On a recent Saturday afternoon, Baz Luhrmann is at a famous tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, a place that has become quite familiar to him.
The Australian filmmaker, whose credits include “Strictly Ballroom,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “Moulin Rouge!” and “The Great Gatsby,” first came to Graceland five years ago to begin research that would lead to his latest work, “Elvis.” The film debuts in theaters this week
And yet while sitting at the one-time home of its subject, late rock pioneer Elvis Presley, Luhrmann begins a video interview by saying he never really wanted to do a biopic. Furthermore, he says that although he used to go see Presley’s movies at the local cinema when he was a kid, ‘It’s not like I’m this devoted Elvis fan who always wanted to do an Elvis movie.”
