Entertainment

Hardcore F. Scott Fitzgerald fans have always written off the idea of a movie adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” as something impossible to get right. A look back at the four films that it’s been turned into so far reveals that their negative thoughts have been pretty accurate. Of the versions made in 1926, 1949, 1974, and 2000 (for television), only the ’74 film, with Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby and Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan, has come close to capturing the essence of the book, but even so,...