Burn After Reading

本書為【Burn After Reading布萊德彼特之即刻毀滅】電影劇本。本片由導演柯恩兄弟Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)兩人共同擔任編劇及導演，並由布萊德彼特、喬治克隆尼，以及金獎影后法蘭西絲麥朵曼、蒂妲史雲頓、約翰馬可維奇等人主演。

電影中布萊德彼特與法蘭西絲麥朵曼為健身中心員工，在置物櫃中陰錯陽差拿到一片記滿前中央情報局分析員回憶錄的光碟，而這片光碟則屬於由約翰馬可維奇所飾演、剛被革職的前中情局分析員。兩個財迷心竅的員工想要藉此大撈一筆，再加上蒂妲史雲頓與喬治克隆尼兩人的婚外情，交織發展成一齣結合間諜、驚悚、暴力、喜劇、諷刺，錯綜複雜且驚喜不斷的故事！

Two gym instructors (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) accidentally stumble across and try to sell a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent Osborne Cox (John Malkovich), who has recently resigned from the agency in a fit of pique. Their attempts at blackmail go wildly awry, gradually engulfing Osborne Cox’s estranged wife (Tilda Swinton) and her lover (George Clooney), whose involvement triggers a series of tragic consequences.

In Burn After Reading Joel and Ethan Coen take on the spy thriller genre and reinvent it in their unique voice - combining humour and violence in completely unexpected ways, and wrapping it all up with the verbal dexterity that makes their work so distinctive.