One of the most memorable names to be belted out in cinematic history…. “STELLA!!”
This week’s film and wine pairing is Stella Pinot Grigio with A Streetcar Named Desire.
To be honest, I’d never seen Tennessee Williams’ play turned motion picture. But that’s the terrific thing that this post does for me. It gives me a reason to watch classics like this. And when I saw a bottle of wine called “Stella”, well I had my reason.
Luckily for me, there were more links…
Marlon Brando is said to have brought realism to film. He actually studied his craft under the tutelage of the great acting teacher, Stella Adler.
In this picture he depicts an angry, everyday factory husband who is all too REAL. I guess he was like the Pinot Grigio grape in a way, a hard-working and mass-producing factory worker.
Isn’t that where some of the greatest stories come from though, everyday hard-working life??
The Stella winery’s goal is to take you on a tour of Italy on a Vespa and live like a local. I guarantee on a tour of Italy you will find many hard-working folks that get the job done in a beautiful way, like this Pinot does.
Brando’s character, Stanley, isn’t exactly a gentleman. He’s a bad grape that truly just needs to be tossed.
But there is beauty in everyday life and it takes someone like Tennessee Williams and a wine like this to help us realize it.
So let’s do that from time to time, stop everyday and realize the beauty….