Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby is what you’d expect from the director: Lavish, over-the-top and just this side of believable. But in the context of Fitzgerald’s novel this kind of direction works, gives a sort of fiendishly colored edge to the entire film, a sense of vibrant desperation. Last night the film… Read more
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On Brevity
Baby shoes. For sale. Never worn. Legend has it that Hemingway penned this famous “six-word story”, though there’s little evidence to support or deny the claim. In a way that’s ideal, since the concept is more powerful bereft of a creator. Brevity is powerful stuff. The line above was supposedly in answer to a challenge:… Read more