Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (888 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01M7R308E |
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| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Two thumbs up!!! 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 Louise" when it came out in theaters back in 1991 (and on DVD since then) and it blew me away for so many reasons. At at time when most of the meatier movie roles for females were as hookers (with hearts of gold, of course!), it was s. Very well done pop culture and movie history - deep, intriguing look at an iconic movie and an era that passed us by Nathan Webster 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 Aikman has done the best job of getting interviews with all the principles - and their honesty is refreshing and their candor revealing. Stephen Toblowsky (Ned Ryerson from "Groundhog Day") comes across quite badly in his critique of. 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 stands today as a rare feminist action/comedy/drama (take your pick) film that maybe has yet to be equaled in terms of relevance.At its best, Becky Aikman's OFF THE CLIFF deals with this relevance, the importance of the film, and h
Aikman lives in New York City. BECKY AIKMAN is the author of the memoir Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives. She was a writer and editor for Business Week and a reporter for Newsday.
Until they choose to go out in blazing glory, they live through a free-wheeling, slam-bang, bad-ass, sisterhood adventure saga. Entertaining, informed, and unfortunately still timely in its perspective on women and the movies, Off the Cliff is one of the very best behind-the-scenes books you are likely to read.”—Neal Gabler, author of Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination and An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood “A making-of book on ‘Thelma & Louise,’ one of the few diamonds among the films released by the studios in the late ‘80s and ‘90s, is long overdue. For fans of the iconic film, Aikman provides everything you wanted to know about it.” —Kirkus Reviews“‘Thelma & Louise’ is both historic and anomalous—historic because it is so
A lively and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of history's most controversial and influential movies, drawing on exclusive interviews with the cast and crew.“You’ve always been crazy,” says Louise to Thelma, shortly after she locks a police officer in the trunk of his car. It turned the tables on Hollywood, instantly becoming a classic, and continues to electrify audiences as a cultural statement of defiance. At four a.m. But before icons like Davis and Sarandon got involved, Thelma & Louise was