

| Subject: | Re: Film sighting of Westy |
| From: | Stephen Grisanti |
| Date: | Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:05:09 +0000 |
Obviously a bit of dramatic license, such a thing you'd never encounter in real life. All Westies are fast here in the real world.
Stephen
On Saturday, January 10, 2015 10:37 PM, Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
Westy = S-l-o-w M-o-v-i-n-g.......?
Pete
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> In Richard Linklater's satisfying 2014 film "Boyhood," we have a Westy
> sighting.
>
> The kids' first stepfather (the first of two abusive alcoholics) has a
> road rage incident when he's stuck behind a slow-moving* Westy, loses
> his temper, jams on the gas and passes it in dangerous traffic causing
> much panic.
>
> Looked to be a nice clean white Westy.
>
> * It's apparently slow-moving though we can't tell for certain from the
> camera angles. But (a) it's in front of him and he wants to go faster,
> and (b) it's a Westy.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
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