To the world, Priscilla Presley’s lifestyle looked a story book. Like Cinderella, she was a sort-hearted well-known girl plucked out-of obscurity is a beneficial princess – however because of the a good demure, sexless prince. She is actually chose by the King of Rock-‘n’-roll, to live in their palace, enclosed by deluxe, draped regarding the best dresses, and you can peppered which have kisses and you will sweet-talk on sexiest people real time. With Priscilla, writer/manager Sofia Coppola takes you trailing this new glittery doorways out of Graceland to reveal the view from within of their gilded cage.
From this vantage area, you can see how a very more youthful girl got swept up about King’s arena of swinging songs, Southern appeal, pill swallowing, and sex notice. But Coppola in addition to reveals just how so it fairy-tale festered on the a great tale regarding a beneficial little princess swept up during the a good tower, their particular merely like turned tyrant.
Adapted away from Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me, with Presley by herself onboard once the government music producer, Priscilla was a radiant, empathetic, but maybe not unsuspecting look at the first like you to definitely stuck the complete earth’s attention – but must not has sparked jealousy.