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When I heard that The Great Gatsby was coming to a movie theater near me this spring I almost died. When I heard my fave actor, Leo was casted to play Gatsby and Jay-Z was an executive producer, I told everyone not to contact me on Friday, May 10th when the movie hits theaters.
I read the beautifully written & magnificent book by F. Scott Fitzgerald in high school, and downloaded it again last week on my iPad to re-read before seeing the movie. As I had remembered, the writing is vivid and vibrant, and makes me wish I could step back in time to the 1920's just to experience the fashion alone.
About The Great Gatsby:
Set in the prosperous Long Island in 1922, The Great Gatsby provides a critical social history of America during the Roaring Twenties within its compelling literary narrative. That era, known for unprecedented economic prosperity, the evolution of jazz music, the flapper culture, and bootlegging and other criminal activity, is plausibly depicted in Fitzgerald's novel. Fitzgerald utilizes these societal developments of the 1920's to build Gatsby's stories from simple details like automobiles to broader themes like Fitzgerald's discreet allusions to the organized crime culture which was the source of Gatsby's fortune. Fitzgerald educates his readers about the garish society of the Roaring Twenties by placing a timeless, relatable plotline within the historical context of the era
Last night, everyone in fashion, film and music turned up to watch the premiere event in NY at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Baz Luhrmann, the director of Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge turned the book into art! Catch more pics and the full trailer after the jump...
