The latter critic laments that in the film, Gatsby’s magnetism is the product of his “vast reserve of expensive toys,” rather than “the lessons of his home-schooled charm,” an accusation supported by the many lavish props exhibited throughout the film, from an eccentric orange juice maker to his iconic automobile, made an exuberant yellow in the film. Rothman, in contrast, draws on Gatsby’s easy open-mindedness as the explanation for his appeal—a stance much more prevalent in the book than in the film, where Gatsby shuts down Daisy’s fantasy of running away together with the line “…Daisy, that wouldn’t be respectable” (Luhrmann). That line also undermines the novel’s presentation of Gatsby as a man who gave up unimaginable wonders in favor of romancing Daisy, instead
The latter critic laments that in the film, Gatsby’s magnetism is the product of his “vast reserve of expensive toys,” rather than “the lessons of his home-schooled charm,” an accusation supported by the many lavish props exhibited throughout the film, from an eccentric orange juice maker to his iconic automobile, made an exuberant yellow in the film. Rothman, in contrast, draws on Gatsby’s easy open-mindedness as the explanation for his appeal—a stance much more prevalent in the book than in the film, where Gatsby shuts down Daisy’s fantasy of running away together with the line “…Daisy, that wouldn’t be respectable” (Luhrmann). That line also undermines the novel’s presentation of Gatsby as a man who gave up unimaginable wonders in favor of romancing Daisy, instead