Similarities Between Midnight In Paris And The Great Gatsby

Both sets of characters from the two films, Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, constitute the characters of Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, in their own ways. Luhrmann’s film, The Great Gatsby brings the characters to life using both the real names and similar attitudes as in the book, whereas Allen’s Midnight in Paris uses completely different characters to enliven the novel.
To portray the characters’ state of mind as well as their attitude in general, Luhrmann adapts Fitzgerald’s novel into a film. The movie portrays the main characters of the book well. In the novel, Fitzgerald describes Tom as burling. Tom from the movie shares this trait with his novel counterpart. In addition, people portrayed

Dreaming of the past, Gil from Midnight in Paris, and Gatsby from The Great Gatsby, share a similar theme with each other. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby wishes to go back to five years ago, when he and Daisy first met. In comparison, Gil, from Midnight in Paris, wishes to go back to 1920s Paris. Both characters are constantly talking about how they want to go back to their desired time. In addition, Gil contains the character traits of both Nick and Gatsby from the book. His similarity to Nick comes from watching everything in front of him unfold. Additionally, Gil stumbles along to all these parties just as Nick. However, he shares similarities with Gatsby, like when he discovers all the poets and authors, everyone doubts that they knew him. In The Great Gatsby, the world thinks of Gatsby as a mysterious figure. Furthermore, Gatsby and Gil are the two characters who fantasize of the past and dream of life with the “golden girl. Adrianna represented the golden girl for Gil and Daisy for Gatsby. Some argue that Midnight in Paris was not a homage to The Great Gatsby and that the characters from the film do not represent characters from the novel. However, it clearly pays homage because the character similarities are too accurate to each other. For example, everyone wants Daisy, and Daisy loves Gatsby, yet Daisy’s marriage with Tom distances her from Gatsby. This story matches the story in Midnight in Paris. In the film, Adrianna represents the golden girl. Both Adrianna and Gil are attracted to each other. Even so, Gil and Inez’s engagement creates distance between