The Recession has a happy ending in Hollywood
December 30, 2008 by Lance Carter
Hollywood has found its new hot subject matter: the global economic meltdown.
One of the first will be an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald‘s novel The Great Gatsby to be directed by Baz Luhrmann. He says the story, set in 1920s Long Island with the Depression looming, will be made in double-quick time because it can tell today’s audience how we got into the current financial mess.
“People will need an explanation of where we are and where we’ve been, and The Great Gatsby can provide that,” he told the Hollywood Reporter. “If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, ‘You’ve been drunk on money’, they’re not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time, they’d be willing to.”
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