Sofia Coppola’s newest film Priscilla is a beautiful, quiet meditation on a young woman’s painful journey into adulthood in the gilded cage of one of the most famous people on the planet. In Priscilla, Coppola weaves together romance and agony to create a tapestry of feeling – the feeling of love, the feeling of resentment, the feeling of being totally alone. So what is the film really trying to say about Priscilla, Elvis Presley, and their relationship? Let’s unpack the real facts of her real life and the film’s version to get a better understanding of the deeper story Coppola is actually trying to tell. (Plus, we’ll explain the real life Elvis drama the film came up against.)

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Sophia Coppola's Priscilla
00:47 Meeting Elvis at 14 years old + the beginning of their relationship
04:52 Priscilla finding herself & becoming her own person
08:06 The film's real-life Elvis drama

CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah McCullough
Associate Producer: Tyler Allen
Writer: Jessica Babineaux
Narrator: Charly Bovina
Video Editor: Travis Martin