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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic Elvis has connection to a Kanye West song and electronica music. The West song in question was a minor hit in the United States. It appeared on one of West’s No. 1 albums. Elvis Presley | Bettmann / Contributor
Elvis Presley inspired Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, a film filled with stylistic historical inaccuracies. Notably, Luhrmann played one of Kanye West’s songs on set in order to achieve a certain mood. Subsequently, the star of Elvis said the movie was supposed to capture how dangerous Elvis felt in the 1950s.
Baz Luhrmann played 1 Kanye West song while filming an ‘Elvis’ scene set in Memphis
Luhrmann is known for his creative use of anachronisms in movies. For example, his film adaptation of the classic Roaring Twenties novel The Great Gatsby includes dubstep and rap while his version of William Shakespeare’s Rome and Juliet combines...
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic Elvis has connection to a Kanye West song and electronica music. The West song in question was a minor hit in the United States. It appeared on one of West’s No. 1 albums. Elvis Presley | Bettmann / Contributor
Elvis Presley inspired Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, a film filled with stylistic historical inaccuracies. Notably, Luhrmann played one of Kanye West’s songs on set in order to achieve a certain mood. Subsequently, the star of Elvis said the movie was supposed to capture how dangerous Elvis felt in the 1950s.
Baz Luhrmann played 1 Kanye West song while filming an ‘Elvis’ scene set in Memphis
Luhrmann is known for his creative use of anachronisms in movies. For example, his film adaptation of the classic Roaring Twenties novel The Great Gatsby includes dubstep and rap while his version of William Shakespeare’s Rome and Juliet combines...
- 5/8/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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