I re-read this last year. It's great, the words are wonderful and poetic, it's a well put-together piece of literature. But it is basically all about rich people that have nothing to do but lay around all day drinking and smoking and getting into drama. It's basically a literary forerunner of celebrity-based reality TV.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 26 January 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
I kept reading, thinking "Oh, wow, that's a great phrase" every so often but mostly wondering WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN. And by the time it does i don't really care about any of these people.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 26 January 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
So is there a movie coming out
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
Quit reminding me.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
Filter will always remind you
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
And as noted:
Surely there's no way in hell Baz has been able to resist Lana Del Rey?― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:56 AM (11 months ago) thank you for this, now I can convince my wife not to go see this― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:57 AM
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:56 AM (11 months ago)
thank you for this, now I can convince my wife not to go see this
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:57 AM
And yes, she's on the soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5snA5TEse9w
ILM vivisection beginning:
The Great Gatsby soundtrack from hell
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
A tale of two covers.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 April 2013 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
Will this version at least let Nick be gay?
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, 27 April 2013 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
letnickbegay.tumblr.com
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 April 2013 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
ugh, I normally shrug at movie tie-in book covers but the original Gatsby one is so classic
― mh, Saturday, 27 April 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
apparently hemingway thought the original gatsby cover made it look like a 'bad science fiction' novel!
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/26/business/media/Gatsby/Gatsby-popup.jpg
The new cover looks like the blonde woman is waiting for Giant Leo to take her from behind...
― Tuomas, Monday, 29 April 2013 10:46 (eleven years ago) link
...but all of a sudden all these normal-sized people appeared between them, and she's like "What the fuck, who are you?!"
― Tuomas, Monday, 29 April 2013 10:47 (eleven years ago) link
Just waiting for the "green light."
― pplains, Monday, 29 April 2013 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
Clearly the soundtrack should have had Leo covering "Permanent Green Light."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 April 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
Oh no: http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2013/04/09/jake-gyllenhaal-reads-great-gatsby.html
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 April 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
i'm totally in favor of this movie, btw, even though i'll probably never see it. kill yr idols
― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
he died in 1940
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 May 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
well technically he died as soon as he sent the final manuscript to the printers
― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
lol pp
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Thursday, 2 May 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
terrific insight, thank you
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
did Jake say that
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
The Hills is the Great American Novel
― Gukbe, Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
the design theme for this movie kind of makes it look like an art deco Tron
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Sunday, 5 May 2013 03:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://basketball.themarsreel.com/nba/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/enhanced-buzz-696-1353704553-2.jpg
― buzza, Sunday, 5 May 2013 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
OMFG: http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2013/05/gatsby_in_3-d_is_a_manic_three.html
Nick is the readers' surrogate, our guide as we observe the almost unimaginable swirl of wealth and privilege and carelessness surrounding Jay Gatsby and Daisy and Tom Buchanan.Nick is the outsider looking in, and he is telling his story to us. Directly.So imagine my surprise to find, when I saw Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" (opening Friday), that in addition to bringing his trademark over-the-top, three-ring circus atmosphere to the movie -- not to mention the 3-D effects, which I fervently wish I had not seen -- Luhrmann has made a critical change in the narration.In this version, Nick is writing "The Great Gatsby" as therapy. Under orders from a psychiatrist.Nick is back in the Midwest, but here he is in a sanitarium, drying out and recovering from the experiences he had with Gatsby and the Buchanans back East. He begins telling the doctor about it, starting with the famous opening, "In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice . . ."But not too long into it, he stops: "I don't want to talk about this, doctor.""Then write about it," the doctor says."Why would I write about it?" Nick asks."You said yourself writing brings you solace," the doctor says. Then he hands Nick paper and a pen that -- thanks to the 3-D -- seems to float, defying gravity and glowing like a magic sword being handed to a comic-book superhero.
Nick is the outsider looking in, and he is telling his story to us. Directly.
So imagine my surprise to find, when I saw Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" (opening Friday), that in addition to bringing his trademark over-the-top, three-ring circus atmosphere to the movie -- not to mention the 3-D effects, which I fervently wish I had not seen -- Luhrmann has made a critical change in the narration.
In this version, Nick is writing "The Great Gatsby" as therapy. Under orders from a psychiatrist.
Nick is back in the Midwest, but here he is in a sanitarium, drying out and recovering from the experiences he had with Gatsby and the Buchanans back East. He begins telling the doctor about it, starting with the famous opening, "In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice . . ."
But not too long into it, he stops: "I don't want to talk about this, doctor."
"Then write about it," the doctor says.
"Why would I write about it?" Nick asks.
"You said yourself writing brings you solace," the doctor says. Then he hands Nick paper and a pen that -- thanks to the 3-D -- seems to float, defying gravity and glowing like a magic sword being handed to a comic-book superhero.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
ARRGH
I think I might actually have a stroke if I watch this movie.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
yessssssss #nodads
― snapchats and tattoos (c sharp major), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Buh.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Xpost Lol. Universal Studios presents the great gatsby
― i have opinions about empire burlesque (Treeship), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
i am not seeing this
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
lmao
― ḉrut (crüt), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, I dislike the 1974 Great Gatsby but it sounds like a masterwork compared to this.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
this sounds incredible
― 乒乓, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
Guys, guys, we're missing the key point about what's going to happen here, surely -- the big pair of eyes will COME TO LIFE. And at the end of the movie, they will stare...at YOU.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
I keep telling friends that it's probably going to be an amazing clusterfuck of horribleness that is entertaining
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah im seeing this opening night. I like how its not just sort of in bad taste, but just all out, over the top insane
― i have opinions about empire burlesque (Treeship), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, I'll see it if someone keeps the spirits of elderflower coming.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Comment from a friend in the office: "Coming soon, Baz Luhrmann's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It's a mockumentary."
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
The roundup thus far
http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby
Wise words from Robert Towne on turning down writing the '70s version: "I felt it was a very chancy thing to attempt. A lot of what was in the novel was by suggestion. So much of it was in prose and so much of it was utterly untranslatable, and even if you could translate it, I thought it would be a thankless task and you’d just be some Hollywood hack who fucked up a classic. I felt that I had a lot to lose and very little to gain. That whole book is a mirage."
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
I can't wait for Luhrmann's adaptation of Swann's Way:
He begins telling the doctor about it, starting with the famous opening, "For a long time I used to go to bed early. . . ."
"Why would I write about it?" Marcel asks.
"You said yourself writing brings you solace," the doctor says. Then he hands Marcel paper and a pen that -- thanks to the 3-D -- seems to float, defying gravity and glowing like a magic sword being handed to a comic-book superhero.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, that's completely otm.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
Very.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
makes me curious to see the '26 silent version actually
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
I couldn't remember yesterday how many times it's been adapted.
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
not as many as Jane Eyre, which is about 20-25
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
just can't get enough of that uplifting Jane Eyre story
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
best really to take what you can from the plot and discard the rest (i.e. good Henry James adaptations).
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
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"When I awoke this morning from uneasy dreams, I found myself transformed into a gigantic...I don't want to talk about this doctor."
"Then write about it."
"Why would I write about it," Gregor asked, laying on his hard, as it were, armor-plated back.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
"Mother died today"
"Tell me more about that"
"Or maybe it was yesterday, I don't remember"
"Do you not remember, or do you not want to remember?"
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link