The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

1949 · 91 min · EN · 5.4 (24 votes)
Dir. Elliott Nugent · Starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Howard Da Silva

“A Great Cast... A Great Novel... A Great Motion Picture”

DramaMysteryRomance

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

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Step into a world of opulent facades and hidden sorrows, where grand parties mask a deep, melancholic yearning. This is a slow-burn descent into a glamorous, yet cynical, vision of ambition and doomed romance, draped in classic Hollywood noir shadows, leaving a lingering sense of tragic inevitability.

melancholicopulentcynicalyearningdoomedslow-burnclassic Hollywood glamourshadowy cinematographytragic romancefilm noir aestheticsunrequited loveclass disparityillusion vs. realitydestructive obsession
long island, new yorkfilm noir