This movie should of been made as a TV-Mini series (Like for HBO). This movie is one of the biggest bombs of all time. (Even on its release Heaven's Gate was still a bigger bomb). The book was raped by the people who adapted it. They didn't understand the book and the movie of course suffers from that.
Mr Depalma is a heavy handed director and it show all to well in this film! Their is moments of a few moments of greatness but moments do not make a movie. The cast is good but the Bruce Willis part was written as an English Journalist in the book.
I think there is a great movie that can come from "Bonfire of the Vanities" Maybe one day we will get one. I think David Mament would wonders adapting and directing a remake of this. I wouldn't change the setting I will still have take place in New York in the 1980's.
Maybe even Danny Boyle could also be a wise choice as a director.
Mr Depalma is a heavy handed director and it show all to well in this film! Their is moments of a few moments of greatness but moments do not make a movie. The cast is good but the Bruce Willis part was written as an English Journalist in the book.
I think there is a great movie that can come from "Bonfire of the Vanities" Maybe one day we will get one. I think David Mament would wonders adapting and directing a remake of this. I wouldn't change the setting I will still have take place in New York in the 1980's.
Maybe even Danny Boyle could also be a wise choice as a director.