{"id":41777,"date":"2019-01-16T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T21:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41777"},"modified":"2020-11-22T18:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T01:57:34","slug":"great-gatsby-the-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41777","title":{"rendered":"Great Gatsby, The (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s the best thing a girl can be in this world: a beautiful little fool.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-1974-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-1974-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-1974-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-1974-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-1974-Poster.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA mysterious millionaire (Robert Redford) purchases a house near his long-lost love, Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) &#8212; a socialite who married a wealthy but philandering man (Bruce Dern) while Redford was off at World War I. With the help of his neighbor and Farrow&#8217;s second cousin (Sam Waterston), Gatsby (Redford) arranges a reunion with Daisy; meanwhile, Dern carries on an affair with the melodramatic wife (Karen Black) of a gas station owner (Scott Wilson) who knows his wife is discontented in their marriage.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Dern Films<\/li>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Jack Clayton Films<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Karen Black Films<\/li>\n<li>Mia Farrow Films<\/li>\n<li>Millionaires<\/li>\n<li>Robert Redford Films<\/li>\n<li>Sam Waterston Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJack Clayton&#8217;s adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Great_Gatsby\">F. Scott Fitzgerald&#8217;s classic novel<\/a> &#8212; co-starring Mia Farrow and Robert Redford as the infamously star-crossed lovers, Daisy and Jay &#8212; remains the best-known of those made so far (<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41759\">including the little-seen 1949 version<\/a>), though it&#8217;s far from satisfying. It&#8217;s clear how keen the filmmakers were to show off the elaborate sets, and with all the money spent on populating Redford&#8217;s parties with so many extras and costumes, one can understand the temptation to use a lot of the footage &#8212; but there&#8217;s such a thing as too much Charleston drunkenness and flappers&#8217; feet dancing! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Dancing.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Farrow and Redford are a bit inscrutable; and while few can play an irritated husband more consistently and convincingly than Dern, there&#8217;s little to genuinely appreciate about him or any of the other leading characters. Meanwhile, the dialogue is sappily embarrassing: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Be my lover&#8230; Stay my lover.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I love the way you love me.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;There&#8217;ll be other summers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Film fanatics may be curious to check this one out once for its visuals, but it&#8217;s not the classic it perhaps could have been. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gorgeous cinematography and sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Cinematography.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Reflection.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Sets-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Sets-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Sets-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Sets-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Sets-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Great-Gatsby-Sets.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071577\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1030gats.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=ZNpHAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=CowDAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=6201,893232\">Village Voice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=G-kCAAAAMBAJ&#038;pg=PA77#v=onepage&#038;q&#038;f=false\">NY Magazine Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the best thing a girl can be in this world: a beautiful little fool.&#8221; Synopsis: A mysterious millionaire (Robert Redford) purchases a house near his long-lost love, Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) &#8212; a socialite who married a wealthy but philandering man (Bruce Dern) while Redford was off at World War I. With the help of his neighbor and Farrow&#8217;s second cousin (Sam Waterston), Gatsby (Redford) arranges a reunion with Daisy; meanwhile, Dern carries on an affair with the melodramatic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41777\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41777"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53924,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41777\/revisions\/53924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}