Great Gatsby: Film vs Book
The Great Gatsby: The Film vs. The Book Before the invention of television and film the art of story telling was restricted to theater and literature. Theater was and still is performed live by actors who tell some kind of story through their performance. But theater is still limited greatly in its ability to convey setting to the viewer. In order to fully grasp the power of any story one must believe, in a sense, that the events are happening before them. Literature is better able to accomplish this by utilizing the power of the human imagination. Even more than this literature has the ability to describe human emotion through the use of strong metaphors and colorful language. It is this technique of writing that remains unique to literature. Even film cannot approach the human emotion and heart that literature has given people over the ages. Yet film is not without advantages of its own. Film can have strong power behind it. A kind of power that a viewer is forced to see and feel. This power is deliver!ed though a film's soundtrack, it's quick pace, and in recent years, the use of special effects. Good books are often made into films. Which is better? The answer to that question depends on the intentions of the
When comparing the two the intentions of the artist must be considered. Again, fil!m does have advantages over literature and those advantages are displayed in this same scene. Most of that book is based on metaphors and symbolism!. The film shows him hesitating to pull the trigger (an event not mentioned in the book) in order to convey the internal conflict that haunts Wilson. This is a pivotal point in the book because it brings two conflicts together: Tom Buchanan's affair with Mrs. Rather than say that a character is in distress over something symbolism is used to give the reader something that most people can relate to so that they can identify with the hardship facing the character. The fascination and anticipation that Carraway has for meeting Gatsby is not communicated very well in the film because the viewer of the film does not know what Carraway is thinking or feeling. The murder of Gatsby in the book is an event that acts as the conclusion to Fitzgerald's unique character. Carraway's own fascination is described through his own description of his surroundings, "It was testimony to the romantic speculation [Gatsby] inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world," (p 48). A story told in the first person most likely includes the personal feelings of whoever tells it. Add a powerful and moving soundtrack and this film is superior to any book telling a similar story. An attempt to model something like this in film would be futile as its meaning would become lost. That feeling of tension will carry on for the res!t of the film.
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