By BRAVETTA HASSELL Scene Writer on May 23, 2012, at 9:05 AM Updated on 5/23 at 9:25 AM
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The genre works well in those action movies where good guys chase bad guys across building roofs, in teen flicks about an out-of-control night of pranks, even perhaps your romantic comedy with a pan of some cityscape before a later, ironic scene around a dinner table with Michael Bublé playing in the background. I could deal. But my Gatsby? My green light Gatsby? Any song less indicative of a time outside of the 1920s would have been better – and they do exist.
The 1974 version with Mia Farrow and Robert Redford of the film was perfect, the hope is that this winter’s Gatsby, by Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet) is an equal revisit or an even better adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. Contemporary pop culture worked in R + J since that story is so theme driven and transcends time, but with Gatsby, the context is paramount. Still, if the new trailer tells anything – sans the “Watch The Throne” refer - this movie is going to be sharp and Christmas 2012 can’t come soon enough.
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