"The Great Gatsby" ( Directed by Jack Clayton )

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"The film The Great Gatsby (Jack Clayton, 1974) is based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and this is a story that is overtly critical of the American dream as it was viewed in the 1920s and after. The film version has in some ways muted this critical element, but it is inherent in the story of Jay Gatsby.

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"The film The Great Gatsby (Jack Clayton, 1974) is based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and this is a story that is overtly critical of the American dream as it was viewed in the 1920s and after. The film version has in some ways muted this critical element, but it is inherent in the story of Jay Gatsby. The criticism is apparent in the way Gatsby views success and tries to achieve it by measuring himself against those he believes have achieved the American dream, because their lives show that this dream has a dark side.

The American Dream is based on the image Americans have of themselves as a people achieving much because they live in a country that is egalitarian so that self-improvement is the way to achieve success. While this might seem a very practical vision of the American Dream, there is also a mystic quality to ..."

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