The Great Gatsby is a film that majorly features the aspects communicated by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film has majorly emphasized on Luhrmann's typical ebullient style in crafting the tale of the American dream into a more elaborate experience that the current society can be related to it somehow (Fitzgerald 53). American dream majorly emphasizes theoretical frameworks social structures the role of people, their status, culture, deviance, norms, family, ethnicity, and marriage systems. The Great Gatsby is primarily associated with an excellent addition to Luhrmann's career and how it was. It is a 142-minute melodrama that emphasizes high performance, twisting the plot of the film, and defining the journey of that spits life in a manner that displays him as a defiant crowd pleaser.
The film demonstrates how stocks have reached record pics and how Wall Street is booming concerning part is becoming bigger and shows broadening. The ban on alcohol has backfired, making the 1920s to be a perfect year for Mr. Gatsby, who is stared as Leonardo DiCaprio. The sociological perspective portrays Leonardo DiCaprio as a millionaire due to the life changes and the backfire of the alcohol ban. Nick is also described to be alcoholic and is stared as Tobey Maguire in the film (Fitzgerald 53). Nick tells the story and the mysterious life of Mr. Gatsby. In that manner, the film demonstrates the moral and sociological perspective that was highly emphasized by Fitzgerald. The aspects involved valuing democratic and old ways of life by showing the negative standpoint of defilement of alcohol ban and indulging of Nick in alcohol consumption. Democratic and old ways of life are still considered to be better than the moral decay promoted by the anticipated American Dream.
An aspect of in-betweenness is portrayed in the film as well as the novel. In the movie, it is evident that Gatsby's spatial and figurative remoteness from Daisy is demonstrated differently. While the novel provides the images of West and East Eggs in a manner that shows that the two eggs are separated using courtesy bay, the film shows that Luhrmann does not provide the East and West Eggs by shooting above them in an air balloon. There are stresses on the distance between the first through swiftly craning upwards in a manner that enables the frame to contain the rear of the castle belonging to Gatsby (Fitzgerald 53). It is seen from a high sky. The camera flies exceptionally close to Buchanan's house, as depicted by Luhrmann (00:05:18). The cinematography in that scene shows that there is a metaphorical and physical distance between Daisy and Gatsby.
According to Luhrmann (00:05:22), Nick is the first person to narrate that "[Daisy] lived across the bay but in old moneyed East Egg." There is an introduction of the distance from the Eggs but in a positive appeal as there is diegetic music that is full of promises on a sunny day as it gives an exciting and cheerful mood. Gatsby is portrayed to be in a social dilemma and low moments since he appears tormented as he ponders on his distance. Besides, the frame is demonstrated to be perfectly still. Additionally, the only dynamic element is the blinking of the green light, which is at the end of Buchanan's' dock (Luhrmann 00:12:45).
There is an extended social distance between Gatsby and Daisy. The green light portrays the aspect as Gatsby stretches his hand in anticipation of grasping it. It is a symbolic appeal to show that Gatsby is too far from Daisy as he metaphorically becomes unable to grab Daisy as his wife. Daisy is portrayed to be the green light. There is an aspect of powerlessness to demonstrate how Gatsby's world of thoughts cannot enable him to fit in the world that Daisy is living.
Gatsby's loneliness is demonstrated in New York after the party had ended. At first, Nick was isolated, and everyone was unwilling to stay. Snowflakes reappear during the party dance in Myrtle's and Tom's apartment. In the process, tiny light pieces typically if stuffing is seen flying around the room after the pillow fight. They resemble the snowflakes striking at the clinic (Luhrmann 00:19:38). The isolation of Nick at the party enables them to realize the social isolation effects that Gatsby experienced. Snowflakes reappear in the film by fading in on to the superimposed background. They lead to a setting that is in a snowless, misty, and gray appeal. It depicts Winterish New York, where the snowflakes end up transforming themselves into white letters. They fly around in a manner that shows that the cold breeze pushes them. Later, they align and form the words of Nick Carraway, "After Gatsby's death, New York was haunted for me" as a reminder of "haunting loneliness" and isolation (Luhrmann 02:06:07; Fitzgerald 61).
