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I read the authors wiki page after watching the movie and didn't gain any more admiration or respect for him or it because of it tbh. it all sounds like marketing BS like a description of a post-modern artpiece which is really just a plastic turd put on display.
I gave the movie almost two hours and in that time it conveyed none of those deeper concepts, all it did was showcasing the weimar lifestyle and a really boring and nonsensical romance plot.
It didn't make me question or think about anything, I already hated that cultural "jazz age" era anyway and even if I was a fan of it, the movie would not convince me to find a flaw in it.
I can compare it directly to "the beach" which actually does clearly convey ideas about utopia, human nature and group dynamics. gatsby sucks even compared to that mid movie
in my opinion anyway