“Sideways” A masterpiece road movie that continues to be loved, gaining depth like aged wine.

What Italian and British films influenced this work?

By the way, the original author, Rex Pickett, was said to have been somewhat influenced by the British film ` `Withnail and I '' (1987) when writing the book.

Set in the late 1960s, at the end of a cultural wave, this is a story about two best friends, addicted to drink and drugs, who try to spend a weekend in a cottage in an unbelievably elegant setting. It's a conversation that shows the relationship between the two, and there's a hint of loneliness at the end, and I see that it has a similar flavor to Sideways.

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Director Alexander Payne also says that ``Withnail and I'' is his favorite movie. However, it seems that he did not refer to it when pursuing the path of making it into a movie. Rather, he points to the cult-popular Italian film ``The Passing Guy'' (62) as a reference work. The story is about a young man and an unconventional middle-aged man who meet by chance and go out for a drive together, but the two, who are complete opposites, develop a friendship with each other, and at the end, the story ends in a frenzy.

When working on ``Sideways'', director Payne carefully analyzed and researched this movie scene by scene, and he was particularly influenced by aspects such as the shooting method and location while driving a car.

By the way, ``The Passing Guy'' also influenced the monumental road movie of the 1960s, `` Easy Rider '' (69), and `` Motorcycle Diaries '' (2004), which was representative of the 2000s.

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