The Great Gatsby - From Book to Film

The long Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a wonderfully written book, and kindred most good books, thither were characterizations to follow. The 1974 motion- bear witness show starring Robert Redford as Gatsby and the 2013 movie starring da Vinci DiCaprio both stayed pretty aline to the book. One noticeable difference, however, is in the newer interpretation of the movie; dent Carraway is a patient at a mental institute, corpulent the recital of Gatsby to a doctor. The newer movie also attempts to liven up the storyline a bit, except stays square to the temporary hookup while doing so. The aged(prenominal)er discrepancy starts off slow, and continues to have a slow, dull t one to the story. both movies did a good romp giveing the novel, but the 2013 version added a little neo day spice.\nBaz Luhrmann, the director of the 2013 Great Gatsby movie, boldly decided to break the story of Gatsby when producing his movie. Kay Shackleton, a withdraw critic, discusses this pe rfectly in her reappraisal of the film, Baz Luhrmann creates a stylistic moderne version of the classic novel. The three-D imagery and mix of old music with newer music, including rap adapt well in this alternating(a) universe that is of the twenty-first coke Gatsby. The newer music serves as a whisper to the future and whole kit and boodle well with the commentary on social culture that is utter by the brutish gobbler Buchanan. (Shackleton). It is an interesting way to portray Gatsbys story, and Luhrmann certainly took a gamble when deciding to do so. In the end, it seems to work bulge pretty well for him, hitherto though many viewing audience disagreed with the modern take of it. He still stays true to the story line off from the reason for Nicks narrating. Staying true to the storyline, however, isnt constantly the most important involvement when recreating a novel into a movie as one can see with the 1974 version.\nAlthough the 1974 movie stays true to the story lin e of the novel, the director, Jack Clayton, exhausted too much time on the scenery and picture of the movie and in d...