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GATSBY'S PARTY

and dialogue. I get it, I see that Nick is very impressed.

MEETING GATSBY

This is in conflict both with the book and the wasteland you've already set up, so I think you might need to change everything. Also, am I reading this right? Is Linkin Park playing in the background of a scene that already has different music playing? Should I assume there are two simultaneous soundtracks in this movie and that one of them is always Linkin Park? I can't imagine that working. Also worried about MC Baha Men for a number of reasons.

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SUIT UP

It's going to be tough to get fans of the book and representatives of the Fitzgerald estate behind the idea of putting robots in this movie. And it'll also be hard just getting your average, general audience-member behind the idea of introducing robots out of nowhere 40 minutes into what is either an apocalyptic party film or a romantic tale about obsession and class wars. I'm not doubting your abilities (loved Transformers), I'm just suggesting that you might want to either introduce the robots earlier and explain their presence, or not introduce them at all. I'm leaning towards the second one, but you're the hottest director in town right now, so it's your call I guess.

Why? Why does he call it that? It's almost like you just scanned the book for words you thought were neat and added them into the screenplay. Oh, actually, speaking of which, is there a screenplay we can take a look at, or do you just sort of only work in pictures and boom noises? And, this might be nitpicking, but "it was the best of times" is from