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The Devil’s Candy

The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco

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Written by: Julie Salamon
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When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book The Bonfire of the Vanities, both director and journalist must have felt like they were on to something big. How could it lose? But instead Salamon got a front-row seat at the Hollywood disaster of the decade. She shadowed the film from its early stages through the last of the eviscerating reviews, and met everyone from the actors to the technicians to the studio executives. They'd all signed on for a blockbuster, but there was a sense of impending doom from the start - heart-of-gold characters replaced Wolfe's satiric creations; affable Tom Hanks was cast as the patrician heel; Melanie Griffith appeared mid-shoot with new, bigger breasts. With a keen eye and ear, Salamon shows us how the best of intentions turned into a legendary Hollywood debacle.

The Devil's Candy joins John Gregory Dunne's The Studio, Steven Bach's Final Cut, and William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade as a classic for anyone interested in the workings of Hollywood.

©1991, 2002 Julie Salamon (P)2021 Tantor Film & TV Celebrity
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Une regard unique et détaillé sur une production.

Pour les aimants du 7e art, ce livre est une source impressionnante de détails sur une production cinématographique troublée et emblématique de son époque. C'est aussi une analyse franche de la mécanique hollywoodienne de la fin des années 80. Brian De Palma n'a de toute évidence pas réalisé son meilleur film avec "Le bûcher des vanités" mais a nul doute réalisé son meilleur coup littéraire en laissant Julie Salamon suivre de A à Z les tribulations de Dé Palma et son équipe pendant près de deux ans.

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Amazing piece of film history

Incredible insight into the world of filmmaking and everything that goes into getting a film made, whether it’s a huge success or a critical and box-office failure (like Bonfire of the Vanities). Either way, it’s a huge endeavour that everyone involved enters hoping and working towards a success, regardless of the final result. Also serves as a look at the career of one of the great filmmakers of our time - Brian de Palma. Very well told, with tons of input from De Palma himself through interviews.

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