The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon

The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon

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. This riveting insider's portrait provides a timeless account of an industry where art, talent, ego, and money combine and clash on a monumental scale.

Julie Salamon is a critic for the New York Times and the author of five books. She lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780306811234
ISBN 10	0306811235
Title	The Devil's Candy
Author	Julie Salamon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hachette Books
Year published	2002-05-30
Number of pages	464
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