ELVIS editors Matt Villa and Jonathan "Jono" Redmond are no strangers to director Baz Luhrmann's unique style of cinema. For that matter, neither is Sound Designer and Re-recording mixer, Wayne Pashley. Matt and Jono first worked together on MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) with Jono serving as 1st assistant editor and Matt doing VFX editing. Wayne Pashley goes all the way back with Baz Luhrmann to Baz's first film, STRCITLY BALLROOM (1992). But it was Luhrmann's THE GREAT GATSBY (2013) where Matt, Jono and Wayne first worked together on a film for the acclaimed Aussie director.
Delivered in Luhrmann's trademark style of lush soundscapes and rich, high-energy visuals, ELVIS is told through the voice of Elvis Presley's former manager, "Colonel Tom Parker". While on his deathbed in 1997, Parker recalls how he discovered the future King of Rock and Roll and chronicles their time together throughout Elvis' ascension to icon status, as well as the downward spiral that ultimately led to Presley's death in 1977.
MATT VILLAMatt Villa is known for PREDESTINATION (2014), The Great Gatsby (2013) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017).
JONATHAN REDMONDJono Redmond is known for his work as 1st assistant editor (digital) for MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) and editor for THE GREAT GATSBY (2013) and THE GET DOWN (2016-17).
WAYNE PASHLEYWayne Pashley is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Daybreakers (2009).
Editing ELVISIn our discussion with the ELVIS editors we talk about:
- Keeping it moving, keeping it transitional
- Protecting the king at all costs
- The three different voices of Elvis from the 50's, 60's and 70's
- Cutting concert performances compared to cutting the narrative
- Applying the "poetic glue"
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