Der Elvis

1988
23m

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A punked-out, radical deconstruction of the mythology of Elvis Presley colliding fact and fiction in a miasma of feedback, noise, and stoopid Presley impersonators. Der Elvis is literally an... Read allA punked-out, radical deconstruction of the mythology of Elvis Presley colliding fact and fiction in a miasma of feedback, noise, and stoopid Presley impersonators. Der Elvis is literally and metaphorically a postmodern spew of theoretical aesthetics set to the pulsing soundtrack... Read allA punked-out, radical deconstruction of the mythology of Elvis Presley colliding fact and fiction in a miasma of feedback, noise, and stoopid Presley impersonators. Der Elvis is literally and metaphorically a postmodern spew of theoretical aesthetics set to the pulsing soundtrack of utterly warped bricolage.

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6.8/10

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Golden Joe Baker

Elvis Presley

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- Jon Moritsugu
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- Jon Moritsugu
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1/10

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I saw this 20-plus minute art-school project in the summer of 1988 at the York Theater in San Francisco, as part of a program of similar short subjects supporting a rare screening of the Todd Haynes film 'Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story' (this was still three years before that notorious feature was banned for its unauthorized use of copyrighted music).

Regarding 'Der Elvis': perhaps the less said the better. The film is a schlock-punk portrait which rapes the King of Rock 'n' Roll in his grave, by trying very hard to be as offensive as possible. It's crap like this that gives bad taste a bad name.