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As Luhrmann filmed and edited The Great Gatsby, it seems that he, along with Faith, Brit, Candy, and Cotty, still didn’t know when enough was enough.
“The Great Gatsby” is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. At the time, no one paid Gerlach — a former car mechanic who had fallen on hard times — any mind.
In “The Great Gatsby”, money plus connections equal immunity. People are defined by how careful or careless they are, and can afford to be, about drinking, driving, marriage, lovers and crimes.
Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” It was destined to be the definitive literary monument of the Roaring ’20s, a decade ...
Who, after all, is better placed to understand the character of Jay Gatsby than Baz Luhrmann? He is a self-inventor, like Gatsby: a boy from a working class background. Gatsby’s parents were poor ...
(Or maybe you did all three at once, in which case you should have seen your face!) We are talking, of course, about Leonardo DiCaprio’s introduction as Gatsby. Boy, are we.
Interview: The Great Gatsby’s Joel Edgerton Australian actor Joel Edgerton steps back in time to play Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby. Monday May 6 2013 ...
In the end, when Gatsby goes swimming, waiting for Daisy to call, he is shot and taken away from his dream---of success, of getting the girl---while the phone rings in the background.