One choice that I noticed in the film was that a large scene was excluded. This scene was right after Nick’s first party in the city with Myrtle and Tom, when Nick claims to have gotten drunk for his second time. After this party Nick ends up in Mr. McKee’s bed wearing only underwear. This scene could be controversial, because many people see it as a time when Nick has a homosexual encounter. Although, the director chooses to leave this part out of the movie. This may be because of the current debates over gay rights. The director possibly didn’t want this movie to stir too much controversy. There are also other scenes that have been excluded in the movie. Are there any scenes you can think of that were excluded, and why do you think that is?
I wrote a similar blog post about the differences between the book and movie, you can read more at http://www.teenage-blogger.com/2013/05/the-great-gatsby-book-vs-movie.html
ReplyDeleteI noticed something opposite of your statement about Nick laying on the couch in only his underwear. In the movie the relationship between Nick and Jordan is non-existent because I think we were supposed to think Nick loved Gatsby, because Nick had no relationship with women in the movie compared to the book.