
Great Gatsby, The
PG-13, 2013, Warner Brothers
Director:
Baz Luhrmann
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton
Plot:
A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor.
1
Man describes life of excess in 1920s New York
Themes: Corruption, Desires, Enjoying Life, Entertainment, Self-Indulgence, Sin
2
Partiers revel in drunken madness
Themes: Corruption, Drinking, Foolishness, Self-Control, Sin
3
Man believes his accomplishments make him somebody
Themes: Acceptance, Achievement, Ego, Identity in Christ, Pride, Self-Worth
4
Man evades ticket by revealing identity
Themes: Forgiveness, God's Judgment, Identity in Christ, Laws, Redemption
5
Man waits anxiously to see long-lost love
Themes: Anticipation, Anxiety, Desires, Waiting
6
Man believes he can redo the past
Themes: Forgetting the Past, Mistakes, Regrets, Remorse