The Great Gatsby -2013- [ Windows DELUXE ]

While the movie is a sensory overload, the original 1925 novel was initially a commercial "dud," selling fewer than 20,000 copies before Fitzgerald's death in 1940. It only reached legendary status after it was distributed to U.S. soldiers during World War II

Lost in the noise of the visual spectacle was a performance of quiet devastation. Leonardo DiCaprio, at the peak of his movie-star power, does something strange: he plays Jay Gatsby as a bundle of anxious tics. This Gatsby doesn’t just throw parties; he flinches when Tom Buchanan mentions “old money.” He practices a casual lean against a mantelpiece until it looks like a seizure. He calls Nick “old sport” with the desperation of a man memorizing a script in a foreign language. The Great Gatsby -2013-

It famously uses modern music from artists like Lana Del Rey, Kanye West, and Florence + The Machine to mirror how "shocking" and "new" jazz felt in the 1920s. While the movie is a sensory overload, the