Baz Luhrmann discovered many more intimate details about the King of Rock while working on his new film, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.

The Australian filmmaker, 62, carried out a huge deep dive into the singer for his 2022 film starring Austin Butler as the music icon, but has now says his latest project on the legend throws even more light on his life.

Luhrmann, whose new Elvis film premiered at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, based his project on 36 hours of archival footage from Elvis' 1969 residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Speaking to People, Luhrmann described the film as "a cinematic tone poem" rather than a straightforward documentary or concert recording.

"Documentaries about Elvis tend to be people talking about him: 'Well, Elvis is this', he

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