First Malick I did not like very much.

Astonishingly stiff for a movie made in the heyday of New Hollywood. Not really bad, but I honestly disliked the scenes scriptwriter Coppola thought he had to invent: Gatsby and Daisy whispering love in his house, in the middle of the film, this part looks and feels like bad TV soap opera. The material certainly needed a makeover badly, and Baz Luhrman's version does exactly that (though it may have its own flaws.). On the upside: Karen Black as Myrtle is wonderful, just look at this scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRABm5GgHc

One of the rare films that make you say "Oh. Mh; … ok. Wow." It's good and very special, but after one hour I sensed redundancy. Which is probably unfair and only due to me watching it at home instead of a cinema, where it belongs. I loved the Kylie Minogue scene and of course the talking cars. The film leaves you quite clueless what it is all about, but it definitely makes you thinking what that might be. A strange, wonderful movie.

Wow, that was fun. One of the best memories I will take with me from Berlinale 2013.