The ideal life in the eyes of Orientals is likened to a cup of tea, with a long-lasting fragrance and an endless aftertaste. Westerners love wine more, with its strong smell, gorgeous color, and smoky and scorched beef.
The movie Sideways, translated into Chinese as "Life with a Cup of Wine", is far from the literal meaning, but it has the charm of the movie. The west coast of California stretches north from San Diego to the coastline of Santa Barbara after crossing Los Angeles. This place is warm and dry, and sometimes the cold and wet sea breeze blows into the inland mountains, which is an excellent climate for growing grapes. The male protagonist Miles is quite a drinker, but he is depressed and unable to extricate himself from the difficulties in both life and career. The Pinot Noir grape he loves is sensitive, fragile and difficult to survive. Once it is made into wine, it is long and delicate, mellow and warm, which is exactly the perfect interpretation of his personality. He couldn't let go of the failure of his marriage, and in the face of his mature and intellectual confidant Maya, he was unable to take the first brave step. And this Maya, who knows how to taste the life in wine, is also exploring the life like wine.
The other two characters, Jack and Stephanie, are completely different, unrestrained and fiery, dazzling, almost like the prestigious Cabernet Sauvignon (cabernet sauvignon) in the eyes of Miles. However, Stephanie's dare to love and hate, Jack's prodigal son back, is also a true portrayal of a different kind of life. And other wines mentioned in the film, such as strong and thick Syrah, sweet and light Cabernet franc, and even the bland merlot in Miles' eyes, is it not a big world What about one of the many living beings in China?
More than an hour north of where I live is Napa, the famous wine country. At this time last year, I finally got there, and all I found in the winery's gorgeous halls and woven crowds was confusion - I would rather stop my old car and sit in the vineyard under the sunset in "A Glass of Wine". Sideways is a meaningful title, writing about all the upside-downs, confusions and disappointments of life, and reminding me that life is full of sideways and unintended surprises. Whether Miles knocked on Maya's door in the end really didn't matter. When she read out his grief and pain in Miles' love for wine and in the novels he wrote, Miles not only found a confidant, but also Own.
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