Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour, and 8mm from the Graceland archive, plus recordings of Elvis telling "his side of the story" rediscovered during Baz Luhrmann's research for his 2022 film, Elvis.
EPiC offers a genuinely rare archival experience — long-lost Las Vegas footage woven with 16mm Elvis on Tour material and Graceland 8mm home movies, plus previously unheard audio of Elvis speaking in his own words. The 'plot' is minimal as befits a concert documentary, but the performance footage is extraordinary, capturing Elvis at his most magnetic and powerful. The novelty is exceptionally high: the combination of sources, the rediscovered personal audio from Luhrmann's research, and the sheer inaccessibility of this material until now make it a singular document. Cinematography is a mixed bag by necessity — archival footage varies wildly in quality from grainy 8mm to professional 16mm — but the curatorial assembly elevates it. The ending, like most concert films, winds down rather than resolving dramatically.