake wine that looked like the real varietals. Though the Pinot looked like Pinot, it meant disgusting concoctions like prune and cranberry juice. "The actors rebelled," Payne says. "After a few takes, they said, 'Can you just give us the real stuff...
...what a good director should be is a control freak who lets you think you're in charge, and he's good at that," says Giamatti. "He really likes doing what he does and wants you to have a good time, first and foremost." And yes, they got their wine...
...last glass, the sommelier brings the very wine Giamatti's character, a wine snob, rails against: American Merlot. But it's a 2001 Pahlmeyer, and it's impressive. "It's got so much going on. So much acid, so much tannin, so much fruit--you taste them so distinctly that with age they'll meld into one distinct flavor," Payne says. It's that same blending that Payne does, mixing the effete and the unpretentious, the banal with the surreal, the painstakingly honed with the unretouched, that make his movies so good. At least that sounds smart after four really...