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Why We're Often Disappointed at the Movies.

Film critic for the Wall Street Journal, Julie Salamon. She's just written a new book about the making of the film, "The Bonfire of the Vanities." The book is "The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood," (published by Houghton Mifflin). The movie, based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name, was directed by Brian DePalma and was eagerly anticipated but turned out to be a critical and financial bomb. Salamon followed the entire film making process from casting to editing.

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Other segments from the episode on November 27, 1991

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 27, 1991: Interview with Barry Sonnenfeld; Interview with Julie Salamon; Review of Kenneth Silverman's biography "Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending…

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