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chatdae · 1 year ago

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Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby was really good at expressing different sides of the character. Sometimes Gatsby seems really mature and distant; other times he seems really adoring and earnest, yet still mature; other times he seems completely starry-eyed and naive. A lot of this comes from the script and visuals but still, I think Redford is a big part of it. By the end of the movie, Gatsby really seemed like a dreaming teenage boy in a man's body

Special nod to the way Redford delivers "Loved me...too?" during the argument at the hotel. It was palpable just how pitifully incapable Gatsby was of imagining Daisy in a way that wasn't absolutely perfect

#undertone of this post is that Robert Redford is gorgeous in this movie #but also I just watched it for the first time #and this is my first time engaging with The Great Gatsby!!#I'm a Movie Watcher i'm a Book Reader but i havent seen or read any The Great Gatsby before now #so obviously a lot of the feelings i'm having about Gatsby here are on account of the story itself #but I really do feel like Redford's performance was immersive #He's got the face for it. the . the prettiest face #ggggGHHGGG GATSBY WAS SO CLOSE TO BEING SANE about the situation but then he WASNT #When he meets Daisy's daughter. it felt like he was having Real-Boy Guilt #but maybe it was the same disconnect he has at the hotel #where he encounters something that doesn't align with his fantasy and he freezes because he doesn't know how to process it #The scenes of him 1) standing outside Buchanan's house at night 2) visiting Nick on his porch the next morning #WHEW. he was Not Sane #those two scenes HIT he just felt really . so Not With It #less so than in the later conversation with Nick in the house...#but maybe that's just because he doesnt directly mention standing outside Daisy's window all night HFSKG #anyway. Movie!#the great gatsby 1974 #the great gatsby (1974)#jay gatsby #oh no a hot guy with mental health issues. how much of my mind is he going to occupy #my words #the great gatsby

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