Spring of 1922. It’s an opportune time for morale to relax, jazz to rise, and bootleggers to get rich… Apprentice writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest to settle in New York.
A disproportionate spectacle
This is the starting point of the incredible The Great Gatsby, which hit theaters in 2013. The feature film presented at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival is a spectacle out of proportion, a cinematic frenzy that delights the eyes as well as the ears.
A flood of digital effects, lavish settings, an anachronistic use of music…: with a modern approach and constant generosity, the daring Baz Luhrmann pulls F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary classic has already been adapted in 1974 with Robert Redford. in the main role.
Always fond of musical anachronisms (remember his incredible Moulin Rouge!). Baz LuhrmannTo whom we owe the recent Elvis, this time gathered such popular artists as Beyoncé Knowles, Lana Del Rey or Florence and the Machine.
The union of Baz and Leo
For this devilishly inventive feature film, the Australian director reunites with Leonardo DiCaprio six years after his very personal version of Romeo + Juliet. Also in the credits: Tobey Maguire, one of “Leo’s” best friends, who is mostly known to the general public as Spider-Man, and Carey Mulligan.
Almost 1.6 million French viewers were mesmerized by the magnificent spectacle gatsby the great. Even though the screen is smaller when watching Netflix, it’s still very impressive. you are wrong?
Leonardo DiCaprio at the AlloCiné Microphone for The Great Gatsby:
Source: Allocine
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