Elvis
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann says that his upcomingElvisbiopic is theApocalypse Nowof musical . It ’s beenalmost a decade since Luhrmann deliver a new feature film , with his last release having been a 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s classic American novel , The Great Gatsby , in 2013 . The movie won two Oscar and proved once again that Luhrmann ’s ability to take familiar content matter and completely reinvent it was still his strongest asset .
However , after the success ofGatsby , Luhrmann decided to wrick his lot toward the rapidly grow streaming video grocery . Netflix commission him to bring his unique appreciation of the musical genre to audiences withThe Get Down , a TV series that focused on teenager in the South Bronx during New York City ’s ethnic heyday of the 1970s . alas for Luhrmann , the experiment proved a loser andNetflix parted shipway with the series in 2017 after just one season . In the years since the dying ofThe Get Down , Luhrmann has been heavy at piece of work on what some might consider the biopic topic of all biopic topics : rock n ’ roll legend Elvis Presley . Luhrmann’sElviswill hit theatre of operations in just over a calendar month , with up - and - come actor Austin Butler in the pic ’s nominal role .
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Anticipation remains high forElvis , with Luhrmann ’s reputation for flamboyant visuals and busy frames once again anticipate . But while devotee are set to head to theatres as soon as possible , Luhrmann maintain that the film is n’t a biopic and that rather , it’s“a three - act cultural opera . ”In fact , during a late consultation withEW , the 59 - year - old film producer went even further , comparingElvisto Francis Ford Coppola ’s epical 1979 hitApocalypse Nowby state that it was“the Apocalypse Now of musicals ” :
The Apocalypse Now of musicals is what I ’ve joked about calling the movie — and that ’s the ' 70s period . It ’s so straggly and it ’s beautiful , but it ’s powerful . It ’s a three - act pop - cultural opera house .
Even by Luhrmann ’s standards , it ’s a bold statement . Apocalypse Nowis arguably more famous for the passing unmanageable lengths thatCoppola decease to just to get the flick madethan the factual film is with audiences . On top of all that , the film ’s brute story of the horrors of war put it worlds apart from Luhrmann’sElvis . Nonetheless , Luhrmann ’s lingua - in - impertinence comparison does make a sure degree of sense , in that he ’s attempting to do something with the musical musical genre that audiences really have n’t seen before . That level of dream is sodding Luhrmann , and while he seems to be expect tremendous thing fromElvis , like most of his films , it already feel as if it will either be a rattling hitting or a substantial miss .
Most likely the braggy challenge thatElvisfaces , however , is n’t revolutionizing the musical . Instead , it ’s appeal audience who did n’t grow up listening to Elvis and really do n’t roll in the hay much about him at all . It could be argued that Luhrmann did n’t make the film for this demographic and insteadis attract to Elvis fans . But time interchange , as does music , and today Elvis ’ popularity might not be enough to make the picture show a hit . Then again , this is the same movie maker who made Shakespeare’sRomeo and Julietinto a blockbuster , meaning that anything is possible when it comes to Luhrmann ’s chances .
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Source : EW
