Reblog: Baz Luhrmann Calls ‘Elvis’ the ‘Apocalypse Now’ of Musicals and a ‘Pop Cultural Opera’ — IndieWire

“It isn’t a nostalgia piece,” Luhrmann said of the film starring Austin Butler and headed for Cannes this year.

Baz Luhrmann Calls ‘Elvis’ the ‘Apocalypse Now’ of Musicals and a ‘Pop Cultural Opera’ — IndieWire