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PostModern Journal

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PostModern Journal
Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film, The Great Gatsby,
successfully engages a contemporary audience
through its use of temporal distortion, hyperreality,

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"toilet set of pure dull gold" (Fitzgerald 91). However,

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one example of the film taking the book's wealth even

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and pastiche. Combined together

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characteristics helped connect a modern audience

with 1920 characteristics of life.
Nick Carroway's non-linear narrative timeline
exemplifies how temporal distortion plays a key 3 role
in the film's postmodernism. The opening scene of the
movie displays Nick talking to a doctor about his past
experiences with Gatsby given that he uses past tense
when he states "I planned to spend the summer
studying" (The Great Gatsby). The film then advances
to a scene where Nick is speaking in the present as he
enters the Buchannan household, which is technically
a scene that should chronologically take place for his
conversation with the doctor.
Hyperreality is arguably the dominating characteristic
of The Great Gatsby. While the overflow of wealth in
the novel was noticeable, it was even more indulgent
in the film. Jay Gatsby's parties were overflowing with
wealth 4, almost to the extent of being a fantasy. Aside
from his stunning parties, his house was also filled
with unnecessary 5 wealth 6 . For instance, he had a

father 7 includes the addition of the organ. In the

novel, Gatsby displays his grand piano to Daisy, but in
the film, Gatsby claims that his organ is "a custom
Wurlitzer" (The Great Gatsby). Luhrmann's use of this
postmodern hyperreality is effective 8 towards a
contemporary audience because the appearance of
overflowing wealth takes the average viewer into their

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Luhrmann used this postmodern characteristic in his

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film. The music choice and soundtrack are most

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noticeable 11 uses of pastiche from the film 12. For

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own 9 fantasy.
While pastiche wasn't used 10 in Fitzgerald's novel,

example, artists such as Jay-Z and Lana Del Ray's

music appears in film 13, 14 , but they are classified 15 at
contemporary artists that wouldn't have existed in the
1920's. Even more so, the music in the film doesn't
represent any qualities of 1920's music given that it
includes elements of rap, R&B, and electronic music.
However, this use of pastiche effectively entertains a
contemporary audience because it helps the listener
relate modern music with early twentieth century
scenes.
Overall, Baz Luhrmann took Fitzgerald's novel in a
postmodern direction through his interesting 16
choices of incorporating pastiche, hyperreality, and
temporal distortion in his film. These characteristics
successfully attracted a contemporary audience by
helping them relate 1920 aspects of life with modern 17
connections, such as music choice.