Talk:House of Sand and Fog (film)

Thematic content & analysis
I was thinking, especially judging from the commentary track, that this would be a good movie to add a thematic content & analysis page. I don't feel qualified to write about this movie, but I would be interested if someone could. Tnaran 18:09, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Split articles
Because both the film and novel are significant in their own, separate rights, I've split the pages. We now have House of Sand and Fog and House of Sand and Fog (novel). Phew. María: ( habla ~  cosas ) 03:27, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be Nadereh?
I'm reading the novel version of House of Sand, and in the book her name (Massoud's wife) is Nadereh. Don't know how they spelled it in themovie, just telling you what I know. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.210.114.243 (talk) 23:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

Yan Lin
Why does "Yan Lin" redirect here? I do not remember anything along those lines with the movie. - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Myeung123 (talk • contribs) on 01:06, 26 February 2007


 * She is an actress with a small (non-speaking ?) role. -- Beardo 03:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Error in book, article text; location
The article says Kathy "was wrongly evicted from the house due to a government error regarding taxes." As I recall there was no error, only an impossibility. She didn't respond to the (correct) bills and the house (actually the tax lien) was sold at auction. The impossibility is that she didn't get the residual value of the sale price over the tax lien or the opportunity to redeem the lien without losing possession.

Also should mention that the movie seems to be set in, and partially shot in, Pacifica, CA. I understand much of it was shot in southern California, but I'm pretty sure I saw exteriors of the Pacifica Municipal pier... Andyvphil 00:44, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


 * No, there was a government clerical error. At one point in the book, Kathy's lawyer's assistant tells her "the county has admitted their mistake", which was caused by a mix-up between similar street names. Later, Behrani admits to his son, "The county tax`officials made a mistake and took from the wrong person her house." Although I haven't seen the film, I doubt it would deviate from the book in this pivotal aspect of the plot. 21:10, 13 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.188.152 (talk)


 * Maybe, in the book, it somehow makes sense that there was an error. In the movie Kathy is shown as simply too-zonked out to respond to tax bills or notices of foreclosure after she inherits the house (though somehow she is not too dysfunctional to keep a job as a maid, which makes no sense, as she would be out on her ear if she were as messed-up as shown). As the new owner she SHOULD be getting tax bills and the county assessor will indeed foreclose on the resultant liens if she doesn't pay. Where's the error? But the county will only take what is owed, plus costs. And property taxes in California are only a few percent of value. So there is no way she doesn't end up with lots of cash. Andyvphil (talk) 09:50, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

At various parts in the movie, it is stated that the problem was that she was charged a business tax despite never having owned a business - an obvious mistake. Furthermore, her lawyer remarks that it is unusual for a home to be repossessed over a debt so small, as the error was going to cost her just $500. The article is consistent with this. --131.202.201.20 (talk) 03:18, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Spoiler warning
This article cries out for a spoiler warning - consider it done! Marco :) Bonteburg 23:38, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Someone just removed it, presumably per . No strong feeling on this, myself. Andyvphil 00:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Why is one needed? --Tony Sidaway 07:55, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Ohh! I see. true, that. Marco :) Bonteburg 14:04, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

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