F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Out of the past

  Watching the trailer for the Leonardo DiCaprio/Carey Mulligan movie “The Great Gatsby” today (the movie comes out at Christmas time) it struck me that this is sort of the hip-hop version of the slim but celebrated F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the ’20s. Its thumping, modern soundtrack, and what appears to be a hard-edged, hyper-stylized vision of the … Continue Reading →