Leonardo DiCaprio - The Great Gatsby #01: B/C we can't wait to see Leo & Tobey together again - Page 5

‘ChelsღChina · 08-12-2011, 03:05 AM

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Do you think that Gatsby can be adapted?

Thanks for the article

I really can't picture what this will be like.

nicky83 · 08-12-2011, 03:18 AM

Me neither, but I think he made a good work with Romeo + Juliet, so maybe he can do this too.. even if this is more difficult to adapt because the story is based precisely on that period, while in R+J the love story was the most important thing.

‘ChelsღChina · 08-12-2011, 03:35 AM

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there’s no reason why Luhrmann can’t dramatically improve on the letdown that was the 1974 version. Robert Redford was ok as Gatsby but DiCaprio, with some bolder direction, can probably do a better job. But the script will have to be top notch. Francis Ford Coppola’s screenplay in 1974 almost tried hard to do the novel justice, quoting large sections of dialogue and even chunks of Carraway’s narration in voiceover. In the end though trying to transform the magic from the page so straightforwardly led to a very literal film. It told us rather than showing us the feel of the book, hammering it home so that we felt unable to connect with the characters. The book was immensely symbolic and atmospheric. The film explored almost none of Fitzgerald’s key themes and gave its characters very little depth.

I think Baz has the upper hand here seeing all the different versions out there and being able to critique what went wrong with each of them. I'm very curious for set pics.

nicky83 · 08-14-2011, 10:28 AM

I love this quote

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Baz Luhrmann is the latest filmmaker to try his hand at The Great Gatsby. He already has a suitably titular actor lined up for the lead in Leonardo DiCaprio, along with a strong supporting cast in Carey Mulligan as Daisy and Tobey Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway. Mulligan in particular could be crucial, given the misjudged caricature of a performance given by Mia Farrow as Daisy in the 1974 version. Farrow was whiny and hysterical, failing to show the audience any reason at all why a man such as Gatsby would be in love with her. Mulligan has the talent to provide a far deeper portrayal.