United Kingdom, Sept. 14 -- Baz Luhrmann discovered many more intimate details about the King of Rock while working on his new film, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.

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

Baz, whose new Elvis film premiered at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, based his new project on 36 hours of archival footage from Elvis' 1969 residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Speaking to People, Baz described the film as "a cinematic tone poem" rather than a straightforward documentary or concert recording.

He said: "Docum...