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The King (2017)
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Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, two-time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki's new film takes the King's 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical road trip across America. From Memphis to New York, Las Vegas, and beyond, the journey traces the rise and fall of Elvis as a metaphor for the country he left behind. In this groundbreaking film, Jarecki paints a visionary portrait of the state of the American Dream and a penetrating look at how the hell we got here. A diverse cast of Americans, both famous and non, join the journey.
Genre:
Documentary
Actors:
Alec Baldwin, Tony Brown, James Carville, Rosanne Cash, Chuck D., Maggie Clifford, Lana Del Rey, Emi Sunshine & The Rain, EmiSunshine, Radney Foster, Patricia Gaines, ...»
Director:
Eugene Jarecki
Country:
United States
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The Arts Desk
August 27, 2018 The King is a visual essay - it proposes a thesis, then builds a convincing argument, bouncing between Presley's life and the state of the nation.
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The Film Yap
October 10, 2018 A compelling portrait of Elvis Presley that contemplates what he meant to America and its ever-evolving dream.
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September 05, 2018 Jarecki's road-trip never reaches answers or a destination, but it's a curiously diverting ride.
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Globe and Mail
July 13, 2018 Provocative and at times unwieldy, The King is something of a stoned CNN Special Report on wheels.
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New Yorker
June 26, 2018 ...the movie does so in painfully simplistic terms, with encyclopedia-style snippets of history, authentically pained but insubstantial musings on "how we got here," and an odd reliance on the comments of celebrities who lack any Presley connection...
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Wall Street Journal
June 28, 2018 With an insistence that borders almost comically on obsession, [director Eugene Jarecki] forces the singer's life into a larger theory of national decline-the American dream is dead, and Elvis is the emblem of its passing.
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The Victoria Advocate
October 09, 2018 Elvis Presley's 1963 Rolls-Royce serves as a metaphor for what 's wrong with this country in two-time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki's new documentary.
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Toronto Star
July 12, 2018 Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki does something rather unusual with The King, which becomes something extraordinary and insightful.
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San Diego Reader
July 27, 2018 The insistence may inspire a furrowed brow here, a rolled eye there, and a shaken fist or knowing nod over yonder, but there's enough earnest comment and good music to make the effort worth seeing and chewing over.
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Boston Globe
July 12, 2018 At its best, "The King" is a fever dream of American glory and American weirdness - between which there can be an even thinner line than the one separating love from hate.
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Awards Circuit
October 11, 2018 Elvis is clearly used as a metaphor by Jarecki. Undeniably progressive in his approach and his politics, the filmmaker still crafts a compelling portrait that reaches beyond simply ideology.
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