Adaptation Sources - The Great Gatsby

Social History

        Kaiser, E. (2010). How American Income Inequality Hit Levels Not Seen Since The Depression. Huffington Post Business. Retrieved September 28, 2015, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/22/income-inequality-america_n_772687.html

Reporting for Reuters, Emily Kaiser elucidates on the inequality levels of income in America in the current times and compares them to those present in the late 20’s going into the 30’s, when the Great Depression struck. America has been experiencing a major recession, which began in 2007, which sparked a similar recession to that present in 1930’s America. This article parallels the social/economic situations between the 20’s/30’s and today.

         The Great Gatsby. (2015, September 27). Retrieved September 28, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby

The Wikipedia page for The Great Gatsby discusses the author of the original novel, as well as its plot, characters, and symbolism. This article discusses the historical context in which the novel was written, as a reflection of 1920’s America. The site also lists adaptations of the original novel, including the 2013 Baz Luhrmann film.

          Barbash, L. (2013). Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past. Washington Monthly, 45(5/6), 10-11.

Louis Barbash, who writes in Washington Monthly, briefly describes the reason for general infatuation with the storyline of The Great Gatsby, accrediting the continuation of this feeling to the parallelism between the socio-economic back story of the original work in the 1920’s and that of today and of previous decades. Barbash lists multiple occurrences from the past which he believes have continued the public’s ability to identify with the plotline throughout the decades.

Genre

          Reiner, J. (2013). The Great Gatsby: Book Versus Movie. The Daily Beast. Retrieved from http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/10/the-great-gatsby-book-versus-movie.html

Jon Reiner, author and Fitzgerald fanatic, writes on the 2013 film The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann, a remake of the famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Reiner compares other (unsuccessful) adaptations to both the original novel and to the Luhrmann film. He, then, describes different things he believes the film did well and did poorly in relation to the original novel, and how the film, although more successful than its predecessors, still does not capture the same feel as the book.

          Travers, B. (2013, May 7). Five Reasons Remaking 'The Great Gatsby' in 2013 Was a Great Idea. PopMatters.

Ben Travers, a reporter and journalism/cinema grad of The University of Iowa, writes on the top five reasons he believes the 2013 remake of The Great Gatsby was an intelligent idea. Focusing not only on the adaptation of the book, but also the new film’s take on the 70’s film version, Travers discusses the relevance of the storyline in today’s world, as well as noting what elements the 2013 filmmakers have in advantage over those in the 1970’s.

          Moore, C. (2013, May 19). Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby: A Faithful ilm – and a Terribly, Terribly Bad One. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved September 28, 2015, from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10067605/Baz-Luhrmanns-The-Great-Gatsby-a-faithful-film-and-a-terribly-terribly-bad-one.html

In this film review, Charles Moore, writer for The Daily Telegraph, discusses the Baz Luhrmann film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, noting that it is faithful to the book in terms of presenting virtually identical representations of the specific things discussed in the book, but focusing moreso on how this literalism, paired with the Hollywood’s inability to understand and produce Fitzgerald’s true meaning, make the film truly unfaithful to the novel.