Killers of the Flower Moon is the much anticipated new film from Martin Scorsese.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
In a new interview with The Irish Times, the director revealed that he and co-writer Eric Roth had been working on the “Flower Moon” script for two years.
Then Leonardo DiCaprio questioned the way the script was evolving.
“Myself and [my co-screenwriter] Eric Roth talked about telling the story from the point of view of the bureau agents coming in to investigate,” Scorsese said.
“After two years of working on the script, Leo came to me and asked, ‘Where is the heart of this story?’ I had had meetings and dinners with the Osage, and I thought, ‘Well, there’s the story.’ The real story, we felt, was not necessarily coming from the outside, with the bureau, but rather from the inside, from Oklahoma.”
This led to Scorsese meeting with 300 members of Oklahoma’s Gray Horse community in Osage county.
“I always said if I ever get involved with anything that has to do with Indigenous people, I’d better know who the people are or, at least, feel comfortable with them as human beings,” Scorsese told The Irish Times.
“And that’s what happened. When I first met Chief Standing Bear I was nervous. We went into his office. We started talking. I think what he needed from me was to know that I wasn’t going to take advantage of him, that I wasn’t going to sensationalise the story, particularly the victimisation of the Osage, particularly the violence.”
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI – Book
“Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,” is a non-fiction book written by David Grann.
The book was published in 2017.
It explores a series of murders that occurred in the Osage Nation, Oklahoma, during the 1920s. These murders were part of a conspiracy to deprive the Osage people of their wealth, which was derived from oil found on their land. The case eventually led to the establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a way to address and investigate crimes of this nature.
David Grann’s book is a meticulously researched account of these murders and the complex web of corruption, greed, and racism that surrounded them. The book received critical acclaim and has been a bestseller.
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