the-Great-Gatsby-ppt

thegreatgatsbyname:LaiQinumber:01323431ContentsTheoverviewofthemoiveThedirectorandmainactorsThestorylineComments123423Type：Drama/Romancebasedon:TheGreatGatsbybyF.ScottFitzgeraldDirectedby:BazLuhrmannStarring:LeonardoDiCaprio;CareyMulligan;TobeyMaguire;JoelEdgertonCountry：America/Australia4BazLuhrmannNewSocothwales,Australia.Filmdirector,screenwriterandproducer.4TobeyMaguire....NickCarrawayThefirst-personnarratorofthefilm.abondsalesmanfromtheMidwestGatsby'sneighbor.honestandresponsiblemainactors5LeonardoDiCaprio....JayGatsbyyoung,mysteriousmillionairewithshadybusinessconnectionsAromanticdreamerbelievinglovecanberecaptured6CareyMulligan....DaisyBuchananNick'scousin,wifeofTomBuchanan.oncehadaromanticrelationshipwithGatsbyattractivebutself-absorbed7JoelEdgerton....TomBuchananamillionaireDaisy'shusband,liveslifeirresponsibly.89TheThestorybeganwiththemeetbetweenNickandGatsby.NickmovedtoWestEggandbecameGatsby'sneighbor.HehadaninterestinGatsbyandunderstoodthattherewasalostloveinhisdeepheart.10GatsbywasapooryouthwhenhejoinedarmyandhefellinlovewithDaisy.Butthenheleftandtookpartinawar.5yearslaterwhenhecamebackfromtheEurope,Daisyhadmarriedtoarichman---Tom.11GatsbyengagedhimselfinBootleggingandotherillegalactivities,thusearnsenoughmoneytobuyamagnificentmansionwherehehostshugepartieseveryweekendinthehopeofattractingDaisytocome.12TheydateoftenbuthefindsDaisyisnolongertheidealloveofhisdream.Althoughfeelingasenseofloss,hestillinsistsandwantstorepeatthepast.Bychance,hisnext-doorneighbor--NickisDaisy'sconsinandhehelpsGatsbytomakeanappointment.13DaisyandTomdon'treallyloveeachother.infact,Tomhasmistress.OnedayDaisyquarralswithTom.ShedrivesGatsby'scarandkillsTom'smistressbyaccident.14DaisyandTomshifttheblameontoGatsby,sayinghehasanaffairwithMyltleandkillsherenventually.ThenMyrtle'shusbandbreaksintoGatsby'shouseandshotshimtodeath.ButtheBuchananseacape.16theonlytwopersonsattendingGatsby'sfuneralareNickandGatsby'sfather.15sowebeaton,boatsagainstthecurrent,borneback,ceaselessly...untilintothepast.1718whatGatsbyhadpaid,isjustforreturningtothepasttowinbackhispurelove.heneverstopsstrugglingandheisareallybraveandtrueman.Justlikeourselves,wekeptworkingforsomethingweownedbeforebutthendisappearedsoonsuchasloveandfriendship.wehopethatwecanhavethemforgoodwithourownefforts.1819tragicbutgreat1920