====== Elvis De Luxe (1995) ======

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Building on the success of [[charon:past:neurodancer|Neurodancer]] and their earlier shows, Grapefruit started working on the next extravagant theatrical spectacle, "Elvis De Luxe".

The story unfolds in outer space, following a group of Elvis impersonators from ex-Yugoslavia travelling to a distant planet where an Elvis-impersonator competition is to take place. The scene was just a pair of interstellar yellow-cabs, vividly painted old fiats with their roofs cut off, standing on platforms that could be moved around in front of a big movie screen.

The screen provided the backdrop, and computer generated animations were projected on it to generate the illusion of space travel, landing on distant planets and even of a rather long sequence of speeding through a wormhole that ended with a little 'space combat' scene. The movies were supposed to be as reallistic as possible, to provide a contrast to bizarre humor happening in front of the screen.

For this show, I had to create for about 30 minutes of CGR, although truth to be told, more than two thirds of that were just a simple travelling starfield. All animations were done using 3D Studio 3.x. I picked out some of the favorite clips and stuck them together, here they are:

[[http://www.sinistersystems.com/files/charon/ElvisDeLuxe.wmv|Movie: ElvisDeLuxe.wmv (1995)]]

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"Elvis De Luxe" was written and directed by Iztok Lovrič, and performed by theatrical group Grapefruit. The premiere was staged at [[http://www.pre-glej.si|GLEJ theatre]].

I loved this show even better than "Neurodancer", the Elvis impersonator characters were great and the dialogs were hilarious. I also recommend the soundtrack.

====== External links ======

[[http://www.ljudmila.org/core/elvis.htm|Soundtrack]]

[[http://193.2.107.56/ZAC/index.asp?PID=4401&l=1|Video]]


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