Baz Luhrmann’s take on the legend may well be his nearest approach to a heartfelt love story, with apologies to Romeo + Juliet. | Jake Wilson | REVIEW
Few showmen of our day have given us more of the old razzle-dazzle than Baz Luhrmann, whose movies often appear to have no subject beyond their maker’s dedication to throwing stardust in everyone’s eyes – including his own.
“He was my destiny,” Parker tells us. A sometime carnival barker and eternal hustler, the Colonel may not know much about music but he understands showbusiness – especially the “biz” side of the equation, or what a character inThe implication is planted that rock ’n’ roll is just one more sideshow act, if not an outright con game.
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