Payne saw the novel of the same name written by Rex Pickett in 1999, and he was immediately attracted when he read this novel. The original work was originally a script, but what Pekert originally completed was that no one wanted to shoot the script, so he had to change it into a novel. The first draft of the novel was seen by Peckert’s old friend and producer Michael Langdon, who decided to recommend the novel to Alexander Payne, because Payne not only likes the flawed characters, but also the two protagonists in the story. Of the same age. At that time, Payne had just finished "The Merry Teacher, Thunder Girl" and was working on "About Schmidt". In his free time, Payne adapted the novel into a script, and rushed to Santa Barbara County to taste the wine and taste the cup in person. Life of wine.
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2021-10-22 14:31
Extended Reading
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Dillon 2021-10-22 14:41:53
-Why do you like Pino? -How did you become obsessed with wine. These two narratives are the most fascinating part of the film.
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Hermina 2022-03-25 09:01:06
The female lead's evaluation of the male lead's novel is the director's selfishness: I finally finished reading your novel yesterday, I really think it's great, you are very skilled in your words, who cares if it is published or not. There are many beautiful and sad things in it. Have you really experienced them? It must be very painful. And the character of my sister, my God, is really down and out. But I gotta say, the ending is confusing, did that father commit suicide or what?
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Maya: You know, the day you open a '61 Cheval Blanc... that's the special occasion.
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Maya: So is it kind of about death and mortality, or...?
Miles Raymond: Mrnmm, yeah... but not really. It shifts around a lot. Like you also start to see everything from the point of view of the father. And some other stuff happens, some parallel narrative, and then it evolves - or devolves - into a kind of a Robbe-Grillet mystery - with no real resolution.