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I first read the original work of a good year. During the reading process, I felt that it was just like a script. If it were made into a movie, the screenwriter would hardly need to do anything. Each scene is a film montage, very smooth. I haven’t read several other books by Peter Mayle about Provence, but after reading this one, I still want to see the Provence in the movie. The bright sun, the large lavender, the stretched vineyards, the simple villagers, and the cheerful country ball. . Although it is just a popular story, some character conflicts seem to be too deliberate, but because of the sunshine, air, vineyards, and the return to nature lifestyle, it is not so popular, and some petty bourgeoisie like the sentiment.

What I like more is the "Emperor's New Clothes" about wine in it. I don’t know wine, but I have read many columns and introductions to wine by chance. I feel very “pretending”. It seems that when I talk about wine, I immediately make myself noble. I didn’t drink two bottles of foreign wine, and the words overflowed. The sense of superiority seems to be saying: "You guys, haven't you drunk it!" The mentality of the poor and rich has revealed to those who have never been in contact with a little bit of wine knowledge.

I have read this book and verified that my feelings are actually correct. The author owns his own vineyard, is engaged in wine-related work, and of course he really understands wine. Although the novel is a fiction, it is also a fiction based on reality. Look at how the swindler in the novel turns wine into luxury goods. The Asian buyers are stunned for a while, and then like a pyramid scheme, the message is passed on layer by layer, even if you drink it. People who buy the worst quality wines at high prices also feel that they are exceptionally noble. It was so unnatural and unconfident, for fear that the mud under his feet would be exposed. Don’t you know that this is a merchant’s trick, first deny you, and then tempt you to buy their products, to use consumption to affirm yourself. As stated in the work: Common sense goes out of the window all the time in the wine business.

The movie does not involve this point, even if you ignore it, you can make a very beautiful movie. It is a pity that the scenery of Provence has not been shown here. Although the European countryside is compact, it can be taken more atmospheric. In addition, London’s dark, repressive, and stubborn comparisons with the bright stretches here seem to be very inadequate. Why bother to keep comparing yourself?

The starring role is Russell Crowe, who is blessed, wears myopia, and fails as soon as he appears on the stage. There is no charm in the original work. I like the sentence on the poster: Everything matures eventually.

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