Do you think of Fitzgerald’s famous book as the “Great
American Novel”? How about the latest film? I know, I’m a writer, so why am I
talking about a movie?
I recently saw the latest incarnation of the Great Gatsby
in Baz Luhrmann’s film, which has a very Moulin Rouge feel to it. Needless to
say, I often find books better than the movies made about them, but I have to
say I was more than pleasantly surprised at this latest rendition of an old
classic. The music (see video) and acting alone would impress most audiences,
writers or otherwise. So to my fellow book-lovers out there, see this flick! At
the very least it will get you to see Fitzgerald’s work through a new lens…it
certainly had my wife and I up late debating the finer points of both the film
and the novel.
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