Get ready everyone: Martin Scorsese is back. Four years after his gangster elegy the IrishThe legendary American director returns with another epic full of characters: a historical drama thriller by the name of moonflower killers. And while most moviegoers won’t be able to see it until it hits screens in late 2023, it will soon debut at the Cannes Film Festival, where lucky audiences will get to see one of the greatest directors of them all for the first time. time is over.
With the movie just months away, here’s what you need to know.
1) It features De Niro and DiCaprio
Throughout his career, Scorsese has had two screen muses: the first is Robert De Niro, who has starred in everything from wicked streets AND Taxi driverFor good guys, casino, angry bullAND the Irish; the second is Leonardo DiCaprio, who collaborated steadily with the director throughout the 21st century, on New York gangs, the aviator, Dead people, Shutter IslandAND The Wolf of Wall Street. Now we have a film by Scorsese with his two favorite movie stars at once – his tenth work with De Niro and sixth with DiCaprio. De Niro plays powerful rancher William Hale, with DiCaprio as his nephew Ernest Burkhart.
2) Deals with the American Indian murders and the early days of the FBI.
Unsurprisingly, Scorsese’s film is a crime drama, and like all of his best work, it’s rooted in a very specific time and place. moonflower killers is set in 1920s Oklahoma and concerns a series of murders of Native Americans, members of the Osage tribe, whose lands have been discovered to contain considerable deposits of oil. These killings highlighted a larger political struggle for control of the land and wealth bestowed by the oil industry, and it was the fledgling FBI that led an investigation to find out who was behind it all. So it’s something like a murder mystery, but the bigger storyline is America’s historical relationship with Native people, America’s transition from frontier to something more modern, and the early days of the FBI’s serial killer investigation.
3) It is based on the acclaimed book by David Grann.
For example the Irish it was based on a non-fiction book, just like moonflower killers – The whole case was explored by journalist David Grann in his 2017 book, hence the name of Scorsese’s film. Grandma wrote the books too. the lost city of z AND The old man and the gunwhich have received film adaptations in recent years.
4) Lasts almost four hours
Start your bladder exercises now, folks. Thought the IrishWas 209 minutes a marathon? Well, buckle up because moonflower killers According to reports, it has a running time of 234 minutes, which is three hours and 54 minutes. And look, we’ll take all the masterful Scorsese qualities we can get, but maybe exhibitors will consider a spread for it. Either that or wear yours. Dunes–stillsuit style.
5) Scorsese received contributions from the Osage Nation
Given the limited on-screen representation of Native American peoples, it’s important to do justice to their on-screen history and culture. Part of the filmmaking process therefore involved consulting with members of the Osage Nation. “Work is better when you let the world inform work”, moon flower said star Lily Gladstone Variety, noting how the film has changed because of this advice. “The more the community got excited about our presence, the more they became involved in the film. It’s a different movie than [Scorsese] it came to do so almost entirely because of what the community had to say about how it was done and what was described.
6) This is Bren-aissance’s last film
The world is thrilled that Brendan Fraser is not only back on our screens, but now has an Oscar as well. And while the bad girl the film he was in has been shelved, he will have a role to play moonflower killers, such as attorney WS Hamilton. Can handle the truth!
7) It has a ridiculously large budget
By all accounts, moonflower killers It’s not a short film. It features some of the biggest stars in the world, has a particularly epic length, and comes from a director famous for going big instead of going home. But even so, its budget seems astronomical, apparently on the order of $200 million. It’s quite amazing for a film without heavy special effects, telling a human story, in broad daylight. Unless, you know, Thanos is playing second fiddle or something, but given Scorsese’s historical musings on Marvel movies, that doesn’t seem likely. However, it will be interesting to see where all that money ends up on screen.
8) Has the same cinematographer as Barbie
The props are courtesy of cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto – he has two films coming this year and they couldn’t be more opposite of each other. On the one hand, he worked with Scorsese to craft an earthy, gritty, Western-tinged story about murder, oil and money, and has already starred in films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, SilenceAND the Irish. His other work? Making everything as pink as possible in Greta Gerwig’s sizzling eyeball Barbie movie. We celebrate a cinematographer who can embrace very different creative visions.
9) He has Scorsese’s entire dream team on board
When you work as hard as Scorsese, you tend to find people you want to keep working with. And many of his regulars are here: editor Thelma Schoonmaker, producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Robbie Robertson on musical assignments. Robertson has composed the music for several of Scorsese’s films, angry bullFor casinoFor The Wolf of Wall Street – and as a member of The Band (confused, we know), appeared on screen in the director’s concert film the last waltz.
10) It will premiere on the big screen
This is where bladder training comes into play: moonflower killers He will head towards the halls. Yes, it’s an Apple TV+ movie, but the acting is a big deal for the director (he even got Netflix to play with it) the Irish). Then you can catch it on the big screen from October 6 in a theatrical release, before it hits Apple afterward.
Killers Of The Flower Moon in theaters October 6
Source: EmpireOnline
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