ElvisMovie Director Baz Luhrmann On Working With Austin Butler & Why The Film Was Like Making “Shakespeare” – DeadlineContenders + LA3Cofficial
joined Deadline’s Contenders Film: LA3C awards-season event to talk about the craft of making his larger-than-life biopic and capturing the unique frenzy of the King’s aura and music. takes a 20-year walk on the wild side depicting the unprecedented superstardom of the legendary Elvis Presley . The story is told through the eyes of his manager, Colonel Tom Parker , as he navigates Presley’s career through rock ’n’ roll, Hollywood movies and a consuming relationship with Priscilla Presley .
Luhrmann also went on to explain why Presley was such a disruptive force in prudish culture, especially with the wiggling and gyrating onstage. “It took us a lot of science to get that right.” Luhrmann said. “There was an atomic reaction in the audience — that audience wanted to eat Elvis, you know? And women just wanted to tear him to pieces. There was something about that almost spiritual existence onstage that is a gift beyond dance or choreography.”
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