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Episode 38: Jordan Brower / The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (2013)
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First Segment
Guest: Jordan Brower
0:00 - 52:02 - discussion of the Hollywood studio system's influence on early 20th century American lit with Jordan Brower, followed by a discussion of the THE GREAT GATSBY and its various movie adaptations.
Description
On today's episode of Deep Focus, host Tom Breen talks about literature and the movies with Jordan Brower, a recent Yale PhD whose dissertation looks at the profound influence of the Hollywood studio system on the development of American literature in the early 20th century. Breen and Brower focus on one particular work of American modernist fiction, F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, and discuss style and impact of the text side by side with its 1974 and 2013 movie adaptations.
Video LinksThe Great Gatsby 2013 Scene - Gatsby & Daisy Meeting
Screne from the 1974 version of THE GREAT GATSBY
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By Thomas BreenThe Great Gatsby (2013)
How to Listen
Listen on SoundCloud
Listen on iTunes
First Segment
Guest: Jordan Brower
0:00 - 52:02 - discussion of the Hollywood studio system's influence on early 20th century American lit with Jordan Brower, followed by a discussion of the THE GREAT GATSBY and its various movie adaptations.
Description
On today's episode of Deep Focus, host Tom Breen talks about literature and the movies with Jordan Brower, a recent Yale PhD whose dissertation looks at the profound influence of the Hollywood studio system on the development of American literature in the early 20th century. Breen and Brower focus on one particular work of American modernist fiction, F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, and discuss style and impact of the text side by side with its 1974 and 2013 movie adaptations.
Video LinksThe Great Gatsby 2013 Scene - Gatsby & Daisy Meeting
Screne from the 1974 version of THE GREAT GATSBY