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Gatsby: Movie vs Book

Maximalism, the idea that more is more, is one fathom of
postmodernism that is found abundantly in Baz Luhrmann's rendition
of The Great Gatsby. This is 1 used 2 in two different ways by

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Throughout the movie, Luhrmann uses a style called pastiche to stitch

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together the original text and his own 9 gaudy style. This basically 10, 11

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means that Baz is taking the original story and adding his own 12 flair.

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This is 13 shown, yet again, in the epic party when the audience first

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painted 14 this amazing picture as his introduction, while in the book 15

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it is just a simple, " I'm Gatsby"' (48).

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Lastly, fragmentation also plays a sizable role in both the movie and

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book tellings of The Great Gatsby. This type of storytelling where

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Luhrmann. Firstly, Gatsby's extravagant parties are strong 3 users of

minimalism. While they are similar to this in the book as well, the
movie takes these parties to new heights with the use of more modern
music such as Jay-Z and the copious amounts of almost
choreographed dancing. On the other hand, maximalism is used to
extent 5 certain 6, 7 4 shots that normally would be cut 8 shorter. An
example of this is the seemingly overly long shot of the T. J. Eckleberg
billboard.

meets Gatsby. Luhrmann takes this moment and completely runs with
it. With fireworks in the background and a twinkle in his eye, Gatsby is

parts of the plot are told out of order and revealed through flashbacks
helps to show Gatsby's upbringing, "James Gatzinhospitably died"
(98-100), and the origin of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship, "One
Octoberwhite car" (74-77). If events such as these were told 16 in
chronological order, it would ruin the dramatic effect of the story.