The wine and cinema truth
If you think that American cinema is only the so-called giant blockbusters. giant stars in the payroll if you think that France is the kingdom of wine and in the end, if you think that within a week you can not change your life - this movie is not for you. Duet Payne - Taylor shows America, we do not know. It has no cost bars with gangsters in white spats, there are no young yuppies, ready to suck every penny out of our wallets, there is also naive immigrants sighted in America, the land of eternal happiness, in which any bootblack can become the owner of the largest office building at Avenue Road. America Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor more like the Old Continent. Picturesque images taken directly from the brush by Edouard Manet, love of wine and two exceptionally not American heroes (particularly Miles) make it one of the most European films made in America. It seems that the image of the United States in the local independent cinema is not accidental. Let's look at the most recent known and appreciated movies of this trend - or do not say nothing about America ( '' Lost in Translation '' Sofia Coppola), or look at your country very critical eye ( '' Elephant '' Van Sant). American independent filmmakers (especially do not use the wording 'young artists') - exactly the opposite as Polish, distancing themselves from the problems of their country, talk about matters of universal language does not necessarily close the American tradition of literary or film. Opening and perception that America is not the world ends (Coppola sings Japan, at Payne's fascination see France and the countries of southern Europe) is a new and apparently not a single element of American cinema beginning of the XXI century. I hope that a similar trail will follow in the near future also big studios. The hero of '' Sideways '' is the wine, which is here (that's nothing new) a symbol of life. We see viticulture, lectures Miles listening for it, as wine is formed, we finally recognized as old (i. Good wine. In just such a bizarre entourage continue their journey Miles and Jack. Each of the characters represents, however, a different philosophy of life. Miles is a pure paradox - love for wine in any way does not translate into love for life, on the contrary - the more wine, the greater the hatred of their own existence. The rejection by the woman he loved and failed marriage, in addition uninteresting work (the teacher) and inefficiency in realizing their own dreams (one he did not want to give the book) build a picture pessimist and loner. Jack contrary to appearances, is very similar to Miles - admittedly failed marriage still ahead of him, but life certainly equal helplessness colleague. Their different way of looking at the world - Jack is the optimist who enjoys life to the limits of its capabilities. He does not care about conventions or rules, knows that life is not like wine - the older the better not. Both Miles and Jack are serious before the election of life - one must finally forget about his ex-wife, the other full of uncertainty and doubt soon will play the most important role of her life - her husband alluring Christine. As usual in such situations they turn out to be a godsend women. Maya and Stephanie, like Dante's Beatrice carry two heroes by the flow of fears and complexes. Maya, suggesting the end of the longer permanently remain in the life of Miles, Stephanie and proves to be only a confirmation of the instability and infantile Jack. Payne once again (after '' Schmicie '') uses road movie formula. Surviving its heyday in the 60s and 70s ( '' Easy Rider '', '' The Scarecrow ', also out -' 'The Motorcycle Diaries'') except in the most interesting way presented the dynamic nature of the main character, by scooping his more and more new experiences showed his metamorphosis. Payne, unfortunately, does not go after invented for more than thirty years ago, before a scheme is not proposed in the matter of road movie nothing new. And I do not believe that nothing new can be said in this genre (fifteen years ago it was claimed that the western genre is airtight, in which everything has already been said, Eastwood with his '' Unforgiven '' proved that it is not). Too bad, because both the dialogue and the acting (more on that later) are very good, they are not sufficient, however, to emphasize the originality of the scheme imposed by Payne. That is why it is worth a closer look at acting creations, because they (as well as in the previous film, Payne) represent the uniqueness of this image. The director proved that he has a great hand in choosing the actors, and then in carrying out their. This time, resigned from the involvement of well-known actors, on the screen we see a completely unfamiliar faces, or ever seen in a television series or episode. Filmography Paul Giam https://closetomovies.com