The Great Gatsby
Paramount Pictures - Paramount Pictures
Release date: 2003-12-02
DVD
Director:Jack Clayton
Actors: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson
Adult Language, Adult Situations, Americana, Class Differences, Color, Drama, Elegant, Elegiac, Feature, Feature Film-drama, Haunted By the Past, High Production Values, Intimate, Literate, Movie, Nostalgic, Period Film, Poignant, Romance, Romantic Drama
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The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby
Date undefinedPerhaps some classics cannot be made into movies. THE GREAT GATSBY, which makes anybody's list of the great American novels, may just be one. Having just seen this film again for the first time since its release, I think I need to reread the novel. The chief flaw of the movie is the casting of Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan. While she certainly can act and become hysterical at the smell of a room full of roses, it is difficult to understand the power that she holds on Gatsby. While Redford makes an adequate if not outstanding Gatsby, Sam Waterston, a very fine actor indeed, is perfectly cast as Gatsby's neighbor. Bruce Dern works as the boorish Tom Buchanan, Karen Black isn't bad as his woman on the side, and Scott Wilson as her cuckolded husband who seeks revenge is well cast.
The music by Nelson Riddle, who won an Oscar for his efforts, is really quite wonderful. And the wardrobe department must have gone over its budget. As Buchanan snidely remarks at one point, Gatsby wears pink suits.
While the movie get better towards the end, for much of over its two hours it moves far too slowly. Some of the photography should have been edited out. I refer to one scene in particular where we see a closeup of Gatsy and Daisy in an upside down reflection in an aquarium as they kiss while gold fish swim through them. Ugh.
As I watched this terribly static film, I keep thinking how much better it could have been if it had been a Marchant Ivory production. It probably deserves a C but I'd give it a B-.
The Great Gatsby
Date undefinedThe Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, and Sam Waterston is a pretty interesting adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel of the same. I like this film, I don't think the movie treads far from the book even though others disagree. The ending is sad and may not satisfy the viewer but hey this is how real life is, no happily ever after. Check this under-rated film out sometime, enjoy!
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