F. Scott Fitzgerald carefully crafted his novel The Great Gatsby in a way that left the plot open-ended and specific details about characters were absent which forced the reader to draw his/her own conclusions. This allowed Baz Luhrmann‚ the director of the 2013 film franchise of The Great Gatsby‚ to add details to the story in order to make it more clear for those viewers who had not yet read the book. Baz Luhrmann accurately portrayed the characters of the novel in his film by emphasizing their
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Essay for The Great Gatsby The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of thins borrowed from the book‚ but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book. The movie did an excellent job portraying the 1920’s and the parties that happened at Gatsby’s house. “There was music from my neighbor’s house
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In Baz Luhrmann’s two and a half hour long film adaptation of The Great Gatsby‚ one shall await a bombardment of drama and romance from the disillusioned era of the 1920’s. The cinema was published in May of 2013 and is understood as becoming drawn into the captivating world of the wealthy and all that would encompass such a life. Taking place in 1920’s New York City‚ narrator Nick Carraway tells the tale of Jay Gatsby’s life‚ as Nick had witnessed it first hand. Millionaire Jay Gatsby lived in
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The Great Gatsby Comparison Paper The similarities and the differences between the book The Great Gatsby and the movie G are many in both accounts. The book The Great Gatsby was written and set in the 1920’s with all caucasion characters‚ and the proper talk and everyday life of the 20’s. The movie G is much different in this aspect because the writter’s and the director of the film decided to modernize the story and make it more catered to the new african america lifestyle
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beautiful women. And ‘The Great Train Robbery’ filmed in 1979 must have been one of the movies that set out the example for all of the others. However‚ the movie does not only contain the characteristics of the adventure movie‚ but also a western and drama. It has all of the needed factors for the audience to be on the edge of the seats throughout the whole film. Even though it is based on the real story‚ we are not quite sure how it might end until the very end. ‘The Great Train Robbery’ was distributed
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The Great Gatsby is a very good book and movie. The characters in the book and movie are some what different but the same. The setting in the book and movie are different as well. Even the parties are pretty much similar in both the book and the film. The book and the movie are pretty much the same in my opinion. The characters in the book and movie are the same. Nick the narrator in the Great Gatsby. Gatsby the mysterious wealthy man that nobody knows anything about. Tom and Daisy who are married
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The Great Gatsby Ms. Benoit‚ English Ben Murray 2013 The Great Gatsby I believe that the filmmakers translated the great Gatsby very well from text to the big screen‚ showing life back in the early nineteen hundreds with the glamour of the high society. Although the transition from text to film was very good there were some changes but there are always changes for example the “iron man” comics were very different from the films but change and adaptation is sometimes necessary for
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most common comment is that “that’s not exactly same with the book!” But when we think about this question patiently‚ the directors really cannot add their own thoughts to this story? Does the audience love the original texts more or the changeable movie? There is always the controversial exists about the film adaptation around us. However‚ this essay will states that the film adaptation of novels could never always be remain faithful to the original texts because of following the popular trends‚ antithesis
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The Great Gatsby I: All throughout grade school and even high school‚ my teachers‚ parents‚ and even friends told me not to take the easy way out when it comes to books. Always read the book before the movie. I usually took the easy way out‚ watched the movie‚ and then skim the book. After doing this project I see what everyone was talking about. The book is much better than the movie‚ it gives you more of a sense of what is going on‚ a greater sense of when the story takes place‚ and it gives the
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There is a great deal of differences and similarities between the novel version and the movie version of “The Great Gatsby”. The novel version of The Great Gatsby is the more “official” version of the story. As we all know Hollywood likes to add somethings to their movies and make them more interesting. . Between the two versions there are plenty of similarities and differences which can be seen quite well. In the two versions we were introduced to the five main characters; Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Tom‚ Daisy
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