There is an aspect of isolation due to living a life that is not associated with the American dream. Gatsby avoids living the American dream since it is connected to carelessness. For that matter, the film also demonstrates how Gatsby is affected. Nick's statements that after the death of Gatsby, New would be haunted, is a perfect portrayal of the effects of segregation on the lines of choice of one's purpose and life. Nick observes Gerald' standing alone' at his parties (Fitzgerald 53).
An example is the act of negligence that is depicted when people are leaving the party. The aspects of New York City that appeal to Nick are luxurious parties, which are examples of wealth and hedonism. However, Gatsby is not part of the party. The effects of negligence are emphasized by Nick after the party when the snowflakes formed his words. The snowflakes align to show the terms that Nick outlined about Gatsby's segregation. Fitzgerald's perspective of irony is widely portrayed in the themes and characters like Jordan. Jordan says that she hates careless people, and the irony of her statement is that she was seen driving carelessly. Since Fitzgerald values honesty, he portrays Nick to be an honest character in his piece of work. Nick certifies that he is one of the few honest people among his friends and associates. He said all this from the kind of double life that his friends and their wives carried on (Fitzgerald 117). Lack of straightforwardness affects the attainment of the American dream. According to Scott (4), the dishonesty that Nick communicates about is a remembrance of a series of events that make the American dream to be affected by lack of straightforwardness.
The film, as well as Fitzgerald, portrays the society to be concerned with a high-class lifestyle. It is an aspect that is represented by the green light that Gatsby tries to grab in vain. It demonstrates that society made him be segregated and pushed away from Daisy. Besides, the film illustrates how Daisy abandons Gatsby. It was as soon as she had read the letter from Gatsby just a day before her wedding. The statement was "I'm penniless" thus, she desperately breaks the letter and tears it into pieces like snow (Luhrmann 01:57:45). Daisy does not send a flower nor a message but retreats in her luxurious life of excess. The characters in The Great Gatsby are concerned with achieving success in everything, including acquiring luxury.
Both the film and the novel show that the pursuit of American dreams makes the characters to disregard Gatsby. Romantic wonder makes Fitzgerald write about love dilemmas that are guided by egocentrism and the love of money by society. Also, quest and seduction revolve around Fitzgerald's work, thus portraying the art of work to be concerned with the aspects of the New World that Fitzgerald was living in (Fussell 168). American civilization and Western lifestyle make The Great Gatsby develop the theme of corrupted values in society. Scott (6) provides grounds for shining light on the characters' lives and the implications. Scott (6) affirms that Jordan tells Nick about the poor military boyfriend that Daisy once dated and how Daisy ended up marrying Buchanan. According to Scott (6), Daisy talks about Tom, who comes from a wealthy family that made Daisy to consider him for his former boyfriend.
The aftermath of the American dream is demonstrated at the party in New York when Nick was secluded from the party. There was a snowflake that formed the words that show that Gerald was segregated, and the New York was to avenge for Gerald. It is also an aspect that is demonstrated by Fitzgerald's perspective on the aftermath of the American dream. For instance, the element of cheating in marriage is portrayed to be the effect of the American dream that the characters and the society crave throughout the novel. An example of the impact of the American dream is shown in the themes that connect Tom's infidelity in marriage.
American civilization has been portrayed to be connected to several challenges amid positive implications. Fitzgerald writes about the effect of culture by connecting the character of Meyer Wolfsheim, who is described as a shady character with a mammoth of business connections. Fitzgerald portrays Wolfsheim as a character who values high-class life irrespective of the implications of the ornaments that he valued. For that matter, the kind of life that Wolfsheim lives is associated with the American dream in the manner of a luxurious experience that the characters crave for.
In summation, Fitzgerald's perspective of the old and new world made a significant impact on the cast of The Great Gatsby film. Social principles that Gatsby has enhanced the construction of sociological issues of the American dream. Social decay that is concerned with the quest for the American dream is widely communicated and demonstrated by Daisy, as she ends up denying Gatsby due to his material emptiness. Therefore, the perspective of life was significantly expressed with much emphasis on social and moral decay that segregates people for the reasons of material property.
