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Wednesday, May 15,2013 Decadence, idealism and social upheaval ead to screen spectactular... iMliSIIBW regains popularity through Baz Luhrman's masterful retelling BreannaCraine Arts & Culture Editor The roaring 20s were probably the best time to live in before the stock mar ket crashed. There was prohibition which resulted in the illegalisation of alcohol that started the creation o f speak easies . and parties full of bootlegged alcohol and moonshine. Originally a novel, “The Great Gatsby” was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. The book was not a success until after WWII. Fitzgerald became more famous after he had died. The book high lights the fun and carefree world that the 20s seemed to be like. I had read the novel in high school and I thought it was the best book I have read. It is considered one of the best classics in American literature. There have been many movies made after the book was written. The first movie was actually a silent film that came to theaters a year after it was written. I walked into the movie theater last weekend excited to watch Leonardo DiCaprio in a love story. When I had watched the commercials, the movie sounded like it would be a 1920s ver sion of “Project X” with some romance In 1923, F. Scott Fitzgerald began planning his work “The Great Gatsby.” It was done in a desire to create in his words, “something new — something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.” G reat FS cott F itzgerald Jay Gatsby Nick Carraway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Jordan Baker ‘The Great Gatsbx written by F Scott Fitzgerald, was originally puvblished by Scribner ’s in 1925 with dust cover artw ork illustrated by F rancis Cugat. Copies are available through A m azon.com for 'as, Low as $4 film was not in 3D which I thought was a little strange? Former “Spider-Man” actor Toby Maguire plays handsome Nick Carraway who befriends Gatsby. The film starts off as Carraway is writing down how he met Gatsby. Gatsby is played by DiCaprio who is most famous for playing Jack Dawson in “Titanic.” Gatsby is known for throwing the best parties in his mansion but no one knows why he throws them. He has an under lying meaning to why he throws these fabulous gatherings and the further ajong in the film we get, the more understand ing we gain. He is a very private man but when he meets his new neighbor Carraway, he opens up to him about the love he had lost. No one knows how he inherited so much money since he had grown up extremely poor. Making and selling boot legged alcohol was a big business back then and people could make real good money from it. The love of his life, Daisy Buchanan, was married to Tom Buchanan, a rich man of “old” money while Gatsby was from “new” money. They live across the bay from each other in New York City. The whole film is their fight to be together. The movie, in my opinion, showed the fabulous side of the 20s, where everyone was rich and having fun. The cars seemed too fake, however. Maybe it was the 3D or maybe they wanted it to seem cartoon like, but I did not like it. The opening of the film was confusing to me. It went back and forth from the future to the past and I had trouble knowing which was which. The love story was amazing. I almost cried at the end because love like that does not exist anymore. People may not want to see this movie because it is con sidered a classic, but this is a must-see movie. The acting is amazing and the parties are huge. Go and check out either the novel or die many movies that have been created. Leonardo DiCaprio Tobey Maguire Carey Mulligan Joel Edgerton. Elizabeth Debicki < ESS 0)0) Jay Gatsby Nick Carraway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan involved. Ihe"3D Wd'VfS B eganf out m ost o f the and uncertainty concerning the title, “The Great Gatsby” was published in April of 1925. The book sold poorly (only 20,000 copies the first year) and was subject to mixed reviews. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself a failure and that his work would be forgotten. After World War II, Fitzgerald’s work gained popularity and in the following years was incorporated into high school curriculum across the nation. “The Great Gatsby” has since been considered one of America’s all time best work’s of literature and without protest fits the bill of a “Great American Novel.” i Z B 1 )1 1 3 Jordan Baker Toby Stephens Paul Rudd Mira Sorvino Martin Donovan ^ A te le v is io r ^ ^ V adaptation that originally aired March 29 2000 « Francie Swift Jay Gatsby Nick Carraway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Jordan Baker Robert Redford. Sam Waterson/ Mia Farrow I Bruce Dern 1 Lois Chiles \ Jay Gatsby Nick Carraway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Jordan Baker Alan Ladd Macdonald Carey Betty Field . Barry Sullivan Ruth Hussey Jay Gatsby Nick Carraway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Jordan Baker Warner Baxter of which only a the trailer is ’ Neil Hamilton still known to Lois Wilson e xist A prime j of a A Hale Hamilton L example “lost film.” ■ Carmelita Geraghty If you’ve g o ti copy, congrats. ’ Due to copyright restrictions, this version is hard u to come by. A silent film /^ B F Television Tributes “Californication ” Season 2, Episode 2 “The Great Ashby” “Entourage” the HBO show’s main character, Vincent Chase, stars in a fictional film based off the book enti tled “Gatsby” “Mad Money” /A /A JM 1.5 OUT OF B O M B The show’s host, Jim Cramer at times refers to his self created index of companies that reflects the spending habits of the rich and wealthy as the “Great Gatsby Index.” ’’IB r M u Iti p I e M ed i u ms Aside from movies and television, Gatsby has transcended both mediums and genres with adaptations in opera, theater, graphic novels, radio,: music and even computer games.
