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May 9, 2013 · Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” isn’t a disaster. Every frame is sincere. Its miscalculations come from a wish to avoid embalming a classic novel in “respectfulness” — a worthy goal, in theory.
May 8, 2013 · The Tragic Emptiness of 'The Great Gatsby'. While certainly not a disaster, Baz Lurhrmann's opulent adaptation begins to look and feel like something grand and profound, before transforming...
- Initial Reception
- The Soundtrack
- Cinematography
- Final Denouement
This concept of fidelity in congruency with literature is both tired and dull. No work is guaranteed a place in the literary canon, and to suggest that some texts due to their perceived intellectual weight should be treated in a certain manner during the adaptive process is laughable. A director should, and must, interpret and represent a text as t...
Many critics have noted their umbrage with the soundtrack. It’s a bizarre critique with many seemingly suggesting that any piece set in a specific era cannot feature any idiosyncratic notes without losing its purity. Given that this is an approach that Luhrmann has adopted before, most notably in Moulin Rouge, it seems even stranger that it was met...
In addition to the successful use of music, the film’s strength lies in the almost hyperreal cinematography. Luhrmann uses colour to highlight the affect that Gatsby has upon Carraway. Spending time with Gatsby means that Carraway’s view and perspective is suddenly infused with hope and excitement. Compare these scenes, in which the colour palette ...
That is not to suggest that the film is without faults. The film certainly has its issues, largely in the form of the entirely unnecessary framing narrative. Depicting Nick Carraway as retelling his experience of Gatsby as a form of therapy is clichéd and fairly dull, but this error is not enough to undermine what is, in actuality, an engaging and ...
Aug 27, 2013 · With the DVD release of The Great Gatsby out today, GQ caught up with director Baz Luhrmann and his wife Catherine Martin, the film’s production and costume designer, to look back at that scene.
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Apr 24, 2013 · Greatness may have seemed a long way off during the Australian shoot, when one disaster followed another, culminating in a crane cracking open Luhrmann’s head. “It was scary,” says DiCaprio.
Apr 4, 2023 · Alice Brown highlights five crucial changes that distinguishes Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' from its source material.
Apr 11, 2021 · The paradox of a novel so critical of wealth being made into a $105 million film is interesting enough, but the result is even more so – for better and for worse, Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ represents a view of the past specifically designed for a mass audience, and every lighting, costume, and music choice reflects this.
