Martin Scorsese is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time and has made some truly iconic movies.
Plenty of his films have entered the cultural zeitgeist like Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Cape Fear, Gangs of New York and The Departed.
His new picture, Killers of the Flower Moon, has received glowing reviews from critics.
The official premise reads:
'Members of the Osage tribe in northeastern Oklahoma are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major BOI investigation directed by a 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover and former Texas Ranger Tom White, described by Grann as "an old-style lawman."
As Killers of the Flower Moon tells the true story of the Osage tribe murders, it could be argued that the movie is the most important of Scorsese's career. But, what does the man himself think?
When speaking to Apple Music, Scorsese was asked about the importance of Killers of the Flower Moon. He replied:
"Well, the point is, does art have to be important for the moment? How should I put it? Art should be important all the time. You follow? And then it'll fall out of importance, and then it might come back into importance. You could talk about literature. You could talk about the fact that Herman Melville, he stopped writing stuff. I'm not comparing myself, I'm just saying that you could talk about how Van Gogh only sold one painting.
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
The 1920s, Oklahoma. Members of the Osage tribe are murdered under mysterious circumstances. After the death toll continues to rise, the newly formed FBI takes on the case. The case will lead to one of the largest crime cases in American history.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone
"You can go on and on like this. So we have to think in terms of importance. I'm very, very, very satisfied in a way that this picture has been through the nature of events and through time and through the pandemic, and this is how the film finally found its way to the public at this point in time.
"We didn't plan this, but it seems fortuitous, and I'm very happy because I do think as we were, to address your idea of importance again, in the story, as we were... I was very, very cognizant, and it's one of the reasons I pulled back at first from doing it. I was very cognizant because I understood that there's much more to the story of just one horrific series of events, let's say with the Osage Nation, that if I can make that to reflect history, to reflect who we are as human beings… so in a way, can this reflect the macrocosm of who we are as human beings in greed? I think that's where I forced myself to go with the story. Leo (DiCaprio) went with me on that, Leo just went.
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