"During Elvis's production, Luhrmann was able to negotiate and unearth the oft-mythicized footage of Presley in the early 1970s during his Las Vegas residency, which was sitting in a Kansas City salt mine for decades. The excavation yielded extraordinary results: Luhrmann's team found 59 hours of film from ten concerts, in addition to new, reflective interviews from Presley, who often eschewed communicating outside of press conferences."
"Luhrmann prefers to call this concert documentary a "tone poem," in which viewers transcend being stand-ins for the International Hotel audience - you get to experience Presley telling his own story for the first time, all while experiencing the gyrations of "Burning Love" and "Always on My Mind" in the prime of his career."
""If there's ever a show where you're allowed to make as much noise as you want, it's this one," Luhrmann says. "We want it to be a real concert.""
Baz Luhrmann, the filmmaker behind the 2022 Elvis biopic, has created EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a documentary featuring 59 hours of film from ten concerts during Elvis Presley's early 1970s Las Vegas residency. The footage was discovered in a Kansas City salt mine during production of the biopic. The project includes new reflective interviews from Presley, who rarely communicated outside press conferences. Luhrmann describes EPiC as a "tone poem" that allows viewers to experience Presley's story directly while witnessing performances of songs like "Burning Love" and "Always on My Mind." The filmmaker emphasizes creating an authentic concert experience where audiences can engage enthusiastically.
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