Within a couple of days, the Cable TV people aired two recent versions of the Great Gatsby: Jack Clayton's 1974 version with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, and Baz Luhrmann's 2013 Australian version with Leonard DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan.
It's quite amazing how much better the Luhrmann version is - kinetic rather than plodding - and captures the mercuric 20's far better, even though it's full of heterogeneous elements, like Jay Z's rap music, that have no place in the 20's. Artistic vision at work!
Because Baz Luhrmann loves musicals, he knows better than most directors how to film riotous scenes and cut to their essence. The Jazz Age as it never was, but better!
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