Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071VTMVWY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 133 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Two thumbs up!!!" according to Kathy Parsons. I have to say right off the bat that "Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge" is the most interesting and entertaining book I have read in quite awhile. It reads like a well-paced novel, only it's non-fiction, which makes it even more intriguing. I saw "Thelma and Lo. Very well done pop culture and movie history - deep, intriguing look at an iconic movie and an era that passed us by I really enjoyed this look at the making of "Thelma and Louise," but I also appreciated the more important look at the historical sexism in the movie industry - which was certainly not a surprise, and it's aggravating to see how far we have *not* come in the 27 years (!) since this movie came out.Becky A. DanD said A groundbreaking film, a fantastic story of female empowerment. It was a movie that wasn't initially meant to be divisive; a thirty-year-old woman working in show business found herself at a low point, and decides to take it out in a screenplay about two empowered women who escaped their own mediocrity. But the film became a lightning rod long before it was made, and
It turned the tables on Hollywood, instantly becoming a classic, and continues to electrify audiences as a cultural statement of defiance. But Khouri had one thing going for her - she was so inexperienced she didn't really know she would be attempting the nigh impossible. But if the film's place in history now seems certain, at the time its creation was a long shot. Suddenly, a film in which women were, in every sense, behind the wheel. Drawing on 130 exclusive interviews with the key players from this remarkable cast of actors, writers, and filmmakers, Aikman tells an inspiring and important underdog story about creativity, the magic of cinema, and the unjust obstacles that women in Hollywood continue to face to this day.. one night, sitting in her car outside the ramshackle bungalow in Santa Monica that she shared with two friends, she had a vision: two women on a crime spree, fleeing their dull and tedious lives - lives like hers - in search of a freedom they had never before been able to realize. The likelihood of a script by an unheard-of screenwriter starring two women in lead roles actually getting made was remote. But before icons like Davis and Sarandon got involved, Thelma & Louise was just an idea in the head of Callie Khouri, a 30-year-old music video production manager who was fed up with working behind the scenes on sleazy sets. Only through sheer hard work and more than a little good luck did the sc