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Movies & Series 10 January 2023, 14:18

author: Jan Tracz

Elvis. Best movies of 2022

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Elvis, dir. Baz Luhrmann, Warner Bros., 2022 - Best Movies of 2022 - Documentary - 2022-12-16
Elvis, dir. Baz Luhrmann, Warner Bros., 2022
  1. Director : Baz Luhrmann
  2. Genre : Biographical
  3. Movie length : 2 hours 39 minutes
  4. Where to watch: HBO MAX

Elvis is: music, dance, rebellion, sex, cinema, acting, addiction, women, ego, dark side, Tom Parker, comeback concert and death by overdose. But the movie is just the director's excuse to do a musical. And the director in question is Baz Luhrmann, responsible for such gems like Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby , - once again finding a story that appeals to his idea of a movie. Some time ago, he had Fitzgerald, now he has Presley - a name that generates millions of dollars even long ago after his death.

Austin Butler, the main actor, becomes one with Presley. He even collaborated with the choreographer responsible for preparing Rami Malek for the role of Freddy Mercury, so don't be surprised if Butler will receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. The evil "Colonel" Tom Parker by Tom Hanks is somewhat of a caricature. And even if he was the person responsible for many of Presley's problems, the film lacks a slightly better-defined character who would be the opposite of our protagonist. But his performance is still a good one!

Jan Tracz

Jan Tracz

Graduated Film Studies (BA and MA) at King's College London, UK. Currently, he writes for Collider, WhyNow, The Upcoming, Ayo News, Interia Film, Przegląd, Film.org.pl, and Gamepressure.com. He has had publications in FIPRESCI, Eye For Film, British Thoughts Magazine, KINO, Magazyn PANI, WP Film, NOIZZ, Papaya Rocks, Tygodnik Solidarnosc, and Filmawka. He has also collaborated with Rock Radio and Movies Room. Conducted interviews with Alejandro González Ińárritu, Lasse Hallström, Michel Franco, Matthew Lewis, and David Thomson. His published works include an essay in the anthology "Nikt Nikomu Nie Tlumaczy: Swiat wedlug Kiepskich w kulturze" (Brak Przypisu Publishing, 2023). Laureate of the Leopold Unger Scholarship in 2023. Member of the Young FIPRESCI Jury during WFF 2023.

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