America discovered "The Great Gatsby" before Cannes
The highly anticipated "Gatsby, The Beautiful" in 3D by Baz Luhrmann with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton, was released in the U.S. on Friday. Five days later, on Wednesday night, the blockbuster $ 150 million will be screened at the opening of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, while spectators will discover in the halls from 14 hours.
"Gatsby", the famous novel by Francis S. Fitzgerald, has fascinated generations of filmmakers, from the silent era to the adaptation made in 1974 by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in the lead roles. Australian Baz Luhrmann, director of "Romeo + Juliet" with Di Caprio (1996), but also of "Moulin Rouge" (2001) and "Australia" (2008), both with Nicole Kidman, decided ago two years to deal with this remake.
"I think everyone in some way is found in Gatsby," explained Di Caprio, 38, during the presentation of the feature to the press at the Plaza Hotel in New York - the one of the sets of the film. "This is a character who has built his imagination and dreams, which is extracted from his miserable youth in the Midwest and created this image of The Great Gatsby. In this sense, it is a deeply American story, "he continued.
Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, Gatsby's neighbor and friend, is played by Tobey Maguire (former interpreter of "Spider-Man), a close friend of Leonardo DiCaprio since they met on a cast of sitcom there are more than twenty years. A friendship that has served the film. "Gatsby manipulate Nick but eventually it turns into a real friendship, maybe even the one for Gatsby. It's very important, "he says. "I have great affection for Leo, so it was not difficult for me to have an affection for Gatsby being in the shoes of Nick."
The highly anticipated "Gatsby, The Beautiful" in 3D by Baz Luhrmann with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton, was released in the U.S. on Friday. Five days later, on Wednesday night, the blockbuster $ 150 million will be screened at the opening of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, while spectators will discover in the halls from 14 hours.
"Gatsby", the famous novel by Francis S. Fitzgerald, has fascinated generations of filmmakers, from the silent era to the adaptation made in 1974 by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in the lead roles. Australian Baz Luhrmann, director of "Romeo + Juliet" with Di Caprio (1996), but also of "Moulin Rouge" (2001) and "Australia" (2008), both with Nicole Kidman, decided ago two years to deal with this remake.
Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, Gatsby's neighbor and friend, is played by Tobey Maguire (former interpreter of "Spider-Man), a close friend of Leonardo DiCaprio since they met on a cast of sitcom there are more than twenty years. A friendship that has served the film. "Gatsby manipulate Nick but eventually it turns into a real friendship, maybe even the one for Gatsby. It's very important, "he says. "I have great affection for Leo, so it was not difficult for me to have an affection for Gatsby being in the shoes of Nick."