Re: waiting for the Miracle - teen angst texts

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 11:28:04 +1100

Has anyone seen the 1926 movie of `The Great Gatsby' ? They had a good
Gatsby but they started the movie from the vantage point of Gatsby's grave,
which to me was a big mistake. I agree though - Redford is not Gatsby, and
it still remains for someone to do a definitive version.
Camille Scaysbrook

verona_beach@geocities.com
THE ARTS HOLE
@ http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442

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> From: Win Boogie <WinBoogie@aol.com>
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: waiting for the Miracle - teen angst texts
> Date: Saturday, 28 March 1998 1:40
> 
> In a message dated 98-03-27 07:10:21 EST, you write:
> 
> << 
>  I've met Will (in the appropriately clandestine fashion), and it turns
out
>  that he is Jay Gatsby.  >>
>       Is this true Tim? I think I had been reading the book for ten years
> before I realized that a movie existed, but Redford was not Jay Gatsby
for me
> at all. If Will is Gatsby could you please forward the best description
you
> can.