Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video sees me delving into the 2013 adaptation of the Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann; a film that many have regarded as a definitive version of F Scot Fitzgerald's original novel, while others regard it as a dubstep-laden imitation of the literary classic. Which one is it? Settle in and find out, old sport!
Music by Molly Noise (She/Her) - mollynoise.bandcamp.com
Tumblr: henrykathman.tumblr.com
Podcast: pinkaisle.podbean.com
Patreon: patreon.com/Henrykathman
Time Stamps
0:00 Opening
2:02 Introduction
5:23 Part 1: Everyone is Too Nice
19:28 Part 2: These Parties are Way Too Fun
33:22 Part 3: Gatsby and Daisy's Affair as Tragedy
45:15 Part 4: You Can't Repeat the Past
58:22 Release the McKee Cut
Bibliography:
Agur, Colin. "Negotiated Order: The Fourth Amendment, Telephone Surveillance, and Social Interactions, 1878–1968." Information & Culture 48.4 (2013): 419-447. https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/182084/Agur%20-%20I%26C%20-%20Negotiated%20Order.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
“Baz to Make “Gatsby” Choice.” The New York Post, Achived through the Wayback Machine, 10 Feb. 2011, archive.ph/20130111073735/www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/baz_to_make_gatsby_choice_I5ngKh4aqSwiEmZh6H0iKJ
Beaton, Kate. “Great Gatsbys.” Hark! A Vagrant, 10 May 2013, harkavagrant.com/?id=259-. Accessed 25 July 2023.
“Elvis (2022) and the Utter Mediocrity of Biopics.” Broey Deschanel, Youtube, 27 Sept. 2022, youtu.be/Fu96gDcrEeU. Accessed 25 July 2023.
Ferriss, S. (2018), Refashioning the Modern American Dream: The Great Gatsby, The Wolf of Wall Street, and American Hustle. J Am Cult, 41: 153-175. doi.org/10.1111/jacc.12869
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 10 Apr. 1925.
Kroenert, Tim. “Baz Luhrmann versus the God of Capitalism.” Eureka Street, vol. 23, no. 11, June 2013, pp. 25–26. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=90006908&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
Luhrmann, Baz, et al. The Great Gatsby Screenplay. 2013.
MacLean, Tessa. "Preserving Utopia: Musical Style in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby." Literature/Film Quarterly 44.2 (2016): 120-131.
McGirr, Lisa. The war on alcohol: Prohibition and the rise of the American state. WW Norton & Company, 2015.
Miller, Alyssa. “Baz Luhrmann Really Is the “Stanley Kubrick of Confetti” and This Is Why.” No Film School, 11 Nov. 2022, nofilmschool.com/baz-luhrmanns-editing-and-visual-style.
Noer, Michael. “No. 14 Gatsby, Jay.” Forbes, 13 Apr. 2010, forbes.com/2010/04/13/great-gatsby-bio-opinions-fictional-15-10-fitzgerald.html?sh=672907174535. Accessed 25 July 2023.
Piff, P. K., et al. “Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, no. 11, 27 Feb. 2012, pp. 4086–4091, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118373109.
Seitz, Matt Zoller. “Baz Luhrmann Is the Stanley Kubrick of Confetti.” Vulture, 9 Nov. 2022, vulture.com/2022/11/baz-luhrmann-knows-hes-the-stanley-kubrick-of-confetti.html.
Stewart, Jack. “The Cars of the Great Gatsby.” The Daily Drive | Consumer Guide®, 16 May 2013, blog.consumerguide.com/the-cars-of-the-great-gatsby/.
This video sees me delving into the 2013 adaptation of the Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann; a film that many have regarded as a definitive version of F Scot Fitzgerald's original novel, while others regard it as a dubstep-laden imitation of the literary classic. Which one is it? Settle in and find out, old sport!
Music by Molly Noise (She/Her) - mollynoise.bandcamp.com
Tumblr: henrykathman.tumblr.com
Podcast: pinkaisle.podbean.com
Patreon: patreon.com/Henrykathman
Time Stamps
0:00 Opening
2:02 Introduction
5:23 Part 1: Everyone is Too Nice
19:28 Part 2: These Parties are Way Too Fun
33:22 Part 3: Gatsby and Daisy's Affair as Tragedy
45:15 Part 4: You Can't Repeat the Past
58:22 Release the McKee Cut
Bibliography:
Agur, Colin. "Negotiated Order: The Fourth Amendment, Telephone Surveillance, and Social Interactions, 1878–1968." Information & Culture 48.4 (2013): 419-447. https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/182084/Agur%20-%20I%26C%20-%20Negotiated%20Order.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
“Baz to Make “Gatsby” Choice.” The New York Post, Achived through the Wayback Machine, 10 Feb. 2011, archive.ph/20130111073735/www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/baz_to_make_gatsby_choice_I5ngKh4aqSwiEmZh6H0iKJ
Beaton, Kate. “Great Gatsbys.” Hark! A Vagrant, 10 May 2013, harkavagrant.com/?id=259-. Accessed 25 July 2023.
“Elvis (2022) and the Utter Mediocrity of Biopics.” Broey Deschanel, Youtube, 27 Sept. 2022, youtu.be/Fu96gDcrEeU. Accessed 25 July 2023.
Ferriss, S. (2018), Refashioning the Modern American Dream: The Great Gatsby, The Wolf of Wall Street, and American Hustle. J Am Cult, 41: 153-175. doi.org/10.1111/jacc.12869
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 10 Apr. 1925.
Kroenert, Tim. “Baz Luhrmann versus the God of Capitalism.” Eureka Street, vol. 23, no. 11, June 2013, pp. 25–26. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=90006908&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
Luhrmann, Baz, et al. The Great Gatsby Screenplay. 2013.
MacLean, Tessa. "Preserving Utopia: Musical Style in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby." Literature/Film Quarterly 44.2 (2016): 120-131.
McGirr, Lisa. The war on alcohol: Prohibition and the rise of the American state. WW Norton & Company, 2015.
Miller, Alyssa. “Baz Luhrmann Really Is the “Stanley Kubrick of Confetti” and This Is Why.” No Film School, 11 Nov. 2022, nofilmschool.com/baz-luhrmanns-editing-and-visual-style.
Noer, Michael. “No. 14 Gatsby, Jay.” Forbes, 13 Apr. 2010, forbes.com/2010/04/13/great-gatsby-bio-opinions-fictional-15-10-fitzgerald.html?sh=672907174535. Accessed 25 July 2023.
Piff, P. K., et al. “Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, no. 11, 27 Feb. 2012, pp. 4086–4091, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118373109.
Seitz, Matt Zoller. “Baz Luhrmann Is the Stanley Kubrick of Confetti.” Vulture, 9 Nov. 2022, vulture.com/2022/11/baz-luhrmann-knows-hes-the-stanley-kubrick-of-confetti.html.
Stewart, Jack. “The Cars of the Great Gatsby.” The Daily Drive | Consumer Guide®, 16 May 2013, blog.consumerguide.com/the-cars-of-the-great-gatsby/.
