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- The Great Gatsby: All for love
- Will the fifth time be the charm?
- 'Mad Men' star Hamm shooting new film in India
| The Great Gatsby: All for love Posted: 16 May 2013 06:59 AM PDT Baz Luhrmann's ambitious take on the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic is easy on the eyes and resonates strongly with the lovelorn. The Great Gatsby, which kicked off the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week, is not just any movie. Filmmakers have been trying to get it right for the last 90 years – there were movies made in 1926, 1949, 1974, 2000 – and thus I count Baz Luhrmann as the fifth director attempting to find that Midas touch (the Morgan and Maecenas touch would do, too). What has made Gatsby so endlessly fascinating to so many generations of readers? Was it Fitzgerald's bold, insightful commentary of the 1920s American nouveau riche (his own opulent lifestyle as a New York celebrity afforded him a bird's-eye view, after all)? Was it the wild and vibrant Jazz Age that gave the novel such a splendid backdrop and made it so wondrously captivating? Or was it the heart-rending story of unrequited love at the heart of the book that made everyone empathise with it? The novel – slim though it be – is packed with imagery and metaphor (I am racing through an RM8.50 copy I picked up at Borders for a quick recap, and I see lines like "inside, the crimson red room bloomed with light" and can just imagine how Luhrmann's eyes must have lit up at the prospect of bringing such words to life). There is no doubt that Luhrmann has crafted a beautiful film. One expects no less of him. The colours are rich, the costumery gorgeous (with Brooks Brothers and Prada on the payroll we would expect nothing less), special effects dazzling (and in 3D to boot), the music is heady, and the actors beautiful. In fact, the whole gin gang – comprising Leonardo DiCaprio (Jay Gatsby), Tobey Maguire (Nick Carraway), Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton (Daisy and Tom Buchanan), Isla Fisher and Jason Clarke (Myrtle and George Wilson), Elizabeth Debicki (Jordan Baker), and Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan (Meyer Wolfshiem) – is so deliciously good-looking. See Star2 on Saturday for the full review in print. Related Stories: |
| Will the fifth time be the charm? Posted: 16 May 2013 06:46 AM PDT The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has been filmed for the big screen three times before Australian director Baz Luhrmann worked his magic on the latest instalment, which began its run in Malaysian cinemas on May 16. All four movies have retained the novel's title and each one stayed quite faithful to the original plot. There was also one TV film adaptation, and the book's famous characters and storyline have been re-enacted in several popular TV shows. 1926 This black-and-white silent movie is said to be the most faithful adaptation of the book (reports say that perhaps the author had provided his input to the studio), but since it was made 87 years ago, a full version of the film is unfortunately not available today. 1949 1974 Perhaps the most well-known adaptation, this film sees Redford and Farrow playing the young lovers. Howard Da Silva, who played George Wilson in the 1949 film, appears in this one as a character named Meyer Wolfsheim. 2000 Director: Robert Markowitz 2013 |
| 'Mad Men' star Hamm shooting new film in India Posted: 16 May 2013 12:19 AM PDT MUMBAI (AFP) - Hollywood actor Jon Hamm, best known as the dapper Don Draper in hit US TV series Mad Men, has begun shooting his new film in the home of Bollywood, according to those working on the movie. Hamm is in Mumbai for the making of Disney's Million Dollar Arm, based on a true story, in which he stars as sports agent J. B. Bernstein who discovers two Indian teenagers and signs them up to play baseball. "This is so cool and yet so weird -- Jon Hamm (pic) playing me in a movie -- this shoot has begun," Bernstein wrote on Twitter, posting a picture of Hamm being filmed in the Indian city. A member of the film crew, declining to be named, confirmed to AFP late Tuesday that shooting was under way in Mumbai's northern suburbs. Hamm, 42, has also been spotted out on the town posing with fans and dining with top Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, according to local media reports. Slated for release next year, Million Dollar Arm is directed by Craig Gillespie and also stars Indian actor Suraj Sharma, last seen in Ang Lee's Oscar-winning Life Of Pi. In the real-life tale behind the film, Bernstein used a reality TV show to recruit Indian cricket players to Major League Baseball, with the chance for them to win training in the United States. Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, the 2008 winners, accompanied Bernstein to America to learn the new sport and were eventually signed up to the Pittsburgh Pirates team. |
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