Sofia and Francis Ford Coppola attend the New York Public Library 2018 Library Lions Gala in New York City on Nov. 5, 2018.Photo:Dominik Bindl/Getty
Dominik Bindl/Getty
Francis Ford Coppolais one proud papa.
The five-timeOscarwinner, 84, shared his appreciation for daughterSofia Coppola’s latest movie,Priscilla, on Instagram Wednesday, after its positive reception on Monday at theVenice Film Festival.
Based onPriscilla Presley’s 1985 memoirElvis and Me, the film — starringCailee SpaenyandJacob Elordias Priscilla andElvis Presley, respectively — received a standing ovation from the audience in Venice, Italy, that lasted seven minutes, according toVariety. (The A24 film was granted a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement amid the strike since it was filmed in Canada with a non-AMPTP studio.)
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Among the first reviews to arrive Monday afternoon,Varietycritic Owen Gleiberman’s calledPriscilla“a piercingly honest drama”that approaches its subjects with “meticulous docudrama authenticity.”
“The book that the new movie is based on wasElvis and Me. But Coppola’s film is called, simply,Priscilla," Gleiberman wrote, “and that cues us to something essential: that the movie, while you could describe it as a love story, is not going to be told from a dual point-of-view.”
SaidDeadline’s Stephanie Bunbury, “Coppola has been at her best when observing the workings of fame, affluence and excess, not trying to skewer or accuse anyone but simply registering what she sees. The strength of her films is that seems to see everything.”
Bunbury added thatPriscillais “a damning view of a man and — eventually — a marriage… Most people know the bare bones of the Presley story. Told from his former wife’s point of view, however, it becomes another story altogether.”
Elordi’s take on the King of Rock and Roll followsAustin Butler’s Oscar-nominated performance in last year’sBaz LuhrmannbiopicElvis, which co-starredOlivia DeJongeas Priscilla.
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi attend a red carpet for the moviePriscillaat the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2023, in Venice, Italy.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
In a clip from an interview withThe Hollywood Reportershared on Instagram, Spaeny said that she felt a wide range of emotions as she sat with Presley at the world premiere.
“I think the thingthat was most touching to me, also terrifying, [was] to be watching the movie with Priscilla Presley right next to me,” the actress said in the clip.
At apress conferencefor the movie, Spaeny — otherwise known for roles in 2018’sOn the Basis of Sexand HBO’s 2021 miniseriesMare of Easttown— said that she felt Priscilla was a major supporter of hers throughout her time filming the movie.
“It was very daunting, but I got very lucky to have some time with Priscilla and she was very generous with her time," she said when asked about how she and Elordi prepared. “She was very kind to me and supportive and I think if I didn’t have that, I would have had a much harder time. That was my main source and obviously the book, but I got really lucky that the person I was playing was also very supportive.”
Priscillais in theaters Oct. 27.
source: people.com
