The Bonfire of the Vanities
“Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.”
ComedyDrama
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.
VIBE
A darkly comic, cynical look at ambition and the media's corrosive power. It's a portrait of hubris and social decay, set against a backdrop of 80s excess and urban grit. The film feels like a cautionary tale about the price of success.
cynicalsatiricalanxiousgloomysteadysatirical drama80s excessurban decaycharacter studyambitionclassmediamorality
journalistblack peoplesuccessbad luckbrokersocial satireyellow-journalism
