I have heard so much about how bad this movie was and never understood why. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe Hermione Hoby enjoys the glitz and bombast of the definitive 80s satire Hermione Hoby. In fact the film is pretty funny and shot really nicely. The screenplay, written by Michael Cristofer, was adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe. Wall Street and Wall Street; big hair and bigger cell phones; Masters of the Universe and Greed is Good. I didn't think so. The choice was De Palma's decision to film it as a cartoon -- a broad, black, wannabe savage comedy. The Bonfire of the Vanities may not be Brian De Palma's worst movie, but it's definitely his most notorious. When the Eastern Nebraska Mens Bibliophile & Social Club (a.k.a. Posted on September 7, 2016 by toddmthatcher. New York! my book club) picked The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what it was about and, ultimately, how itd make me feel. A movie that has the reputation of being awful. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed and produced by Brian De Palma. Brian De Palma's new movie is lacking in just that quality; it is not subtle or perceptive about the delicate nuances of motive that inspire these people. The 80s! Brian DePalma`s The Bonfire of the Vanities is a perfect example of how a best-selling book can be carefully altered, perceptively pruned and converted into an intriguing motion picture. The disaster is the movie The Bonfire of the Vanities. Read 2,731 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Sat 9 Jan 2010 19.05 … I saw it a long time ago but liked it. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolfe's novel about McCoy, was savage and sarcastic, especially in the way it dissected the motives of every single character. Peter Travers ... Bonfire achieves a consistency of ineptitude rare even in this era of over-inflated cinematic air bags. Like Sherman McCoy, the hero of Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities," Brian De Palma makes one fatal choice that leads to disaster. The screenplay, written by Michael Cristofer, was adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe. This is one hell of a book. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed and produced by Brian De Palma. The Bonfire of the Vanities Movie Review. JMN's De Palma-thon Film #20: The Bonfire of the Vanities "For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?" Its very, very bad reputation. The Bonfire of the Vanities book. Bonfire of the Vanities is not the tumbling shit-fest you've been told it is. Bonfire of the vanities. The Bonfire of the Vanities By. Write a review. For over a quarter century, I’ve known Brian De Palma’s The Bonfire of the Vanities only by its reputation. His career in Hollywood took its most publicised hit to date, and an entire book was written that following year about the hellish production. ... Start your review of The Bonfire of the Vanities.