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The Great Gatsby - Another gorgeous Baz Luhrmann Film

The Great Gatsby's already been filmed four times. There was a silent version with Warner Baxter made in the 20s; the Alan Ladd/Betty Field version (hardly definitive) filmed in the 40s; the Robert Redford/Mia Farrow version from the 70s (flawed but worth watching); and a TV movie version with Toby Stephens as Jay Gatsby and Paul Rudd as Nick Carraway. Having seen three of the four, I can't say that any of them really captured the essence of the novel. Novels don't often transfer well to film, and Fitzgerald's books seem to typify that. Of the four, the Redford version's cinematography seems to capture the look of the twenties era the best.

The trailers for the Luhrmann film certainly look visually opulent, but if they're not going to use period music from the twenties, they're making a mistake.
 
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but what is the essence?

the prose or plot or characters?
not decor costumes and music soundtrack?
 
pat grimshaw: That's an excellent question and it's difficult to answer. There are so many different themes in the book that I don't think any filmmaker could do it justice, and maybe it's unfair to even expect them to. On the surface, it's a love story, albeit a somewhat unrequited and ultimately tragic one. Dig a little deeper and it's also about classes in America, Gatsby representing the nouveau riche versus the patrician Tom Buchanan. Dig deeper still and it's a novel about the failure of the American dream, along with inability to repeat the past.

One thing the Baz Luhrmann film does seem to have, at least on the basis of the trailers, is feeling. The Jack Clayton version with Redford seemed emotionally dead in a lot of scenes (even with Karen Black overacting, and that's hard).
 
Yngbldhwk said:
…albeit a somewhat unrequited and ultimately tragic one. Dig a little deeper and it's also about classes in America, Gatsby representing the nouveau riche versus the patrician Tom Buchanan. Dig deeper still and it's a novel about the failure of the American dream, along with inability to repeat the past.…
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^ I like that. I felt Fitzgerald's prose was most important…and that he was capturing a time and mood (which was unfamiliar to non-Americans like me)

I know I want be seeing this film because —even though it was shot near me— Luhrmann has the brains of a repressed gay adolescent millionaire.
 
lolalola70 said:
i heart james franciscus-is Youngblood Hawke a fave film or book?
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Both. The book by Herman Wouk was a guilty pleasure when I was younger. James Franciscus starred in the film version of the book; it's relatively obscure these days.
 
I saw the trailer recently in the movie theatre and I think it's going to be very good. Leonardo Dicaprio is great in all his movies. Can't wait to see the movie. I saw the Robert Redford movie a long time ago. I'm sure this version will be different.
 
This is gonna be a choice by generation I suspect. I've never liked Dicraprio - like him best at the end of Titanic...
Read the book in high school and truly enjoyed Redford and the cast. This new version looks like it's just trying too hard.
 
The Great Gatsby Trailer w/ New Music by Beyoncé x André 3000, Lana Del Rey, Florence + The Machine

 
The final trailer left me speechless.. Baz Luhrmann is incredible!!
 
Music video by Lana Del Rey performing "Young and Beautiful" from the Great Gatsby soundtrack, in theaters now.

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful

 
^ I love that song and the way it's performed. It worked magic during the film scenes it was used in. Came home and got it from Amazon downloads immediately.

I saw this film in 3D. Not sure it actually needs to be in 3D, though.

The acting was good. I enjoyed DiCaprio/Tobey/Mulligan and really all the cast. Visuals are well done, fascinating. The music was lush, haunting and a nice update from typical period 1920s jazz that would've been the "in thing" at the time but would sound outdated today and wouldn't have the same impact.

A really enjoyable movie if you don't compare it to the book or 1974 version. Which you really shouldn't because this is a 2013 version.
 
^You can say that but if a movie is based on a book, you need to compare. I have read the book and DiCaprio is not a "facial" actor at all to delve into the inner-turmoil of Gatsby. You can't give silky soliloquies to opine your character's thoughts like a book. Baz has always been bad at the "show, don't tell" aspect of film. Leo is a decent actor no doubt but I always found him to be quite the talker which isn't a bad thing, however, he "shallow dives" into a character which is the exact reason he is has so many nominations and like one win.
 
maxpowr9 said:
^You can say that but if a movie is based on a book, you need to compare. I have read the book and DiCaprio is not a "facial" actor at all to delve into the inner-turmoil of Gatsby. You can't give silky soliloquies to opine your character's thoughts like a book. Baz has always been bad at the "show, don't tell" aspect of film. Leo is a decent actor no doubt but I always found him to be quite the talker which isn't a bad thing, however, he "shallow dives" into a character which is the exact reason he is has so many nominations and like one win.
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^ I'm saying you "shouldn't" compare it to other film versions of the book, or the book itself, because I saw it as Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby "based on the novel" of the same name. Not a carbon copy, word for word translation of it.

Most of the negative reviews by critics are complaining about the changes and additions (e.g. the psychiatrist's office writing of the novel twist) to the novel. Well, so? The director has artistic license to make it his own.
 
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