Priscilla

i fear i will never run out of things to say for this film. i just love it. sofia coppola is definitely at her best here when it comes to her film aesthetics. i’ve already said this before but im gonna say it again, in my opinion, i think this is the most visually stunning film i’ve watched this year. i also really liked the music choices. i believe that they played an important role in setting the film’s tone and atmosphere. it seems to me that sofia coppola used music as a storytelling technique here as well. my favourite song played in this was “Forever” by The Little Dippers, it plays during the scene where priscilla is at the roller skating rink and it proceeded to play during the entirety of the montage. i really like it and have been listening to it ever since i first watched this film. im just completely obsessed with the soundtrack.  the polaroid scene between elvis and priscilla while they’re isolating themselves and spending days in their room (which by the way is fucking weird and unsettling) completely caught me off guard because the initial playfulness took a complete turn when his tone completely changes and that sudden shift in mood was terrifying. he hits priscilla with the pillow probably because of his fragile masculinity in an attempt to assert dominance over her. sofia coppola's choice to include this shift in tone is just genius storytelling… idk!! bcs the pillow fight, which was at first initially just them having fun but then it unexpectedly turns into a scene that i think gave us the first deeper, darker layer to their relationship. it was really scary.  in my experience with sofia coppola, i either love her movies or dislike them. it was a 50/50 for this one so i was kinda scared that i would hate this and i was also worried that i might force myself to like this because of the anticipation and wait. i also, generally just had a lot of expectations for this film. and!! because of all of that, im even more so happy to say that i was pretty satisfied with this. gorgeous gorgeous movie. one of my favorites of the year.