The Great Gatsby
Film Plot A writer and Wall Street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, Nick will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
The Great Gatsby: 2013 Director: Baz Luhrmann. Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire. Budget: $105,000,000 Gross: $144,812,796
Cultural Heritage ( The Novel) First published in April 1925. First year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. during World War 11 and became a part of American high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades. In 1998, The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title “Great American Novel” 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period.
Economic Effect Does the American economic system fundamentally treat people differently based on how wealthy or how poor they are? Or do families and their personal values play the biggest role in economic mobility?
Eyes Of God
Feminism Independent women Dependent women Many of the female characters are seen enjoying the freedoms of the ‘flappers’ in the Jazz Age. Dependent women Daisy are more conventional in that they are married. “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Love story "Great, tragic love story with action, passion, drama", said the director Baz Luhrmann. Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter, tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning, So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Love story Big Castle Big parties.
The end of the story Sad, unexpected end!! The only one who felt very sad when Gatsby dead is his friend “Nick”
Visual Effects Green screen.
Colors Beautiful frames
References http://crossref-it.info/textguide/the-great- gatsby/34/2453 https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/ma y/09/baz-luhrmann-great-gatsby-leonardo-dicaprio http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/?ref_=nv_sr_1 http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/quotes.html
Special thanks to… Miss Jude AL shahwan
Presentation by: Eman Hasan