The Great Gatsby And Midnight In Paris Analysis

Representations of “The Great Gatsby”
The films “The great Gatsby” as well as “Midnight in Paris” were directed to portray the vibe the directors wanted to carry all throughout the films with characters and music, taking inspiration from the novel “The great Gatsby”. The “midnight in Paris” took inspiration from the great Gatsby to help bring the film alive as well as the characters which were involved in it. Both films as well as the novel portrayed this loving couple that did anything to be together but at the end of the day that wasn’t enough to be together after all. There was always a character in the story that got in the way of their happiness. The main characters always seemed to live in the past instead of living in the present which was their mistake. Living in the past was a huge mistake, in their head they always thought about what it could’ve been and what it would’ve been which brought many problems? They were too focused on the idea of their “true” love that the characters decided to push everything to a side. Woody Allen’s film “Midnight in Paris” had many similarities to the novel “the great Gatsby” when it came to the music and characters. The characters that stood out the most in the film were Gil and Adriana which in a way resembled two characters from the novel. Gil in the film was engaged to his fiancé Inez but things didn’t seem to turn out as planned. As time passed in pairs, Gil started to notice and understand Inez was no good for him. Gil really resembled Gatsby and nick from “the great Gatsby” novel. Gil tried to hold on to his true love but he just couldn’t continue. It was time for him to let go of what wasn’t his no more just like Gatsby "Your wife doesn't love you," said Gatsby. "She's never loved you. She loves me.” This character always seemed to live in the past, never seemed to want …show more content…
Without these elements the film would’ve turned out flat with nothing to grasp the viewer. Different rhythms and unique songs were used to create the scenes more vivid in the eye. Modern as well as classical and flapper music were joined together to create the perfect songs for the environments as well as a song composed by Lana Del Rey “Will you still love me
When I'm no longer young and beautiful?” The characters in the film that portrayed the characters in the novel were Leonardo DiCaprio interpreting Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Nick Caraway interpreted by Tobey Maguire. The artists played well the part of these three main characters of the novel. They brought out the best or worst of them that helped tie the film together. Daisy represented a young beautiful women of an elite social class cousin with nick caraway. Nick moved to west egg not knowing he would ever become so close with Gatsby. Time passed and nick decided to help daisy and Gatsby reunite after 5 years “Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams”. All actresses do not have the same idea on how to interpret a character and at the end of the day, every single person added a unique touch to the characters to bring the film