Has Gatsby been successfully adapted this time?

"There is no doubt that all life is a process of destruction." -The screen adaptation of Fitzgerald's essays Collapse and The Great Gatsby has been unsuccessful. The original novel is really a household name. Ranked second in the 20th century 100 best English novels selected by American Modern Library. It is the poet and literary critic T·S· Eliot's "the first step of American novels since Henry James" and the last elegy of jazz age. Its interpretation of the American dream transcended the years and was selected as a Chinese textbook for American high schools. So in America, there is not a secondary-educated audience who is not familiar with this story. In the summer of 20 13, baz luhrmann, an Australian, launched his fourth charge for The Great Gatsby. Back in time, we went back to Long Island, new york in the 1920s. From the perspective of the narrator Nick, we watched an overly noisy dream tragedy. I'm sure baz luhrmann can hold a colorful party before the movie starts. The new version of The Great Gatsby really puts a lot of effort into visual expression. Catherine martin, one of the producers and the director's wife, is responsible for the art design of this film. Prada's beautiful clothes and Tiffany's jewelry are really pleasing to the eye. The scenery also conforms to the original description to a great extent. The only place from Long Island to Manhattan, Grey Valley, a pair of meaningful eyes on the broken and dim billboards, and the mansions of Tom and Daisy in the Middle East in the movie are all buildings of George's colonial period, luxurious but flat and elegant, without publicity. Unable to squeeze into this hereditary territory, Gatsby Castle, located in West Egg, is extremely luxurious and fashionable, and the differences between the styles of the old and new nobles are clear at a glance. Not to mention the lively scenes of several parties. Thanks to 3D, the green light in front of Daisy's house across the sea flashes like a green lantern. As for the film soundtrack criticized by many music fans and jazz fans, such as the extensive use of music directors JayZ and Hip-hop, I don't think it is the key to the success or failure of the film. What if movies that reflect the 1920s can only use jazz from the 1920s? ), then this kind of cry won't even have a song, but can only scream? Baz luhrmann's famous Moulin Rouge soundtrack is also a big collection of pop songs-Nirvana, Elton John, Sting ... and even the adaptation of Madonna's Like a Virgin. The voice of opposition seems to be less intense than it is now. Decoding and reproducing the glory of a century ago with music that is easy for contemporary audiences to establish contact quickly is one of Ruchman's most distinctive directing styles. As long as everything serves the film itself, it is an interesting attempt. Especially when Gatsby happily led Daisy in the mansion, Lanad Ray's voice in the background was desolate and naive. He repeatedly asked, "Will you still love me when I am no longer young and beautiful?" Sad but not hurt, beautiful. The formal success of the new version of The Great Gatsby has attracted worldwide attention, but it is difficult to hide its essential failure. As a reader of Fitzgerald, I want to protest against the adaptation of the original. This time, baz luhrmann still invited his long-term screenwriter partner craig pearce. Together, the two brothers created several of Ruchman's most important works, such as Heroes of Dancing Country, Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet. The so-called "most loyal to the original" banner, I think we can only buy off the audience who have not seen the original. Anyone who has read The Great Gatsby can capture the difference of separation of flesh and blood that can be seen everywhere in the film. Through the interaction between psychologists and Nick, the film conveniently quotes a lot of original words, giving people the illusion of listening to audio books, but inexplicably disassembling and creating many, such as one of the most famous beginnings in the history of literature, "When I was young and ignorant, my father taught me a sentence, which I still remember." Only half of the quotation was changed to "try to think better of people." More importantly, baz luhrmann took out all the details of Gatsby's disappointment and disillusionment after meeting Daisy, which made him fall in love with this dream. In Fitzgerald's novels, Gatsby has seen everything about Daisy. He didn't drown on the Titanic, Jack. He is more sober than anyone. In the novel, Fitzgerald wrote, "There must have been some moments that afternoon. Daisy is far behind his dream, not because of her own fault, but because his dream has strong vitality. His dream transcends her and everything. He devoted himself to this dream with a passion for creation, constantly adding branches and leaves and embellishing it with every gorgeous feather floating in. No amount of passion and vitality can keep up with the feelings that a person's gloomy heart can gather. " Before going to the city to cool off, Gatsby said, "Her voice is full of money." Enough to explain everything. Tom, a special film critic of CNN, summed up baz luhrmann a little unkindly, but it