Saturday, November 6, 2010
Gatsby on Digiturk!!!
A few days ago, I was amazed to have been informed that the latest version of The Great Gatsby would appear on Digiturk. I remember having watched the previous one in which Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek were starring. It was a beautiful film which was much loyal to Fitzgerald's original text. Moreover, it gave the atmosphere of the novel very well. However, in the last version, there were a lot missing. The atmosphere was much gloomier and the scenes were more episodic, that is, the story line would not flow naturally. The characters were not selected appropriately. The actor that was playing Gatsby was not Gatsby at all. He was an ordinary guy who still lived in those years when he was James Gatz. To become Gatsby, one needs to develop charisma and appeal. Daisy was not Daisy either. She was more innocent where as she had to be more cunning and evil. The only person who looked exactly the character in the novel was George Wilson, not Nick. The actor who played the part of Wilson didn't have to do much so as to develop his role. He simply played the part of the simple man as a simple man. I strongly recommend that you watch the original version if you don't want to get frustrated. Or, you might as well read the novel, which is a better choice.
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