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Baz Luhrmann on ‘Gatsby’: ‘Live For the Green Light’

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In his preface to a beautiful hardcover edition of the manuscript of ‘The Great Gatsby,’ the director argues that Fitzgerald’s novel is as relevant today as it was a century ago.

Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
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Courtesy Jonathan Marder & Company
Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann

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