Priscilla

words cannot describe how amazing this movie was The movie looks at this incredibly iconic couple through a very honest lens, showing the ups and downs of being this rockstar’s teenage wife. the movie encapsulates what it’s like to have a crush as a teenage girl in a way so true to life. also she doesn’t shy away from the more glamourous and romantic aspects of this lifestyle, which i think makes the depressing and idle moments more impactfi’m This movie not only speaks to this one relationship, and further tackles more societal issues. at the start of this movie priscilla is a symbol of innocence and purity, especially the fetishization of these qualities. this why elvis tells her not to change when he goes back to america, also partially why he refuses to have sex with her (as well as it is a way from him to preserve how he thinks about himself). When she moves into elvis’ home, she is left to sit there idly and just wait at the phone for his call. imo this speaks to how societly women are made to be these idle figure who only exist to please the men in their lives. she sits around waiting just for him to come home and ask “where’s MY Cilla”, she is fundamentally just an object for him to use when convenient, and forget when something more exciting is happening. not only is this idea of women sitting idle exemplified through prsicilla, but also through the other women in elvis’ life, especially his grandma. she tends to his needs, makes him food, cleans, etc, yet most of her work goes unseen and unacknowledged as she too is just an idle object, just here to please elvis. i think this is what makes the end when she says goodby to the other women so impactful, because she is finally leaving this prison, while they are stuck, continuing their lives as these idle objects.  honestly i could keep on going about how much i love this movie, and how much it emotionally moved me, but i’ll leave here for now