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. . . ."
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?" 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
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me . . . I don't want to talk about this, doctor."
"Why would I write about it? It makes me feel crummy, like a great big phoney."
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Kathryn Schulz explains why the novel is "aesthetically overrated, psychologically vacant, and morally complacent; I think we kid ourselves about the lessons it contains."
This gem: "The Great Gatsby might be the least funny book about rich people ever written." A friend and I quote Tom and Nick's Nordic race exchange all the time. "It's about you and you and -- you."
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
I believe NYU once staged South Pacific in a mental institution.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
(I mean conceptually, not did the show in one)
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
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 . . ."
Believable dialogue.
― lazulum, Monday, 6 May 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
"...never say anything to a doctor."
"What?"
"In fact, fuck you, I'm not crazy, you're the one who's crazy."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 May 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
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Sade/Pacific
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
Such a weird way of twisting the opening of that book too -- it's all about how NICK is the quiet, unwittingly receptive person who everyone unloads on, iirc, so very awkward to have him being the one talking to a therapist. Also, I really hope this isn't some kind of bookend framing device where in the end it turns out he had a nervous breakdown because of his experiences with Gatsby or some bullshit.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Also, I really hope this isn't some kind of bookend framing device where in the end it turns out he had a nervous breakdown because of his experiences with Gatsby or some bullshit.
It sounds like it is, though.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
Which means unreliable narrator, right?
― lazulum, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
wish it featured a Redford cameo as "old Gatsby"
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
wait how would there be an old Gatsby
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Monday, May 6, 2013 3:49 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wld pay to see this
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
xp well, not that old
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
The lacuna in the narrative regarding Gatsby and Daisy’s relations that summer saves Fitzgerald the trouble of writing dialogue for them that would have underlined their shallowness (one of the reasons why Daisy’s line about Gatsby’s beautiful shirts works: it happens just once)
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
that is kind of the greatness of the book, that it's a tale about Gatsby that has epic qualities but really he's just trying to fit in and seduce the most vapid people
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
That aspect ... might translate!
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
:)
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
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actually just the existence of this remake is sort of making me think about the book a little differently -- it's all about strivers partying with new money people.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
For sure, Tom Buchanan is old money but still a midwesterner like the rest of the main cast, but they're attempting to blend into the NY social scene, none of which shows up to Gatsby's funeral.
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
me speak english
I could see Baz Luhrmann changing it so that he lives, this movie seems that goofy.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
obi-wan-style ghost gatsby
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Has anyone read this?http://www.amazon.com/Trimalchio-Version-Cambridge-Edition-Fitzgerald/dp/0521890470/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367859678&sr=8-1&keywords=trimalchio
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
well, he could be Gatsby's father (Gatz) who shows up to the funeral
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
the remake should have Gatsby as a multi-millionaire from an herbalife style scheme. He could be a positivity-preaching crossfit junkie. Maybe Carraway is a would be app-designer seeking VC funding or something.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
let's not
― mh, Monday, 6 May 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
this framing story enrages me more than any other stupid thing about this movie.
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
I heard Gatsby's going to be in the next Avengers
― i have opinions about empire burlesque (Treeship), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
Tbh though, i dont care about "faithful" adaptations. The book exists, it's its own thing, and this is something different.
― i have opinions about empire burlesque (Treeship), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
yeesh @ that schulz article. i mean no one's obligated to like anything, but when someone trots out the 'there aren't any likable characters!' line, you know it's time to run for the hills.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I didn't quite get her bug -- ok, you don't like the book, but what does Edward St. Aubyn have to do with anything? Is caustic satire the only way rich people are supposed to be written about? High moralistic melodrama can make for a great read!
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
I'm surprised ppl still get away with the "likable characters" criteria.
― i have opinions about empire burlesque (Treeship), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
the characters in Edward St. Aubyn's books are all horrible, including the narrator
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 17:22 (eleven years ago) link