In 'Priscilla,' writer-director Sofia Coppola gives Priscilla Presley the biopic treatment and digs into the ugly side of her marriage to Elvis.
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Working with production designer Tamara Deverell, Coppola crafts a precise, pink prison for Priscilla from the film's opening shots that hyper-focus on a plush flamingo-colored carpet and Priscilla's matching toenails to the careful application of her signature winged eyeliner that is the embodiment of Taylor Swift lyric, "Cat eye sharp enough to kill a man.
Priscilla, as she is now, is a force to be reckoned with — immediately following their divorce, she opened her own clothing boutique. It is Priscilla who has kept the flame of Elvis' legacy burning, as the founder and president of Elvis Presley Enterprises, following his death. While that version of her was undoubtedly unearthed via gradual awakening, it's disappointing to see Priscilla's journey toward agency given short shrift in her own story.
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