NjengoGatsby omtsha, uLeonardo DiCaprio akanathemba, inkwenkwana encinci yakhe yokuqala emva kweTuxedo yesithandathu. Masijongane nayo. Igatsby enkulu ayikaze ibe- kwaye mhlawumbi ayisoze ibekho- ngempumelelo yajika yaba ngumfanekiso oshukumayo omkhulu. Uninzi luzamile (iimovie ezine zeflop, ungasathethi ke ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zescreen, kubandakanya ezincitshisiweyo kodwa ezingalibalekiyo Indlu yokudlala 90 noRobert Ryan noJeanne Crain ngeentsuku zegolide xa iTV yayisazi ukuba yeyiphi inkqubo esemgangathweni). URobert Redford wayenguGatsby ogqibeleleyo kwinguqulelo entle kodwa enesithukuthezi kaJack Clayton, kodwa imovie yayifile xa ifika. Eyona nto ndiyibonileyo isengu-Elliott Nugent omnyama nomhlophe u-1949, kunye no-Alan Ladd phezulu kwifom yakhe njengeGatsby ekhazimlayo kwiscreen ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ekhokelela kubalingisi ababandakanya iBetty Field, Macdonald Carey, URuth Hussey kunye UShelley Winters. Ukuxinwa kwisimangalo esingaqondakaliyo amashumi amathandathu eminyaka, ayikaze ikhutshwe kwividiyo yasekhaya, ayikaze iboniswe nakweliphi na ikhebula okanye ishaneli yenethiwekhi, kwaye ayinakuxatyiswa yimikhosi yabalandeli bakaF. Scott Fitzgerald abangazange bawubone umsebenzi wakhe ulungelelaniswe ngokufanelekileyo isikrini. Kwaye ke umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa awusayi kuba yinto engakumbi — uloyiso olunqabileyo kodwa olungenakoyiswa lwamagama kwimifanekiso, ethandwa kakhulu kwiphepha elibhaliweyo.
Awuqondi nje ukuba ungakanani na umonakalo onokuthi wenziwe kwinoveli enkulu de ibe iphefumlelwe kukuzonwabisa okunqabileyo njengomlawuli weAustralia onentloko eBaz Luhrmann. Abanye abagxeki, ukutyhubela iminyaka, baye baveza ithiyori engathandekiyo yokuba uFitzgerald ubalasele ngesitayile ngaphezulu kwento, kodwa njengoko nayiphi na ikholeji yesiNgesi isazi, wayedume ngokusika i-clutter. Ngomfanekiso wenyama we-cinematic u-Mr.Luhrmann awusebenzisileyo ngokuqhambuka komlilo emva komnye (andikabuyisi kwisicaphucaphu Isigayo esibomvu ), isitayile konke okuseleyo, kunye ne Igatsby enkulu ijongeka ngendlela eyoyikisayo njenge-clutter. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluphakathi kwe-105 ne-127 yezigidi zeedola, kuxhomekeke kweliphi iphephancwadi lezorhwebo laseHollywood ozifundayo, ngayo yonke inkcitho enexabiso elijolise kwiimbonakalo zamehlo akho kwi-3-D enzima, engeyomfuneko kwaphela kwaye ekhupha isisu i-3-D, le yenye yeyona mizekelo iphazamisayo yokuchitha imali elahliweyo kwiscreen. UJay Gatsby ngumntu onobunkunkqele kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini agqumayo ovela kwintlupheko kwaye wanikela ngobomi bakhe ukuba abe ngusozigidi ozenzele ngokwakhe ukuphumelela intombazana egama linguDaisy, ethenga indlu entle e-Long Island ngaphesheya kwechibi kumyeni wakhe osisityebi uTom. kunye nokungena kuluntu oluphakamileyo ngamatheko aphezulu, aphezulu nangaphaya okungenzekayo azenza njengeziganeko zentlalo. Ukubeka uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwe-3-D ukuya kumda wekhadi letyala, uMnu Luhrmann ujika le mingqungqo yesidlo sangokuhlwa ibe yimibuthano emanzi enxila. Ilifa le-Gatsby elinobuqaqawuli, elihlazekileyo, eligcwele yimigulukudu, iinkwenkwezi ze-movie, i-flappers, i-alcoholcracking alcoholics, abadanisi be-tap, abantu abawela kwi-trapezes, clowns, acrobats kunye ne-orchestra phakathi kwidama lokubhukuda eligcwele amaqwarha e-inflatable, kubonakala ngathi itheko lesinxibo samabanga aphakamileyo ngobusuku be-prom behlaselwe yiCirque du Soleil
