Threshold - Narcissus

In Memphis, he again lived in the intrusive rhythm of film screenings, which lasted until the morning, or with his company visited the local amusement park, all of which he already knew by heart. He was so trained that he could now ride the roller coaster, standing in the head trailer and not holding onto the crossbar, even on the most dizzying descent. In California, he dispelled anguish, as he could, for example, bypassing the jewelry departments of department stores, which he ordered to open in the middle of the night and spent there several hours astronomical amounts using his "yard". Elvis finally lost his sense of reality and irrevocably mired in his fictional world. The whole tragedy of separation from life was expressed in the naive exclamation of one of the King's henchmen, when he and his retinue once ventured to ride a car before sunset: “Listen,but it’s fun to walk in the evenings like that! Look! Even real people are on the streets! ”