At last. Baz Luhrmann's remake of The Great Gatsby is finally here. Once again, cinema is attempting another re-work of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. I'm looking forward to the spectacle of it all. I'm anticipating lush decadence, lavish costumes, stunning cinematography and, of course, a controversial soundtrack.
It seems only fitting that the critics have found this film a little too much. I would expect no less from a Luhrmann production particularly one set during a time of economic boom. The roaring twenties. The decade that gave birth to the Jazz Age, early wave Art Deco, Surrealism and the Harlem Renaissance.
Names: Clarice, Augusta, Beatrice, Amelia. Gertrude, Celia, Evangeline, Alberta, Daisy, Jordan, Myrtle, Bertie, Monty, Eugene, Harry, Teddy, Freddie, Dickie.
Dance: Charleston
Dress: Free-flowing, drop-waist, flapper
Fabric: Velvet. Silk. Beading.
Hairstyle: The Bob, Eton crop or Marcel Wave worn under a Cloche hat. Topped off with an extra long string of pearls.
"Simultaneously enchanted and repelled"
Lurhmann forewent the music of Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin in favour of Beyonce, Andre 3000 and Lana Del Rey. I'm ok with that as long as all the other elements of the film capture the zeitgeist. As a lover of Jack Clayton's 1974 Farrow/ Redford collaboration, I'm curious to see what Carey Mulligan and Leonardo Dicaprio will bring to the mix.
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