Flutterby™! : Devil's Candy

Yesterday evening I finished The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco, by Julie Salamon. It's a narrative of the making of the film version of Bonfire of the Vanities, and it's fascinating. From how trying to save a few hundred thousand dollars ballooned into spending two million, to the tribulations of second unit director Eric Schwab turning two shots that Brian DePalma thought were so cliché at they'd never be seen in his movie into masterpieces, and then getting credit stolen from him, it's a great look at how film-making works. Highly recommended.