BBC推薦：6月必讀書單

9. Becky Aikman, Off the Cliff
《無與倫比》貝基?艾克曼

It's been over 25 years since the release of Thelma and Louise, the ground-breaking female buddy film hailed for its comedy, stark visual effects and shocking, off-the-cliff ending. Drawing upon some 130 interviews, Aikman tracks the film from 1987, when Callie Khouri from Paducah, Kentucky, a line producer on music videos, concocts the script, to Oscar night 1992, when six nominations yield Khouri an Academy Award. She weaves the film into Hollywood history, and gives a delicious blow-by-blow account, including Ridley Scott's efforts to find the location for that ending, and the early casting of Jodie Foster and Michelle Pfeiffer (in the roles that went to Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon), and Billy Baldwin as the sexy hitchhiker instead of a young newcomer named Brad Pitt. (Credit: Penguin Press)
距《末路狂花》上映已經過去超過25年，這部開拓性的女性犯罪電影以其幽默的劇情、對比鮮明的視覺效果以及精彩震撼的結局而備受好評。艾克曼在本書中參考了大約130次訪談，從1987年開始紀錄這部電影，影片編劇卡莉?克里來自肯塔基州帕迪尤卡市，那時她還是一名音樂錄影帶的預算控制制片。1992年，該片獲得了6項奧斯卡提名并為克里贏得了一座獎杯。她將這部電影與好萊塢歷史交織在一起，還收錄了一段段有趣而詳盡的個人陳述，其中包括雷利?史考特為影片結尾找到合適場地而付出的努力，最初試鏡的朱迪?福斯特和米歇爾?法伊弗（他們的角色最終由吉娜?戴維斯和蘇珊?薩蘭登飾演），以及替代“小鮮肉”布拉德?皮特出演性感搭車人的比利?鮑德溫。（來源：企鵝出版社）

英文來源：BBC
翻譯&編輯：董靜
審校：yaning