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i love the responses here. I like kitschy stuff and the modern pop soundtracks, like as in "Hannah" or "Black Swan". Itll probably fit psychologically to the film. It has to be over the top though because it is about the 20s and we are all about the visually stimulating effects of movies these days
I imagine it will work better than I would expect, but I still don't think I can stomach it. When I hear the name "Gatsby", I can't help but think early Irving Berlin, Dixieland jazz, and waltzes. To me that music is a HUGE part of that era, and the music is one of my favorite things about that era.
I was going to until I learned that the soundtrack is comprised of modern pop-ish music. That pretty much completely ruins it for me.
Oh god, is this a Moulin Rouge type of thing? If so, I will not be attending. That book is a masterful piece of writing, especially the last page and paragraph. I approve of DiCaprio in the titular role, but the 3D made me turn my head in confusion, and now this? I'm all for modern synthesis of vintage aesthetic, but ham-fisted modern music plugs is just awful.
Oh god, is this a Moulin Rouge type of thing? If so, I will not be attending. That book is a masterful piece of writing, especially the last page and paragraph. I approve of DiCaprio in the titular role, but the 3D made me turn my head in confusion, and now this? I'm all for modern synthesis of vintage aesthetic, but ham-fisted modern music plugs is just awful.
Luhrmann's reasoning for the modern music is that when Fitzgerald wrote the novel, he wrote it as a modernist and with the intent of totally eliminating any kind of nostalgia. Back then Jazz was the cutting edge and off color form of music. Now it's hip-hop and modern pop.
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Luhrmann's reasoning for the modern music is that when Fitzgerald wrote the novel, he wrote it as a modernist and with the intent of totally eliminating any kind of nostalgia. Back then Jazz was the cutting edge and off color form of music. Now it's hip-hop and modern pop.
Maybe. But it's just not my cup of tea. IMHO, if you're going to to that - move the entire setting to the present. Otherwise, it makes no sense to me. The story is dependent on the era and the times - you can't really separate them. Fitzgerald was commenting on the times and the people who lived them - people who were a product of their era and surroundings. You can't put in music from almost 100 years later and keep that connection. Again, IMHO. I'll just re-read the book.
Maybe. But it's just not my cup of tea. IMHO, if you're going to to that - move the entire setting to the present. Otherwise, it makes no sense to me. The story is dependent on the era and the times - you can't really separate them. Fitzgerald was commenting on the times and the people who lived them - people who were a product of their era and surroundings. You can't put in music from almost 100 years later and keep that connection. Again, IMHO. I'll just re-read the book.
That's how I look at it, too. I can even see the similarities between the 1920s (and Fitzgerald's commentary on them) and the present day, but that doesn't mean I want to see one of my favorite eras in modern history overlaid with current pop music (which I don't even like).
I imagine it will work better than I would expect, but I still don't think I can stomach it. When I hear the name "Gatsby", I can't help but think early Irving Berlin, Dixieland jazz, and waltzes. To me that music is a HUGE part of that era, and the music is one of my favorite things about that era.
It's been decades since I read the book. Were Irving Berlin and waltzes part of it? Mostly what I remember is the theme of decadent, party-going cynicism and social rebellion, which doesn't much evoke waltzes.
I'm not a hip-hop fan but I can understand Luhrmann's rationale for using it as a artistical device, i.e., stand-in for that era's jazz.
I'll probably see the 3D version next week, have low expectations after reading mixed critical reviews.
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