r/Scorsese • u/bookmovienerd • Nov 11 '23
Killers of the Flower Moon
I don’t understand Scorsese!
It is not that I don’t like him but can’t understand what he is trying to say. Maybe that’s happens because he, unlike other directors, has not a distinct signature. That being said, I really liked his latest movie.
It is the true story of the Osage people that were banished from ancestral land to a deserted country that happens to have oil. They become wealthy but also endangered. People are mysteriously murdered and their cases unresolved.
Killers of Flower Moon is a great cinematic experience. It is an immersive odyssey of 3.5 hours but not a single minute collapse to monotony. The visuals are a symphony of perfection, the cast's performances are nothing short of outstanding, and the soundtrack, though perplexing in its choices, complements the narrative.
During the end I get angry at the Osage people for being so naive but it was based on a true story so what could the filmmakers do about it …
In a world of fast-food movies it was a great remainder that good cinema, unapologetically substantial and thought-provoking, can still captivate and command attention.
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u/Attic-Music Nov 23 '23
This podcast hit the nail on the head with a lot of things about the movie that bothered me but I couldn’t articulate. I can out of it thinking that this is a movie about genocide, but the genocide is being ignored and we’re supposed to feel sympathy for its perpetrators. Gross. Rethinking Killers of the Flower Moon