《了不起的盖茨比》翻拍成就经典.docVIP

《了不起的盖茨比》翻拍成就经典 If you never read the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby， now is your chance to catch up―by watching the latest film adaptation. Because if there’s one sentence to sum up the film， it would be， as a News says in its review， “It’s just like the book.” Director Baz Luhrmann’s main challenge was “either to find a visual equivalent for Fitzgerald’s elegant prose―the open secret of the book’s staying power―or to bend the material to his own exotic strengths，” a magazine review says. He tries it both ways， with varying degrees of success. Luhrmann’s adaptation captures the luxurious lifestyle of certain New York socialites during the 1920s. The sets， costumes， music and overly stylized tone reflect the exorbitance of these vapid characters. He also tricks the audience into accepting this hollow lifestyle of gossip， booze and materialism， just like his narrator Nick Carraway （Tobey Maguire）. Carraway moves to New York for the summer to visit his cousin Daisy （Carey Mulligan）. His next-door neighbor is the mysterious Jay Gatsby （Leonardo DiCaprio）， who throws the most extravagant parties every weekend. The rumor mill spins and nobody knows who Gatsby really is. Carraway becomes friends with Gatsby and gets swept up into his unrealistic lifestyle， when Gatsby asks him to reintroduce him to his ex-girlfriend Daisy， who is already married. “All of Fitzgerald’s original creation finds its way into this film， even going as far to include quite a bit of the original dialogue，” US film critic Justin Taroli writes in his review. “At times， the script is even too faithful to the book， in that little is left to interpretation，” Taroli adds. DiCaprio does a good job as the mysterious socialite by re-creating Fitzgerald’s description of Gatsby’s charm. “He can look at someone for an instant and understand how， ideally， he or she wants to be seen，” David Denby， film critic for a magazing， says in his review. Mulligan， delightful as always， adds depth to t