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It's now possible to lounge on a Gatsby sofa, check in at the Gatsby hotel, even chow down on a Gatsby sandwich – essentially a supersize, souped-up chip butty. Cut loose by pop culture from the text into which he was born, his name adorns everything from condominiums to hair wax and a limited-edition cologne (it contains notes of vetiver, pink pepper and Sicilian lime). Almost a century after he was written into being, F Scott Fitzgerald's doomed romantic has become shorthand for decadent flappers, champagne fountains and never-ending parties. Also, when thinking of this as a tale from an unreliable narrator, it is interesting to wonder what is strictly true and what is puffed up from Nick's obsessive and doting point of view.Few characters in literature or indeed life embody an era quite so tenaciously as Jay Gatsby does the Jazz Age. The original script allegedly had homosexual undertones, and I think that comes through here. you just cannot win when adapting classic literature (though I personally loved this). So, is being literal good or bad? I imagine if they strayed from the novel there would be just as many critics (or more) complaining. I have seen some criticism for this film being too literal. Also, Redford says 'old sport' more naturally than Leonardo DiCaprio.

A few scenes, such as the clothes-tossing, seemed to be a direct borrowing. Luhrmann does seem to follow the same plot and use much of the same dialogue, suggesting at the least both enjoyed certain lines from the novel, or perhaps even that Luhrmann used this film as his cue. What we have here is a big name cast, though not as stylish as Baz Luhrmann's version forty years later. A Midwesterner (Sam Waterston) becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor (Robert Redford), who obsesses over his lost love (Mia Farrow).

The Great Gatsby instal the last version for apple