I love Elia Kazan, although by the 70's he'd pretty much had it. In the same year as TAXI DRIVER, Mr. DeNiro gave another career-launching performance in this F. Scott Fitzgerald story which doesn't play out on the screen that well. All of this work is tough to adapt to the cinema. Theresa Russell (in her first role) is young and delightful. Tony Curtis is marvelous as a paranoid movie star and Jeanne Moreau is starting to slide. Robert Mitchum, Dana Andrews, and Donald Pleasance play established Hollywood types.
An valiant attempt at Fitzgerald, but comes up short (with no blame put on DeNiro). At least films like this were attempted in the 70's, unlike the dreaded '80's where junk prevailed for years. Seeing this may prod you into reading the novel (his last/unfinished work). A 6 out of 10.
An valiant attempt at Fitzgerald, but comes up short (with no blame put on DeNiro). At least films like this were attempted in the 70's, unlike the dreaded '80's where junk prevailed for years. Seeing this may prod you into reading the novel (his last/unfinished work). A 6 out of 10.