Baz Luhrmann

Tyler Wright Mrs. Stanford ENGL 2130 November 23, 2016 The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. The film version that I will be discussing in this report is the version co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann in 2013. For my thesis, I will discuss how Jay Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy, the one piece missing in his perfect fantasy, ironically leads to his downfall and demise, and how he accumulates his wealth through illegal means and his real station in…

All stories, regardless of genre, are basically the same. This is not always true in the most obvious aspects like the structure, main points, themes, and the traits of main characters, but it is always applicable to the basic plot of a story. According to Freytag’s Triangle, proposed in 1863, all stories, and even jokes with a punchline, follow the same sequence of events that create the progression of a story. This includes the exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling…

without a struggle into the powerful bulk of his chest and belly” (288). In the Gatsby film, class and class conflict are similarly addressed as the viewer sees both Gatsby and Nick struggle to be accepted within their social classes. Further, Luhrmann exaggerates the difference in social class between Gatsby and Nick through his representation of Nick’s tiny and cluttered cottage in contrast to Gatsby opulent mansion just next…

Kathryn Kalinak also argued that the use of music that has already been released in the past, for example Beyonce and Andre 3000's updated version of Amy Winehouse's classic 'Back to Black' may, 'trail with them personal histories and trigger memories, experiences and emotions, which may be at odds with [a] film's dramatic needs' (2010: 87), e.g. the viewer thinks of the late Amy Winehouse's death rather than concentrates on the film. This being said could be a possibility, although this opinion…

that is where the replication ends. Snider says, “it is almost zero percent faithful in terms of theme, character, and impact” (Snider, 2013). While Luhrmann has a great storyline to work with, after all it is a timeless classic, whereas in the novel Fitzgerald emphasizes the emptiness and shallowness of extravagant lives of the wealthy, but Luhrmann practically drains the humanity out of his characters. Nick appears to be void of personality, and remains so passive that even by the end of the…

will happen through the process of adaptation. Bluestone argues that cinema relies on the visuals and spatial image, while the capability to play with time is important in novels. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby was adapted by Baz Luhrmann in 2013 into a spectacle of a film replete with visual images. These art forms are directed towards different audiences in time, but they are noteworthy examples of how the treatment of time and space directly change the reading or viewing…

The period of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign is often regarded as the golden age of English history. This Elizabethan renaissance led to much development in literature and theater, including the emergence of playwright William Shakespeare, whose works continue to be analyzed in the twenty-first century. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tale of lust, love, and heartbreak, taking place in Verona, Italy during the Elizabethan era. Though arguably unrealistic, the play’s depiction of the…

On the deep blue ocean there is a gigantic boat, named Titanic, up on it, there is a handsome man that holds a slim waist of a beautiful women spreading her arms to the sea at the large deck. This man was one of the most famous male actor in the 90s, Leonardo DiCaprio. Leonardo DiCaprio is a man who is in his 40s that has a long beard, brown hair, and blue eyes. When he was the most famous actor in the Box Office, he was very handsome, tall, and simply the man that all female loved to watch.…

In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote an American classic, The Great Gatsby. Then, in 2013, Baz Luhrmann directed an adaptation starring Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio. Of course, they have similarities except they also have striking differences. Things such as characters and settings of the book have changed in the movie. The characters differ from the book to the movie. In the movie, it showed that Nick wrote the novel while in an institution, something like a hospital, and had describing to…

their focus on the acquisition of wealth and objectification of others, these pursuits become superficial and characterize the flamboyant 1920s society as shallow. Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby effectively captures the frivolity of a wealthy upper class, nevertheless,…