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LD: I need my mojo back
CM: This will not be the film
to give it to you, Leo |
I'm not a big Baz Luhrmann film. I fell for his tricks once, back when
Moulin Rouge! came out. I left the movie theater feeling like I would fall in love any day now. And I don't discount the way he was able to stir up my heart. But, the film itself did not age so well and I got over it pretty fast (sorry
Nathaniel). He has few films credits to his name, but
Rouge! was the closet I ever got to liking him. Now, he's taken on
The Great Gatsby, the film Bradley Cooper publicly begged to have a role in. Cooper needs a new management team, because his professional conduct and personal life don't befit a man who is cultivating a trip up to the Oscar podium. But, then, he hasn't exactly shown himself to have much talent on his side, either? I'm sorry, I was talking about Luhrmann's new film about rich people shtupping each other ...
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| Hi Sexy Felix |
Luhrmann and Craig Pearce adapted F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel. Pearce has worked on most of Luhrmann's feature films, as well as
Charlie St. Cloud. Adapting
Gatsby sounds as thrilling as trying to read it, but I can't imagine with Luhrmann behind the camera, he's going to find all kinds of camera spinning to beef up "the Jazz Age." Leonardo Dicaprio sounds almost as boring of a choice as Robert Redford. Also in the cast: Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Joel Edgerton and the über-boring Tobey Maguire. Also in the cast in a nominal role is this guy Felix Williamson, a stone-cold fox. Stephen James King is pretty easy on the eyes too.
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You're not so bad yourself,
Mr. King |
Producers include: Barrie M. Osborne (
LOTR, The Matrix), Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick (
Lawless, Memoirs of a Geisha, Nailed), Catherine Knapman (Luhrmann's last three films), Anton Monsted (also music supervisor), Luhrmann and his wife Catherine Martin. Film Editing was done by Jason Ballantine, Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa. Three!? I guess with all that footage and cutting, three would be a minimum for a Luhrmann production. (Although one more than
Australia.) All of them worked to some capacity on
Rouge! |
Once upon a time, Mia Farrow
and the upcoming Great Gatsby
movie were a big deal |
Luhrmann has never worked with cinematographer Simon Duggan before, which is the good news. The bad news are his list of credits:
I, Robot; Killer Elite, Knowing and sequels to
Die Hard and B-film franchises like
Underworld and
The Mummy. Everyone has to start somewhere, right? And, I shouldn't judge films I've intentionally steered clear of. Wife Martin has not only worked as production designer on all five of his films (having gotten nominated twice in this category), but she designed the costumes for his last three films (again, getting nominated twice in this category) and coproduced all but one of his films. Composer Craig Armstrong has worked on
Rouge!, Ray, and other former Oscar-bait films. Worst case scenario: Carey Mulligan and Catherine Martin (for Art Direction
and Costume Design: mensch!) will surely get nods.
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This is the cover from the
edition I read (jazz) ages ago |
The budget is reported to be $127M. Who okayed this? I guess this one's going to be in the name of "art" just like
Australia was.
Gatsby filmed the last four months of 2011 in New South Wales, Australia and will release on Christmas Day 2012 care of Warner Bros. Pictures.
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