Ngaba kuyamangalisa, kuyo yonke i-slobber kunye nokudideka, ukuba isenzo sibi kangaka? Ngeseti yemidlalo ebalaseleyo kweli cala le-Ed Wood Flick, usenokuba ubukele Cwangcisa i-9 kwindawo engaphandle . NjengoGatsby omtsha, uLeonardo DiCaprio akanathemba, inkwenkwana encinci yakhe yokuqala emva kweTuxedo yesithandathu. Okubi nangakumbi, akasenguye oyena mntu uphambili ebalini, umsebenzi owela kwizandla ezingenakukwazi ukuzenza umntu ongenalwazi, ulahlekisa uTobey Maguire njengomhlobo kaJay Gatsby, ummelwane kunye nomlingisi womdlalo wonke kunye nomzala kaDaisy, uNick Carraway. Usenokwanela njenge-callow Spider-Man, kodwa njengombalisi wefilimu, esithi izinto ezinje ngathi Babengenankathalo, uTom noDaisy… batyumza abantu baphinde babuyele kwilizwe labo elinemali elininzi nokungakhathali. incwadi, uvakala nje ngathi ufunda kwincwadi yekholeji. Umnumzana Maguire kufanele ukuba abe yikhamera ekwenzeka kuyo le ntlekele, kodwa iminyaka ilula kakhulu ekubeni abe noluhlu, ubugcisa kunye namava afunekayo ukuze adlale iqhawe likaFitzgerald. Umnumzana DiCaprio unamava, kwaye siyazi ukuba angasebenza, kodwa akakho ngaphaya kwesidingo sobunkokeli obunomdla. Ngaphandle kolwalathiso olunobuchule, uphuma ngokungathi akanamandla okunika indima yeGatsby kwisikhundla esifunayo. Olu hlobo lwalathiso luya kuthetha uhlobo lobulumko kunye nokuqonda okuswelekileyo uBaz Luhrmann. Uxakeke kakhulu ukwalathisa i-confetti.
UCarey Mulligan ngomnye umzobi owaziyo ukwenza i-cork kwiimvakalelo zebhotile, kodwa uDaisy Buchanan wakhe ulungile kwaye uyamangalisa uyazibuza ukuba uGatsby wakha wambona phi kwasekuqaleni. Kuphela ngumlingisi owoyikekayo wase-Australia u-Joel Edgerton onokubamba ngokufanelekileyo kwimathiriyeli njengendoda yakhe entle, engacacanga, enexesha ezimbini uTom. Limele ukuba libali malunga nexesha elizayo kunye nesigqebelo, kodwa umatshini wegaraji onomona uWilson kunye nenkosikazi yakhe eyimvila uMyrtle (edlalwa ngokuvakalayo kwaye edlalwa nguShelley Winters kwinguqulelo yowe-1949), oye wancitshiswa nguGatsby's Duesenberg, bonke bebekhutshiwe ukuluma abadlali. Oku kunciphisa impembelelo ephawulekayo eyakhayo kwincopho yomkhuhlane webali, inika isiphelo esikhulu esingenamandla. Le nguqulo ye Igatsby enkulu unamandla okubalisa amanzi etephu.
Njengo-Orson Welles, Umnumzana uLuhrmann ukhetha izinto ezinomdla zokumilisela kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya, kodwa emva koko u-ego yakhe omkhulu wenza izinto ezihlekisayo zokuyitshabalalisa. Le ntlekele inabadlali abathi bakhuphe amehlo abo baphakamise amashiya abo ngokungaqiniseki okungapheliyo malunga nohlobo loncwadi ekufanele ukuba bayalutolika-uhlaziyo olwenziweyo lwangaphambili kunye nombalisi ngoku evakalisa ilizwi langaphakathi likaFitzgerald kwindawo yokukhosela apho ubhala incwadi ebizwa… Igatsby enkulu ? I-jazz kunye ne-band enkulu ejikelezayo yee-20s ithathelwe indawo ngumculo wehip-hop owonganyelwe nguJay-Z kunye neengoma zikaBeyoncé noFergie ngokubaluleka kwembali yefolokhwe yokulungisa, kwaye kuninzi kakhulu okusondeleyo ngamanye amaxesha okujongeka njengemovie malunga neendlebe. Ndiyazithanda iikowuti zokupapashwa nguBaz Luhrmann esithi injongo yakhe yayikukubonisa umbono wothando omkhulu. Kwakhona: ukubhalwa ngaphezulu, i-asinine, kubaxiwe kwaye kuyadika. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, malunga nothando njengelitye lesilwanyana sasekhaya.
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IGATSBY ENKULU
Ibhalwe nguBaz Lurhmann noCraig Pearce
Ekhokelwa nguBaz Luhrmann
Kudlala uLeonardo DiCaprio, uJoel Edgerton kunye noTobey Maguire
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