In the 2014 version of the film, The Great Gatsby, the scene in which Daisy meets Jay Gatsby for the first time in five years differs slightly from the scene described in the original novel. In the film, Director Baz Luhrmann uses contrasting color schemes between the homes of Nick and Gatsby to foreshadow the change in emotion and situations that will occur. While Gatsby, Daisy, and Nick are having tea in Nick’s home, Luhrmann makes emphasizes the tranquility and peacefulness of Nick’s home as well as Nick as a person himself, by zooming in on pastel-colored flowers and keeping the lighting bright throughout the scene. The interactions between the characters are somewhat airy and awkward as Gatsby and Daisy are having their first meeting since
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In the tea scene in the novel and up until the scene in which Daisy and Gatsby are dancing together, Daisy and Gatsby rarely make physical contact and if they do, it is extremely brief. In fact, a section of the tea scene never occurred in the novel itself, only in the film. Luhrmann adds the interaction of Gatsby and Daisy viewing Daisy’s home from Nick’s back porch and accidentally touching each other’s hand and holding them there to show how long their love has stayed intact even with five years apart. During the tea scene in the novel, the only interact between Gatsby and Daisy is verbal with Daisy letting everyone that she is “glad” and her voice speaks volumes “of her unexpected joy” (89) when she was first surprised by Gatsby’s presence and will continue to be joyous while in the presence of Gatsby. Luhrmann uses the scene, adding in the accidental physical contact between the two lovers and the extreme efforts from outsider Nick to capture the attention of Gatsby and Daisy when he feels that it is necessary to rejoin them. While Luhrmann used Nick’s efforts to make as much noise as possible to relate to the book and for comedic relief, he also used the action to emphasize how much Gatsby and Daisy are obsessed with each
In the tea scene in the novel and up until the scene in which Daisy and Gatsby are dancing together, Daisy and Gatsby rarely make physical contact and if they do, it is extremely brief. In fact, a section of the tea scene never occurred in the novel itself, only in the film. Luhrmann adds the interaction of Gatsby and Daisy viewing Daisy’s home from Nick’s back porch and accidentally touching each other’s hand and holding them there to show how long their love has stayed intact even with five years apart. During the tea scene in the novel, the only interact between Gatsby and Daisy is verbal with Daisy letting everyone that she is “glad” and her voice speaks volumes “of her unexpected joy” (89) when she was first surprised by Gatsby’s presence and will continue to be joyous while in the presence of Gatsby. Luhrmann uses the scene, adding in the accidental physical contact between the two lovers and the extreme efforts from outsider Nick to capture the attention of Gatsby and Daisy when he feels that it is necessary to rejoin them. While Luhrmann used Nick’s efforts to make as much noise as possible to relate to the book and for comedic relief, he also used the action to emphasize how much Gatsby and Daisy are obsessed with each