After four years away from filmmaking,Martin Scorsesejust couldn’t stand it anymore. Coming back stronger than ever and with a story that took a semi-deviation from his previous themes, the iconic director droppedKillers of the Flower Moonin 2023. With a stacked cast featuring some of the director’s more prominent collaborators, includingLeonardo DiCaprioandRobert De Niro, a screenplay based on a popular non-fiction book, and the attachment of one of the world’s most revered directors, it’s no surprise why the movie currently holds a 93% critics’ approval rating onRotten Tomatoes. For those who didn’t catch thethree-and-a-half-hour long featurewhen it was playing in cinemas, now’s your chance to watch it from the comfort of your own home with plenty of bathroom breaks, as the title finds itself among Apple TV+’s Top 10.
The unbelievable and devastating true story behind Scorsese’sKillers of the Flower Moonfirst made its way to the public by way ofDavid Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book,Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. The film’s plot centers around the harrowing slayings that took place in the Osage Nation of Oklahoma during the 1920s. Greed captivated the locals after oil was struck on tribal land. Although the tribe was the rightful owners of the black gold,a skeezy businessman and political leaderfound a way to weasel his way into the earnings and helped other white people do the same.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Was Stolen By Its Leading Lady
WhileKillers of the Flower Moonmay have first drawn audiences in with its leading stars, De Niro and DiCaprio, it was the performance byLily Gladstonethat hammered home the movie’s heart and soul. Having been in the business for well over a decade, Gladstone appeared in other hit titles like FX’s stellar series,Reservation Dogs, andKelly Reichardt’s feature,Certain Women, but it was her performance inKillers of the Flower Moonthat fully put the actress on the map. The movie received a fair amount of pushback from the Indigenous community, specifically about it being told from the side of the oppressor, but Gladstone’s performance certainly took some of the heat off Scorsese. Initially, her character,Mollie Burkhart, was only given three scenes, which could have made the entire production turn out very differently.
A ten-time Academy Award nominated film,Killers of the Flower Moon, seemed to be the title on the tip of everyone’s tongue last year. And now, eager audiences can watch it for the first time or relive the story as Scorcese’s most recent directorial effort is streaming on Apple TV+.
Killers of the Flower Moon
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
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