"The Great Getsby."
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton.
Synopsis:
This movie is a screen version of the novel of the same name by American writer Scott Fitzgerald who had crrated his famous mesterpiece in the middle of the 1920s. The main character Nick Carraway comes to New York in the early 20th century. It is the time of the introduced "dry law", gradually decomposing moral, incomparable jazz and at the same time it's a period of a prosperous crime. Carraway follows his father's advice - to learn not to judge people. However, he is fascinated by the mysterious past and luxurious present lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Carraway appeares in the circle of Getsby's friends, but he becomes a witness to obsession and tragedy...
Review:
Any film adaptation possesses some kind of the fascination that lies in seeing how the director has perceived the source material, with some new interpretation. "The Great Gatsby" has exactly the same fascination. Beautiful, dizzy, amazing but at the same time very profound plot from the point of view of outstanding director Luhrmann will not leave indifferent viewers. Luhrmann created vivid 1920s backdrops: everybody sing and dance that conveys an unique atmosphere of jazz, the Age of jazz. There are black-and-white footage and depthless digital panoramas of New York, hyper-real street scenes through which Gatsby roars in his sports car. All of these create a great impression of mad rhythm of 1920s.
The cast is wonderful, especially Leonardo DiCaprio who performed his role perfectly. And Mulligan's Daisy has gentleness and charm in her image. Their initial meeting over tea in Nick's cottage, has some charge, and DiCaprio and Mulligan handle it well.
In general the film is worth to watch. The classics is always the classics, even in the modern intepretation.
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton.
Synopsis:
This movie is a screen version of the novel of the same name by American writer Scott Fitzgerald who had crrated his famous mesterpiece in the middle of the 1920s. The main character Nick Carraway comes to New York in the early 20th century. It is the time of the introduced "dry law", gradually decomposing moral, incomparable jazz and at the same time it's a period of a prosperous crime. Carraway follows his father's advice - to learn not to judge people. However, he is fascinated by the mysterious past and luxurious present lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Carraway appeares in the circle of Getsby's friends, but he becomes a witness to obsession and tragedy...
Review:
Any film adaptation possesses some kind of the fascination that lies in seeing how the director has perceived the source material, with some new interpretation. "The Great Gatsby" has exactly the same fascination. Beautiful, dizzy, amazing but at the same time very profound plot from the point of view of outstanding director Luhrmann will not leave indifferent viewers. Luhrmann created vivid 1920s backdrops: everybody sing and dance that conveys an unique atmosphere of jazz, the Age of jazz. There are black-and-white footage and depthless digital panoramas of New York, hyper-real street scenes through which Gatsby roars in his sports car. All of these create a great impression of mad rhythm of 1920s.
The cast is wonderful, especially Leonardo DiCaprio who performed his role perfectly. And Mulligan's Daisy has gentleness and charm in her image. Their initial meeting over tea in Nick's cottage, has some charge, and DiCaprio and Mulligan handle it well.
In general the film is worth to watch. The classics is always the classics, even in the modern intepretation.
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everybody singS and danceS
of mad THE rhythm of THE 1920s