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Re:A “Sideways” supply response in California winegrapes by shiftpgdn on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:18PM (#30067949)
There are numerous hints dropped throughout the movie that he needs to die to fulfill his role in life, and the directing and storytelling is tight enough that it’s all intentional. Specifically the Confederacy of Dunces references, the phone call asking if the main character in Mile’s novel kills himself, and the “ascension” in the final scene where he is walking up a very sunlit staircase surrounded by flowers.
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Re:A “Sideways” supply response in California winegrapes by carabiner on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:58PM (#30068240)
You seem to be paraphrasing what's listed here: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/7wb8nj/at_the_...

Yeah, there are references to death and suicide in the movie, like there is in most fiction about depression. But there's nothing explicit about Miles's fate, and the film ends on an upbeat note ("Because you were wearing your seatbelt!" Jack says to Miles). I've watched the movie 20x and the stuff you list is very liberal interpretation of some scant events.

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Re:A “Sideways” supply response in California winegrapes by tptacek on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:42PM (#30068107)
Doesn't square up with the novel, either --- and Sideways was shot very soon after the novel was published.

There's even a sequel to the novel with the same characters.

I'm calling "shenanigans" on this whole "Miles kills himself" meme.

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Re:A “Sideways” supply response in California winegrapes by renewiltord on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:48AM (#30068591)
Sure, but only in the way that Jar Jar Binks is a Sith Lord
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Re:A “Sideways” supply response in California winegrapes by bee_rider on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:38AM (#30068873)
A massive improvement that would redeem one of the dumbest characters in the series, to the point where you just have to believe it is true?
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Re:A “Sideways” supply response in California winegrapes by thaumasiotes on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @04:13AM (#30069854)
I think most of the appeal of the theory is that you can call him Darth Darth Binks.
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