Life is like wine, especially wine

Mina 2022-04-23 07:01:30

Some unfinished thoughts and feelings

The first time I saw this film was in 2009, a season suitable for tight-fitting short-sleeved plaid shirts and a plaid shirt. In the lounge in the center, four or five people were nestled on the sofa. The lights were dim, but I was stunned. I yawned and didn't wait to finish it, I only vaguely remembered the large vineyards and fine wines in California and the happy scene of the four people tasting wine on the grass while the sun sets. I'll watch it tonight, the amber scene is accompanied by 4 soothing Jazz music. It lays a relaxed and cheerful tone for the movie, and the narration is full of highlights and repeated plots. Of course, there is also a happy ending. All the masters are married. Yes, this is a good film.

The English name of the movie sideways translates into a glass of wine. Life is very particular. The middle-aged and old man Miles. This is completely reflected in the eyes of Miles looking at the dark liquid swaying in the goblet. The quality of the wine is very high. It’s about being particular about the year, climate, rain, sunshine, etc.

There is no chance and so-called grasp that you can almost seize, in fact, maybe everything comes from the rhythm, and the preset plot often does not change with the monitoring of time. It came true, just like the 61-year-old chateau cheval blanc that the male protagonist collected for the tenth anniversary, and in the end he just drank it in a paper cup with slender bread alone in the restaurant (think of Jack driving in the car at the beginning Jiu Jiqin is also very happy), but it is really impossible to conclude that his face was not calm and satisfied at that moment.

To be continued

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Extended Reading
  • Orland 2021-10-22 14:41:56

    "I am a fingerprint on the window of a skyscraper, a piece of dung on toilet paper, and rushing to the sea with thousands of sewage filth." Unpublishable novels are the best.

  • Jettie 2021-10-22 14:41:53

    It's the kind of good film that rediscovers life and life.

Sideways quotes

  • Miles Raymond: Did you read the latest draft, by the way?

    Jack: Oh, yeah. Yeah.

    Miles Raymond: And?

    Jack: It's great. I mean there are so many improvements. It's much tighter, just seems... I don't know, more congealed or something.

    Miles Raymond: Mm-hmm. What about the new ending? Did you like that?

    Jack: Oh, yeah. New ending vastly superior to the old ending.

    Miles Raymond: There is no new ending. Page 750 on is exactly the same.

    Jack: [pause] Well... maybe it just seemed new because everything leading up to it was so different?

    Miles Raymond: [sarcastically] Yeah, that must be it!

  • Miles Raymond: [to Jack] You fucking derelict.