Film Review – Priscilla

Last year, there was “Elvis,” with director Baz Luhrmann transforming the life and times of Elvis Presley into a tornado of filmmaking, performance, and music, aiming to show as much respect as possible with a sympathetic portrait of the iconic entertainer. The King returns to screens in “Priscilla,” with writer/director Sofia Coppola aiming for a more critical understanding of Elvis, examining the experience of his wife, using Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir, “Elvis and Me,” as the basis for this exploration of relationship woes. Coppola doesn’t have any interest in the glitz of the Elvis experience, retaining her concentration on the meditative touches of indie moviemaking, crafting something of a companion picture to her 2006 effort, “Marie Antoinette,” with both tales examining the ways of women stuck in strange situations of luxury and submission, gradually recognizing such imprisonment. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com