Previous film adaptations of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel have been largely passionless affairs, pretty pictures with handsome people behaving badly and bloodlessly. Whatever one thinks of director Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”), his films throb with energy and urgency, and his take on “The Great Gatsby” is no different.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Previous film adaptations of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel have been largely passionless affairs, pretty pictures with handsome people behaving badly and bloodlessly. Whatever one thinks of director Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”), his films throb with energy and urgency, and his take on “The Great Gatsby” is no different.