Topic: Baz Luhrmann

What a High School English Teacher Thought of the 'Great Gatsby' Movie

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We took an actual Gatsby buff as our movie date this weekend, and while "it just lacks subtlety," this teacher admits "that's the way we teach it to sophomores in high school" — and that Baz Luhrmann does Fitzgerald justice.

By Esther Zuckerman

May 8, 2013

Baz Luhrmann's 'Hamlet' with Leo Would Be So... Baz — in a Waterpark Nightclub

Baz Luhrmann's Jay-Z and Prada-infused The Great Gatsby (in 3D) is here this weekend, for better or for worse, and Luhrmann is already dreaming up his next project. Luhrmann said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he is interested in directing Leonardo DiCaprio in an adaptation of Hamlet

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By Esther Zuckerman

Apr 1, 2013

Is the 'Great Gatsby' Movie Just Going to Be High-School English All Over Again?

We've seen the infamous "green light" in some of those rocking trailers, but it was all Moulin Rouge-esque spectacle. So here's a perplexing situation brought to our attention by new character posters released as part of the marketing blitz: Is this going to be all anachronistic music and fantastical set pieces, or just more of the same you learned in tenth grade?

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By Esther Zuckerman

Mar 12, 2013

'The Great Gatsby' Will Try to Totally Redeem Itself at Cannes

It's been a strange road for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, but now a very 3D Fitzgerald adaptation is finally getting it's big break: Gatsby will premiere on opening night at Cannes this May in a surprisingly bold turn for the film festival. 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 20, 2012

The New 'Great Gatsby' Trailer Looks a Little Too Strangely Familiar

There's something about the new trailer for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby we've seen before, but it's not F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic story of social striving in 1920s New York.

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By Eric Randall

Aug 6, 2012

Jay Gatsby Will Be Running a Little Late

Warner Brothers announced Monday that Baz Luhrmann's 3D version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has been postponed from this December to summer 2013, bringing several more months of anticipating/fearing the very gaudy looking adaptation.

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By Richard Lawson

May 23, 2012

Baz Luhrmann's Glittery 'Great Gatsby'

The first trailer for director Baz Luhrmann's much-feared adaptation of The Great Gatsby has been released and, yikes, it appears we were right to worry.

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 8, 2011

Blame the Classic Cars, Not Leo, If 'The Great Gatsby' Flops

Plus: A rave review that will erase any lingering doubts about 'Moneyball'

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