Definitely targeted to US audience, this "documentary" is a fast editing of snippets from everything and their dogs (Vietnam war, King Kong, random unknown musicians, hitchhikers and - literally - their dogs, lynching in the 30s, etc...) mixed with snippets about Elvis'background and meteoric rise to fame.
Given that I am not even an Elvis fan and definitely not from the US, I had no idea who two thirds of the people interviewed were and couldn't care less to listen to their tunnel-vision blabbering.
I just wanted to know a bit more about Presley, such as how he became a myth and how he managed to squander everything. What I got instead was patronising about how America is going down the drain and how Elvis "stole" his success from the Afro-American.
I definitely agree about the down the drain part and this doc is a good example.
Given that I am not even an Elvis fan and definitely not from the US, I had no idea who two thirds of the people interviewed were and couldn't care less to listen to their tunnel-vision blabbering.
I just wanted to know a bit more about Presley, such as how he became a myth and how he managed to squander everything. What I got instead was patronising about how America is going down the drain and how Elvis "stole" his success from the Afro-American.
I definitely agree about the down the drain part and this doc is a good example.