The Great Gatsby Critical Analysis

The mixture of modern music and Jazz influenced Luhrmann’s film The Great Gatsby. He wanted to show the audience the true feeling of what was going on with Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, and other characters that were involved in the film. In addition, he used the same songs through almost every scene but extended the song, which effected greatly because it made you feel drawn to what they were thinking, doing, and what they wanted to say to each other. He used modern music and Jazz put together because it made things seem interesting and exciting. Luhrmann expresses most of his films with the sound of music and making it flow with each scene. Luhrmann’s creative sense of putting the song Young and Beautiful is what made the film wonderful to watch because of the way it sound and the flow that it had through the film, but many people might disagree with the way he did it and of using the same artist and song through each scene.

Instead of Luhrmann using 20’s era music through the entire film, he uses modern music because it brings a lot more emotional feel to the scenes. Bringing modern music into a movie based off the 1920’s works perfectly together, it exaggerates what the 20’s was like in modern day people’s eyes. In addition, using modern music sets the mood for the entire movie and gives you a completely different feeling for each scene in the movie, whether it was Gatsby and Nick going into New York, etc. Using modern music brings life to what the 1920’s was like in Luhrmann’s