Thursday, May 9, 2013

'The Great Gatsby,' Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann

1. I'm confused at to what Baz Luhrmann, the crazy over-the-top director of Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet, would possibly want with The Great Gatsby. Well, I see why he might like it as a theoretical challenge: What

One spring just before the financial crisis struck, students at Princeton University threw a Gatsby party. "It's going to be big," said an organizer, promising all the trappings of the novel's soirees. "It's going to be grandiose.

“The Great Gatsby” is an American classic. But that hasn't stopped Australian director Baz Luhrmann from bringing his trademark style to the tale, set to a provocatively modern soundtrack. With Leonardo DiCaprio in the title

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“It's like an amusement park.” That's Nick Carraway, the wide-eyed, ever-present narrator of “The Great Gatsby,” describing one of the legendary parties thrown by the movie's fabulously wealthy and elusive title character.

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'The Great Gatsby,' Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann

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