The Great Gatsby

I'm pretty excited for The Great Gatsby movie, due out this Christmas.  From the trailer, it is very obviously directed by Baz Luhrmann--the fast-paced scenes and dialogue, the music and dancing, fireworks, Bollywood-ish feel--much like his adaptations of Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge. 


I, for one, enjoyed those films and Luhrmann's style. And I adored The Great Gatsby when I first read it in school...mentally putting it on my summer reading list right now.  And the movie is on my Christmas to-see list, for sure.  Will you see it?

Also love the book cover:

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'The Great Gatsby' as Theater

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A New York theater company, The Public Theater, has created a production of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby called Gatz.

It is a 6.5 hour-long adaptation and it has been getting rave reviews, according to this NPR story.

I, for one, would love to see this.  Does it sound infinitely painful to you, or a divine theatrical experience?  Has anyone in New York seen this?

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