Martin Scorsese's new movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flowers, receives complete approval from author David Grann after a set visit.
Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon receives glowing praise from original author David Grann. Based on Grann's non-fiction book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon centers on a series of Osage Nation members being murdered after oil was discovered on their tribal land during the 1920s, and the subsequent investigation into the crimes in Oklahoma by the newly-created FBI.
One of the things that was really most impressive and important in the development process was less my involvement, but the involvement of members of the Osage Nation. And early on, the Osage chief, Geoffrey Standing Bear, appointed several movie ambassadors from the Nation, from the government, to work with the movie folks. From everything I’ve heard, they really worked with a commitment to working with the Osage Nation, developing a story, even shooting on location.
What I was struck by from Scorsese to the actors was the level of commitment and how much research they did to understand the parts and understand the history. They just seemed voracious, a little bit like historians, in their search for any knowledge, transcripts, documents, speaking to descendants, speaking with members of the Osage Nation.
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