Tag: fscottfitzgerald
Notes on Streaming: THE LAST TYCOON, Searching for Optimists in a Sea of Cynicism
Old Hollywood comes to life in The Last Tycoon, inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished last novel, but surely influenced by the machinations of present-day Hollywood. Fitzgerald's novel, prepared by Edmund Wilson, was published posthumously in 1941, soon after the...
Baz Luhrmann Presents Leo As a Different Kind of GREAT GATSBY in New Trailer
The newly-released second trailer for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby makes wildly apparent that Leonardo DiCaprio will be a very different kind of Jay Gatsby in the upcoming 3D extravaganza. And that could be a very good thing indeed. The...