From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before, in a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. “The Great Gatsby” follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
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The Great Gatsby – Official Trailer
Russian Poster For Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
I don’t usually post foreign language posters on here, but this Russian poster for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is in my, always humble opinion, one of the nicer ones that has been created for the film thus far.
Exit Humanity – Official Trailer
How does a man deal with the loss of everything meaningful in his life, and the loss of mankind’s humanity amongst chaos and despair? Set in 1870’s Tennessee, Exit Humanity is the legend of Edward Young’s horrific and dramatic journey through an unexplainable outbreak of the walking dead to lay to rest the most important thing in his life, his son’s ashes. The bleak post-Civil War era backdrop highlights the severe divide that the United States was facing, and the true loss of hope that so many felt during this period in history.
The trailer certainly promises an interesting film, though I’m not sure about mixing up live action with animated scenes, but it’s a film that I’d certainly watch. Exit Humanity has a DVD and on-demand release in the US on June 19th, so seeing it on the big screen in New Zealand is unlikely, unless the Film Festival guys have managed to pick it up. Outside of that, I’m hoping we’ll see it on DVD in New Zealand before the end of the year.
