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Few film events excite the sartorially inclined for reasons solely of style and clothing. But when they do… Bammo!
The buzz about Baz Luhrmann‘s 3D film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s The Great Gatsby has been steadily growing among the dandy set since the project was announced and is expected to only grow until it’s release. Starring as the titular Gatsby is Leonardo DiCaprio, along side Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher and Tobey Maguire among others.
Fitzgerald’s story is many things, and in Luhrmann’s lush, ocular hands, is expected to be the style experience of the season. The few photos from the production that have been released teasingly promise a treasure trove of well dressed gentlemen in fine dandy style.
There is also a full length trailer that is even more alluring, much like the stories of Fitzgerald himself.
And keep in mind you’ll be able to experience all this gentlemen dress and style in 3D. I’m off to mix a batch of mint juleps in anticipation! I suspect the only thing that could make this movie even more amazing would be a surprise cameo by Ryan Gosling…
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Di Caprio certainly did not shine but he may not have the charisma required. I liked Mulligan’s portrayal – she caught the conflicts and weakness rather nicely I felt.. Nick’s position is of course ambiguous anyway and feels like an awkward narrative device. I guess the asylum ploy is a nod back to the 50s genre rather than 20s but is perhaps a ‘retro orientation.’ I have not read the book so cannot comment on its ‘unfilmable nature’, but that may be more to do with what is essentially on this showing a thin plot line presumably bolstered out, by all accounts, by some wonderful writing.