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...surprise; the lyrics have a spare astringency, which is just the right tone in which to tell these tales of burdened hearts and spirits that, against all odds and expectations, refuse to * be broken. You can hear House of Hope pouring out of the car radio this summer as Thelma and Louise barrel along in their T-Bird convertible into the mythical heart of American pop culture. When they stop to refuel, they'll find Childs right there. Outlaws of the heart, all of them...
Despite such flaws, which leave you wondering if screenwriter Callie Khouri isn't just fronting for Hugh Hefner, Thelma & Louise is a movie with legs. Long after the movie is done entertaining, it stirs up questions about why men and women remain mysteries to each other. It has its small triumphs. Susan Sarandon makes Hollywood a little safer for older actresses; she fearlessly plays next to someone 10 years younger. And at least Thelma and Louise stop short of emulating Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who use their remaining ammunition to go out in a blaze of testosteronic glory...
After consulting a few how-to books on screenwriting, Khouri, a music-video producer who had made videos for Robert Cray, Alice Cooper and the Commodores, started writing. Nine months later, Thelma & Louise found its way to director Ridley Scott and, through him, to MGM/UA. During the shooting, Scott added much of the phallic imagery -- the huge trucks, the giant cacti and a chemical-spewing plane -- that has riled some of the film's detractors. He also cut scenes that portrayed the close friendship between the two title characters, including one in which each confides what she fears most...
Some of that frustration helped fuel Thelma & Louise. "I wanted to have it so that when you left the theater, you respected the characters," says Khouri. She is annoyed by critics who charge that her film provides poor role models for women. "They don't really want to see women operating outside the boundaries that are prescribed for them, misbehaving and enjoying themselves," she says. Nor does she take kindly to the criticism that the movie bashes men. "I certainly don't hate men," says Khouri, who celebrates her first year of marriage to writer and producer David Warfield this...
...Thelma & Louise twists the traditional buddy movie into the talk of the summer...