was also accurate. He believes that Ruchman's understanding of literary works always has an "undisguised superficial romance and passion". I would like to believe that baz luhrmann likes this novel and Gatsby very much. But it is the kindness and kindness of the director that makes Gatsby's story not only incomplete, but also lacks the most important flavor. Every time I reread The Great Gatsby, I will think of a good song in A Dream of Red Mansions: "A humble room is empty and the bed is full; The withered grass withered the young trees. They used to make a scene in the ballroom ... You sang I appeared, and you denied that your hometown was your hometown. This is ridiculous. In the end, it all depends on the wedding dresses of other girls. " I saw him rise from a tall building, he entertained guests, and his building collapsed. Without the disillusionment of dreams, "The Great Gatsby" can only be reduced to a third-rate romantic story in which a passionate millionaire pursues girls for thousands of miles and is infatuated. Leonardo, who appeared in rhapsody in blue and Fireworks all over the sky, can only be an infatuated grassroots rich man. Kelly Mulligan, the heroine, from the education and shame of growing up to this film, is very suitable to play a material girl who is addicted to desire and innocence, but she is several orders of magnitude behind Daisy. She is a kinder and simpler Daisy, and he is more obsessed with Gatsby. Ruchman warmed up the chill in the story. Will red wine taste better with sprite? Baz luhrmann may have realized his dream as a reader, but he failed to live up to the original novel itself. At the end of the movie, before Gatsby was shot, the phone rang. He mistakenly thought it was Daisy, so he fell into the gorgeous blue swimming pool hopefully in slow motion, with a happy smile on his lips. The director let him die a fair death. In the novel, the bubble is obviously punctured. "I have an idea that Gatsby himself doesn't believe there will be a phone call. He may not care anymore." If so, he will feel that he has lost the old warm world and paid a high price for holding on to his dream for too long. "This is really the difference between cloud and mud. No wonder a friend asked after watching the movie, "What's so great about Gatsby? "At the end of the film, Nick finished the novel and signed the cover with a pen to connect the story with the writer. Actually, Fitzgerald is not Nick, but Gatsby. It's hard not to think of the story between writer Fitzgerald and his wife Zeldia. When they first met, Zeldia was a rich girl, while Fitzgerald, like Gatsby, was an unknown little officer. I don't know what happened, but it was deep. Of course, there is no shortcut to success in his novels. If he wants to win the heart of a beautiful woman, he must bury himself in his pen and write hard. It was not until Paradise on Earth became a best-selling novel and achieved great success that Zeldia agreed to Fitzgerald's proposal. They became the best couple in the social circle. They had a wonderful time from new york to Paris. After that, please refer to Hemingway's The Flowing Feast. He firmly believes that Fitzgerald has no great works after The Great Gatsby because Zeldia's madness destroyed him. Fitzgerald was neither in the Jazz era nor in that era. I am intoxicated with the ever-changing life, but at the same time I hate it. I love him for writing sadness and gentleness at the peak. Finally, Fitzgerald, who was only 44 years old, had a heart attack and died suddenly in a friend's apartment in Los Angeles at dawn before Christmas. The Great Gatsby didn't write the ending of Careless Daisy, but I know Zeldia's. Eight years after Fitzgerald's sudden death in Los Angeles, a fire broke out in a mental hospital in Zeldia. It is said that there was a sudden strong wind that day, and she stood alone on the roof until it was swallowed up by the flame. They were buried together, and the tombstone was engraved with the meaningful ending of The Great Gatsby-we continued to struggle forward, sailing against the current and being pushed back until we went back to the past. All along, I have only a vague concept of the American dream. It was not until I saw Gatsby's father's carefully preserved schedule at the funeral of The Great Gatsby (Gatsby's biological father did not appear in this film, which I think is another huge defect) that I suddenly realized that the so-called American dream is that as long as we work hard, we can live a better life. Gatsby, who calls himself the son of God, firmly believes that he has an extraordinary plan for his life. When he kissed golden couple Daisy on the lips for the first time, all the imaginations related to beauty in his life condensed into the most concrete symbols. As long as you run faster and reach farther tomorrow, one day, you can touch the green light on the other side. Gatsby is a fool among fools and a soldier among soldiers. Just like Zhong Xiaoyang's favorite lyrics, I only love one person all my life, and there is only one concern all my life. Since ancient times, it is he who hates in his spare time, and it is he who laughs with his daughter. He is a man who really takes dreams as a horse and cuts through thorns all the way. Of course he is great.