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Baz Luhrmann's Live Elvis Encore
Baz Luhrmann’s documentary uses restored unseen 1970s footage to chronicle Elvis Presley’s return to live concerts after his 1960s film career, releasing worldwide Feb 27.
- On February 27, Baz Luhrmann releases EPiC worldwide, a documentary‑concert hybrid assembled from unseen concert and rehearsal footage of Elvis Presley.
- Centering unreleased audio, the film uses rescued 8mm negatives from MGM archives and 67 boxes of negatives, with previously unreleased 40-minute recordings.
- Onstage, Presley is shown in top form—belting 'Bridge over Troubled Water' with the Sweet Inspirations and Cissy Houston amid frenzied crowds. Luhrmann's editing swings into extremes with tight cuts and outrageous colours.
- Critics say the film gives Elvis Presley new life while exposing Colonel Tom Parker's 50% take and his confinement of Presley's U.S. touring.
- Some reviewers say Luhrmann's second Elvis project, EPiC, may spark a new wave of Elvis fervor, comparing its restoration to Peter Jackson's Get Back and calling it his best since Moulin Rouge!.
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Marin Independent Journal
How Elvis Presley roars back to life in Baz Luhrmann’s ‘EPiC’ concert film
As filmmaker Baz Luhrmann was deep into his work on “Elvis,” his 2022 biopic of Elvis Presley, an idea struck him: What if he wove real-life footage of Presley into concert scenes of actor Austin Butler as Elvis? He reached out to his Elvis experts and quickly heard back. “This wonderful man called,” Luhrmann says on a recent video call from the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood. “Ernst [Mikael Jorgensen] is like the scientist of all things Elvi…
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A concert film brings out the King of Rock and Roll from the fog of myths and shows it as an outstanding live musician. At the same time, the camera also reveals signs of disillusionment.
Elvis fans will love 'EPiC', but even for old skeptics, these are golden times for both the eyes and the ears. Baz Luhrmann delivers.
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