The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Directed by Brian De Palma
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
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What critics compared The Bonfire of the Vanities to
Like Sherman McCoy in Tom Wolfe’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” the trader clearly fancies himself a Master of the Universe.
Yes, there are a few failures along the way (" Snake Eyes ," "Mission to Mars," " The Bonfire of the Vanities "), but look at the range here, and reflect that these movies contain treasure for those who admire the craft as well as the story, who sense the glee with which De Palma manipulates images and characters for the simple joy of being good at it.
After fumbling around with recent misfires like "Mission to Mars" and "The Bonfire of the Vanities," De Palma's taken his titular 1972 advice - "Get to Know Your Rabbit."
With this effort, De Palma has proven that The Bonfire of the Vanities was less of a fluke than one might suppose.
…ince any positive retrospective of Brian De Palma's career must inevitably be pitched as a defense of the director, it goes without saying that a key film in such a feature would be The Bonfire of the Vanities, his most unpopular work after Mission to Mars and one ravaged by critics with a vitriol that still seems remarkable.