Philippe Le Sourd
Put in your winged eyeliner and get your nail polish out as a result of Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” is streaming on Max starting Feb. 23, following its October theatrical launch.
Based mostly on the e book “Elvis and Me” by Priscilla Presley, the A24 movie stars Cailee Spaeny within the titular function, chronicling her marriage to Elvis Presley, performed by Jacob Elordi. From their first time assembly in Germany to the life they shared at Graceland, “Priscilla” particulars the rise and fall of the long-lasting couple’s marriage whereas providing a special perspective on the king of rock ‘n’ roll as advised via the eyes of his spouse.
Spaeny acquired a Golden Globe nomination for greatest efficiency by a feminine actor. The movie was additionally nominated for the Golden Lion on the eightieth annual Venice Movie Competition, with Spaeny profitable the Coppa Volpi for greatest actress.
Named one among Selection’s Critic’s Picks, Owen Gleiberman wrote in his evaluation of the movie, “The daring factor Coppola does, on condition that we’re used to seeing even subtle biopics weave the lives they’re displaying us into dramatic arcs, is to current the rise and fall of Priscilla and Elvis’s relationship as a diary, one which merely flows ahead in a form of goal Zen vogue, by no means trumping something up. At moments you could surprise: The place are the arcs? However the arc is the entire film — the story of how the ebullient, soft-voiced rock ‘n’ roll idol who Priscilla thought she was falling in love with developed right into a pathological character, although perhaps he all the time was.”
