During the Wednesday conversation, Thompson noted that one of her favorite scenes from the film is Nick’s final scene with Gatsby, as he tells his friend that story’s Old Money characters are a ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel is a slender epic of wealth and society, brilliantly depicting the ambitions and illusions of a mysterious self-made man.

The Great Gatsby l ooks fabulous, but ultimately there is an emptiness underneath the excess. With tickets going for up to £300 a pop, I’m not sure if the producers will see the irony of that.

“The Great Gatsby” is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. At the time, no one paid Gerlach — a former car mechanic who had fallen on hard times — any mind.