Elvis and Priscilla

Why does Luhrmann make his portrait of Elvis and Priscilla innocent enough to come from a fairy tale and Coppola make hers as messy as it was in real-life?

Mar 17, 2024

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Austin Butler and Olivia DeJonge as Elvis and Priscilla Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 film *Elvis*. Copyright: Warner Bros.

Which is the better film: Elvis or Priscilla? Is it Baz Luhrmann’s glitzed-out saga of the King’s rise and fall or Sofia Coppola’s murkier coverage of the romance between Elvis and his child bride Priscilla?

This is not just a questio…

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