It is very hard to write a review of
the 1974 version of the Great Gatsby after seeing Baz Luhrman's
Gatsby. Compared to Luhrman's masterpiece the inadequacies of the
older version are laid bare. I will however try to review this movie
in its own light
The 1974 version of Gatsby was released
to mixed reviews and personally it left me feeling a little bit cold.
The movie fails to put across all the wild excess of the Jazz Age and
the characters are not very well represented by the cast chosen.
Robert Redford did and alright job as Jay
Gatsby playing the part of the refined gentleman but when it came to
Gatsby's passionate confrontational side it failed to come across. This can be seen most in the scene at the hotel when Gatsby reveals his and Daisy's affair
Mia Farrow turned the quirky sardonic
character of Daisy into a simpering fragile mess who was on the verge
of a nervous breakdown. Though striking enough to play the part,
Farrow failed to represent the depth of Daisy's character and played
the part in such a vapid and shallow way that it made me feel no
affinity to her whatsoever.
Overall the movie failed to portray all
the emotions and complexities of Fitzgerald's book.
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