Assuming you're interested in learning how Hollywood works, from the endless scouting of locations to who is responsible for carrying the director's thermos of coffee, you will be educated. There is too much detail that isn't important, too much describing the color of every carpet in every room visited, what kind of shoes everyone wears, and who is holding De Palma's coffee thermos at at every moment, too many people's points of view to keep the narrative flowing.
There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, ©1997-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book, Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. It is a journalistic look at how a movie is made, any movie, and this book uses the example of the Bonfire of the Vanities because that happened to be the production Julie Salamon was invited to observe from beginning to end. The level of detail may be too much for someone looking for a quick account of what went wrong in the making of this film, but I found it all fascinating. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.
This book is for people on the outside who want to know how the movie industry works. Please try your request again later. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. See all 10 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. How could it lose? Whatever reproduction technique was used imparted a bit of waviness to many of the lines of text. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. First rate account of the making of Brian De Palma's Bonfire of the Vanities. There was a problem loading your book clubs. For the movie fans, Tom Hanks comes off as the incredible good guy he appears to be. The Devil's Candy (Paperback) The Anatomy Of A Hollywood Fiasco. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy Of A Hollywood Fiasco PDF Description Are you search for The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy Of A Hollywood Fiasco PDF? Salamon also gives a background of the steps it takes to get a picture made from buying the rights of the book to marketing the finished picture. Probably an indication that this film had been largely forgotten by 2002.) A creature of the 70's decade of the auteur, his portrayal is of a troubled genius that struggles with communication skills. So if you are looking for an exciting page turner, this is not for you. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The book Bonfire of the Vanities was so popular and written in such a style that taking on the task of adapting it to film was a true challenge and doomed to fail.