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Midnight In Paris In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann depicts how a man named Gatsby is lost in the past because of his love for a girl named Daisy. It is an interesting point of view considering the fact that Gatsby is a very wealthy man in the 1920s. His whole life is mostly about trying to get back the love of his life and he loses his ability to use common sense on his adventure. Midnight in Paris directed by Woody Allen shows a writer named Gil lose interest in his wife named Inez as he finds way nicer and better people while mysteriously time traveling to the 1920s in Paris. On his journey he finds some of the most famous artists and authors of the time period that inspire him on the book he is writing and also on the decisions he should make with …show more content…

The Great Gatsby is very flashy with all its outrageous commotion during parties but in Midnight in Paris there seems to be a more realistic representation of what was actually going on during parties and speakeasies during the 20s. Lighting plays a role in both films. Gatsby always seems to see the green flashing light at the dock of daisy’s house. Anytime Gil is in the modern time with his wife their seems to be a glossy gold filter that just doesn’t look right but when he goes into the past the lighting just really makes the environment stand out and feel interesting. The lighting here is used to show that Gil belongs in the past or that the past is a better time in general. Most scenes in The Great Gatsby seemed almost like they were sped up. It really made the film feel very fake at times. Even though Gil time travels in Midnight in Paris, the pacing of the film feels real and has a more comfortable flow. The Great Gatsby story is one of sorrow. For example when Myrtle is killed, when Tom slaps Myrtle across the face, or even when Gatsby is killed. It was interesting to see how slow motion was used for both of these shots. The director was being clever by hinting at her death later with this slow motion. It’s hard for a film like Midnight in Paris to show this sadness when nothing this dramatic ever happens in the

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The Great Gatsby and The Stranger are shown in different timelines. While The Great Gatsby is shown the roaring 20’s where there are many people fighting to make a difference. Especially the law due to ban of booze united men and women to fight for something that was tradition. Even women were making a difference to fight for their rights, to change their household wife image towards a independent image. During the 40’s in France deals with people who are under the influence of the Germans, because Germany has taken over a part of France.

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“I wouldn't ask too much of her, I ventured. You can't repeat the past. Can't repeat the past? he cried incredulously. Why of course you can!”

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Great Gatsby Symbolism: Clock Time is an ever­present, impermanent phenomenon created by and followed by humans. In the novel The Great Gatsby, the symbol of the clock is used to remind the readers of the time that has passed between the two characters, Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, and that time truly cannot be bought or rewound. The symbolism of the clock in the novel helps to show the reality of failure between the two lovers. Focusing more closely on the clock, symbolism highlights the idea that time is represented in memory and that there is a gap between someone’s representation of the world and the world itself.

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After much research I have come to the conclusion that the greatest flaw in The Great Gatsby is the passed time that is unaccounted for in the novel. Therefore, if I were to have written the book differently I would have fixed this mistake. Because not only is time important to me, but it plays a significant role within the novel. This is a big mistake considering that one of theme in the novel is time for example because "there are 450 time words, including 87 appearances of time" Even Fitzgerald's himself admitted that this was a problem. Thus, overall the only aspect that I would change is the "integral chronological problems" that are mentioned in the official

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One thing that the movie does very well is show how Gatsby believes that past can be repeated and is still longing for Daisy. He is bringing Daisy to his party and too his house to show her that he has the wealth now to provide for her and that he can please her more than Tom can. The movie makes it evident that Gatsby still believes that Daisy never loved Tom and that she only loved him and shows that when Gatsby and Nick confront each other. The director also did a tremendous job in showing Tom, Daisy, and Jordan’s carelessness in every situation especially Myrtles death. How they let everyone clean up the mess by leaving and removing themselves from the situation when Gatsby is killed especially.

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The 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered to be an American classic and is one of the most widely-read books in modern America. There have been several film versions of the novel, most recently a 2013 version that was directed by Baz Luhrmann. Although, both the book and the film effectively portrayed the energy of the 1920s, the characters in the book and the film were not so well-aligned. In particular, the characters in the novel are complex, well-rounded people, whereas the movie tends to paint many of the key characters as simplistic archetypes. Unlike Daisy’s nuanced character in the novel, Luhrmann portrays her as the helpless victim of the film.

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The entire plot of the movie “The Great Gatsby,” directed by Baz Luhrmann, is pretty much very accurate to the novel of the same name written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. They both center around a man named Jay Gatsby who throws extravagant parties in hope that one day his love Daisy will wander in. Of course like all movies that are based off of books they all have their similarities and differences. Whether they be very small or very noticeable, sometimes even changing the entire story completely, they are still there. Sometimes the purpose of this could be that the director wants to add their own little twist to the story or it could be that they are going for a much deeper meaning or symbolism.

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Ryan Bassil (2013) has argued that director Baz Luhrmann has completely missed the depiction of how F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his novel, The Great Gatsby. As the era enjoyed social vitality, artistic and cultural dynamism, it gave rise to the name “The Roaring ‘20’s in America (IIE,2016:19), which was a time of wealth, and seemingly endless possibilities. This essay will therefore repudiate why Bassil’s statement is flawed and why Luhrmann’s personal style or aesthetic, his materials and the diegesis enhances the fortunes of the characters and intrigues his viewers and therefore augments the film entirely.

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If the audience feels the anguish that the actors are portraying throughout dramatic scenes in the films it makes it more believable. It is then easier for the viewers to engross themselves with the other emotions throughout the film. Baz uses lighting in both films to create tension. In The Great Gatsby the lighting over the industrial area is always dark and murky. This is a representation that only bad things happen in that area and this area is used as a symbol for moral corruption.

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In the scene where Nick is sleeping on the stairs, light is used to emphasise on the sorrow on his face. Minimal light is used on Gatsby’s coffin; there is natural light from the windows and the very dim chandelier. The room is dark and gloomy, bringing a sense of sadness to the scene Colour Romeo is wearing colourful clothing to show that he was a person of free nature. The crosses in the church are white with blue neon outlines as if pointing towards a direction, in this case they are pointing toward Juliet, they have red crosses in the middle to symbolise love. In Great Gatsby, there’s blue lights coming from windows, the blue colour is associated with sadness, it creates a gloomy atmosphere.

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