电影《了不起的盖茨比》用直观的方式呈现了故事背景画面、人物出场、狂欢宴会派对、意象设置等四种画面,带给观众视觉的盛宴;同时,导演在音乐方面力求创新,一方面去掉原著中的音乐曲目,男一方面使用现代音乐,凸显当代性,从而将现代音乐与爵士乐充分融合。这些变化与导演的个人风格有密切的关系。
American writer Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby was adapted into a movie by Baz Luhrmann.Through visual arts, this movie presents the background of the story, characters, parties, and images, bringing tothe audience a visual feast. Meanwhile, in music, the director made innovation, removing the old-fashioned musicmentioned in the original novel by integrating modern music with Jazz to highlight modernity. These changes arecharacteristic of Luhrmann's style.