Author: [log in to unmask] (edwin jahiel) Date: 12/17/94 3:09 PM [Editor's note: This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted above, and not by Jeremy Butler ([log in to unmask]).] >Author: [log in to unmask] >Date: 12/17/94 10:09 AM > >[Editor's note: This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted >above, and not by Jeremy Butler ([log in to unmask]).] > >Dear Wolfgang, >A good place to start is a book by a frequent _New Yorker_ contributor - >unfortunately, I've forgotten her name - entitled _The Devil's Candy_. It's >about the making of Brian DePalma's 'Bonfire of the Vanities.' It is a >hugely entertaining and informative book and there is quite a bit written >about the test screening processes and their influence on the final editorial >process. It might be a good starting point from which to work your way into >more technical research. Good Luck! S. McCarthy Could this be the book by Judith Salamon who reviewd films for the Wall Street Journal?