Baz Luhrmann found 65 reels of lost Elvis Presley footage in Kansas salt mines

Baz Luhrmann Says Finding Long-Lost Tapes of Elvis Presley in a Salt Mine 'Was Like “Raiders of the Lost Ark'”

The director's new concert film 'EPiC' spotlight's the late legend's 1970s Las Vegas residencyBaz Luhrmann; Elvis PresleyCredit: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; NeonNEED TO KNOWAhead of his 2022 biopic Elvis, Baz Luhrmann sent researchers to a salt mine in Kansas in search of long-lost Elvis Presley tapesWhen the researchers found 65 feels of footage, "they keeled over," Luhrmann tells PEOPLELuhrmann used that footage, which had been recorded for 1970’s …

Never mind method acting. Baz Luhrmann is a “method director”

You've heard of method actors — performers who fully immerse themselves in a role until a project is complete — but Baz Luhrmann calls himself a “method director.” Spectacle is his signature. From the glittering chaos of Moulin Rouge! to the roaring parties of The Great Gatsby, Baz fills every frame with vibrant colour, music and movement. For his new documentary, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, he dives headfirst into the glitter once again, th…

Baz Luhrmann found 65 reels of lost Elvis Presley footage in Kansas salt mines

Baz Luhrmann.Gareth Cattermole/GettyIf Baz Luhrmann's projects are known for anything, it's their bravado.In the Australian director's hands, an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is set in the present day, where the warring gangs of Capulets and Montagues wear leather vests and tropical shirts. A jukebox musical inspired by "La Boheme" becomes a dazzling smash hit featuring songs by everyone from Nirvana to David Bowie. And an "Elvi…