Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
The film's dominant themes align with left-leaning values by critiquing the moral decay, social stratification, and hollowness of the American Dream driven by extreme wealth and class divisions, particularly evident in its depiction of the wealthy elite and the 'Valley of Ashes'.
The movie features a traditional cast that aligns with the original source material's character descriptions, without any explicit DEI-driven casting choices. Its narrative critiques the moral decay and class issues of the Jazz Age through its characters, but this is not framed as an explicit critique of traditional identities in a DEI context.
The film portrays a society, particularly the wealthy elite, whose actions are antithetical to Christian values, highlighting their moral decay and hypocrisy. While not directly critiquing Christian doctrine, the narrative depicts its nominal adherents as spiritually bankrupt and driven by materialism.
The 1974 adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story focuses on heterosexual relationships and the social dynamics of the Jazz Age, resulting in no depiction of queer identity within its narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1974 film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" maintains the established genders of all its major characters from the source material. No characters canonically male or female in the novel are portrayed as a different gender in the movie.
The 1974 film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel features a cast whose racial portrayals align with the established races of the characters in the source material. No major character originally depicted as one race is portrayed as a different race.
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