'It vos,' declares the former fairground huckster Colonel Tom, 'the greatest carnival attraction I'd ever seen'.Įlvis's effect on them was like that of a charismatic young evangelical preacher.Īnd Luhrmann gives us a glimpse into another of his influences, flashing back to 1947 to show us a wide-eyed kid, in the Mississippi boondocks, watching a Christian revivalist meeting. Sensibly, Butler doesn't attempt it, swerving away from caricature.īut he has the voice and the moves, and nails the picture's best scene, when in 1954 Elvis gives his first live performance and the girls in the audience begin to swoon. Last week in Cannes it even had the stamp of approval from Riley Keough, who came to unveil her debut directorial feature War Pony, but also happens to be Elvis's granddaughter.Īs she and the rest of us are well aware, there are a thousand nightclub Elvises out there who can reproduce the famous lip curl. Usefully, even if he looks rather more like the young John Travolta than the young Elvis Presley, Butler gives a genuine virtuoso performance that is far more than an impersonation. Kylie Minogue wore a black corset detailed gown and silver choker with green diamonds on the red carpetĪs the film tells it, he all but invents the concept of merchandising, and even has 'I Hate Elvis' badges made alongside the 'I Love Elvis' badges – on the basis that not everyone will be a fan, so they might as well make money out of the detractors, too.īut the film's message is really that nobody except Elvis made Elvis, much as he wallows in the influences of black artists such as Big Mama Thornton (Shonka Dukureh), Little Richard (Alton Mason) and BB King (Kelvin Harrison Jnr). Over two hours and 39 minutes (Luhrmann is not known for his film-making brevity) we get to draw our own conclusions.Īnd in fairness Parker comes across as a brilliant entrepreneur with a gimlet eye for the main chance. It's entirely untrue, he adds, that his unrelenting demands helped to finish off his famous protege, who died aged 42 in 1977. Instead, he tells us snippily at the start that 'there are some who make me out to be the villain of this here story'. Those unaware that Colonel Tom was actually born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk in the southern Netherlands will be bewildered by his accent (which in truth sounds more mittel-European than Dutch), because Parker's background, and his illegal arrival in the United States at the age of 20, is referred to only obliquely.īut then he also acts as the film's narrator, and why would he emphasise his own foreignness? Police are asking anyone with information or surveillance footage to contact them.Kaia Gerber, Austin's girlfriend, attended the film premiere in a stunning red dress to support her partner Police believe the two incidents are related and were targeted shootings.
“It’s kind of scary and stressful,” said Kashyav. on Tuesday as a group of people set off fireworks.Ī short time later, a second set of shots were fired at a home in the area of Windflower Drive and Windflower Crescent. Police determined shots were fired at the park sometime between 10 p.m. Police also searched McLennan Park and found evidence that a firearm had been discharged there. Inside, officers found damage to an interior wall and couch that was determined to have been caused by bullets. In a media release, Waterloo regional police said they were called to the area of Windflower Drive and Windflower Crescent for a report of damage at a home around 8:15 a.m. Police vehicles are seen at McLennan Park in Kitchener on May 24, 2022. I heard fireworks, but never heard a gunshot before."
"I was really really surprised to hear that because I’ve lived here many years,” said Kashyav. The sound of fireworks was expected on the Victoria Day holiday, so to find out what they heard was a gunshot is unsettling for people who live nearby. “They shot off something that resembled a firework, it didn't really sound like a gun,” said Kashyav. when he said he saw two males dressed in black. He was taking out the trash on Monday night around 10:20 p.m. “After that I look at the sky and thought ‘maybe it's a firecracker’ and after that, I hear nothing.” because it’s a hot day, I open my window – I hear ‘bang-bang’ about twice,” said Thong Vo, who lives in the neighbourhood. People who live in the area say it’s unusual and scary. Both incidents took place Monday night on Victoria Day. Waterloo regional police say evidence of gunfire found in McLennan Park in Kitchener is connected to another shooting in the nearby area of Windflower Drive and Windflower Crescent.
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