415 Sideways Part 3

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha finish their exploration of 2004's SIDEWAYS directed by Alexander Payne and starring Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Thomas Haden Church and Sandra Oh. A wonderful time capsule of a film that was a surprising hit for everyone involved garnering 5 Academy Award nominations with a win for Best Adapted Screenplay and changing the wine industry forever. This episode picks up right after Miles reveals the truth to Maya about Jack and Stephanie and we go thru Stephanie finding out, Jack cheating again, a naked, angry husband, a final lie to Christine and the possibility of a reunion between Miles and Maya. The guys go thru the movie scene by scene to break down the direction, acting, story beats, soundtrack choices and action sequences.

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0:00.0	Half my life is over and I have nothing to show for it.
0:05.0	Nothing.
0:06.0	I'm a thumbprint on the window of a skyscraper.
0:10.0	I'm a smudge of experiment on a tissue surging out to sea with a million tons of raw silage.
0:18.0	See? Right there.
0:23.4	Just where you just said, that is beautiful.
0:25.0	I can never write that.
0:27.6	Neither could I, actually.
0:28.6	I think it's Bukowski.
0:42.9	Hello and welcome once again to the Cinephiles, where today we are concluding our exploration of Alexander Paine Sideways.
0:43.8	My name is Steve Morris.
0:46.3	I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
0:47.1	Hello, everyone.
0:47.9	My name is John Rokke.
0:51.4	I'm a writer, producer, and host, and voiceover artist here in San Diego, California.
0:56.2	And if you're enjoying the Cinefiles, well, the main thing that keeps the Cinefiles going is our supporters on Patreon.
0:58.4	That's patreon.com slash the Cinefiles and on Apple Podcasts where you can get ad-free versions
1:02.9	of the show and listen to our Cinefiles short.
1:05.2	And, John, I just realized I don't even know what our short is going to be tomorrow.
1:08.9	We're going to have to record a new one. So that's pretty exciting for us.
1:11.9	Yeah, absolutely.
1:12.6	I can't wait to talk about a new short with you.
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