The best line throughout the entire story. I agree, the part of Daisy Buchanan with a fragile and flighty Mia Farrow was miscast. But this is a movie, not Fitzgerald. Anyone who has read F. Scott Fitzgerald and entered the rarefied world he and his wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, lived through, will astutely realize it is a long gone world difficult to re-create on film.
Visually, this film succeeds. The stark whites, Redford as Jay Gatsby, the frivolous parties of summertime. Part of the film was taped at the historical Falaise mansion on Long Island, and you will have the sad feel of an era long gone-by, never to return.
The Karen Black character is representative of crude realities which never intrude on Daisys charmed life. Is this real? No. It is Fitzgerald. While Daisy may be guilty, she never pays the piper, her world is left untouched as she and Tom carelessly leave for Europe after they have destroyed several lives in America.
Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway is the most appropriate. A moral, decent man, the objective observer viewing from the outside, and seeing all the horror and clash created by class distinction, as Americans blithely deny it exists.
Read the book as well. It will portray the missed themes, which are difficult to convey through any film. 7/10.
Addendum: This film much better than the recent cheap and banal DiCaprio remake. Do yourself a favor and watch Redford as Gatsby. No remake in today's culture will do Fitzgerald's beautiful novel justice.
Visually, this film succeeds. The stark whites, Redford as Jay Gatsby, the frivolous parties of summertime. Part of the film was taped at the historical Falaise mansion on Long Island, and you will have the sad feel of an era long gone-by, never to return.
The Karen Black character is representative of crude realities which never intrude on Daisys charmed life. Is this real? No. It is Fitzgerald. While Daisy may be guilty, she never pays the piper, her world is left untouched as she and Tom carelessly leave for Europe after they have destroyed several lives in America.
Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway is the most appropriate. A moral, decent man, the objective observer viewing from the outside, and seeing all the horror and clash created by class distinction, as Americans blithely deny it exists.
Read the book as well. It will portray the missed themes, which are difficult to convey through any film. 7/10.
Addendum: This film much better than the recent cheap and banal DiCaprio remake. Do yourself a favor and watch Redford as Gatsby. No remake in today's culture will do Fitzgerald's beautiful novel justice.