For two hours and 39 minutes we watched the ecstasy and the agony of Elvis Presley’s adult life. Baz Luhrman has done a masterful and artistic job of telling the complicated and sad story of Elvis’ rise to fame, set against the backdrop of racial issues that still trouble is today, and against the political turmoil caused by the killing of JFK, MLK, and Bobby Kennedy as well. For instance, I did not know that Elvis went into the Army... Read more