“The day of using Gunsmoke and Bonanza portraying us is over. We have a voice, and we use it,” said Julia O’Keefe, the Osage Nation costume consultant for Apple Original Films‘ Killers of the Flower Moon.
02.11.2023 - 19:19 / nme.com
Martin Scorsese has heaped praise on Brendan Fraser following heavy online criticism of his performance in Killers Of The Flower Moon.The recently released film – which is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone – is based on a non-fiction book of the same name published in 2017. It tells the true story a series of murders of Osage Native Americans over the rights for the oil under their land in Oklahoma.Fraser, who plays lawyer W.S.
Hamilton in the film, has been heavily criticised by some on social media who have described his performance as “overblown” and comparatively cartoonish for such a serious film.Scorsese, however, has jumped to the actor’s defence, saying he portrayed the character perfectly.“We thought he’d be great for the lawyer and I admired his work over the years,” said the director (via LADbible).“He actually came in for I think a couple of weeks on the picture, particularly when it was in our later shoot.“We had a really good time working together, particularly with Leo. Particularly in the scene where he says ‘they’re putting a noose around your neck, he’s saving you dumb boy’.”Scorsese added: “Really for us, when we heard that he brought the whole scene down on Leo it was perfect.
And [he] had that girth, he’s big in the frame at that time. He’s a wonderful actor, and he was just great to work with.”NME gave Killers Of The Flower Moon a glowing five-star review, writing: “These days, Scorsese seems to exclusively make long films but this 206-minute epic is lengthy even by his standards.
“The day of using Gunsmoke and Bonanza portraying us is over. We have a voice, and we use it,” said Julia O’Keefe, the Osage Nation costume consultant for Apple Original Films‘ Killers of the Flower Moon.
Killers of the Flower Moon,” an exhibit featuring artifacts from the Apple Original film and celebrating the artisans who contributed to its making, is open to the public this weekend from Nov. 17-19, and will reopen following the Thanksgiving holiday. Among the many notable items from the film on display at Apple’s Los Angeles headquarters in Culver City are the wedding outfits worn by Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone; an immersive Osage roundhouse; collections of handmade Pendleton blankets; Stetson hats; a 1928 Chevy Coupe; and select props from the Billiard parlor set.
With the SAG strike behind us, the all-important film festivals that occur right in the heart of awards season are starting to take shape. A key stop is always the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala, which has just announced its first award, the Vanguard, which goes to a film’s director as well as its ensemble cast. It is probably no surprise that Apple Original Films and Paramount’s epic western drama, Killers of the Flower Moon.
Scoring Killers of the Flower Moon was a daunting prospect for Robbie Robertson.
the movie – which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone – is a Western crime drama based on real events, set in 1920s Oklahoma, about the murders of a series of Osage Nation members after oil was produced on tribal land. Fraser plays attorney W. S.
Killers of the Flower Moon with an intermission are “in violation” and argued that it “is not right”.The three-times Oscar winner is concerned by reports that several cinemas have decided to break up Martin Scorsese’s latest with an intermission, cutting up the film’s three and a half hour-long run time.Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the true story of the murder of more than 60 Native Americans in 1920s Oklahoma and stars Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio as an uncle and nephew plotting to steal the oil underneath the tribe’s land. Previously, Scorsese has defended the film’s lengthy runtime.Speaking to The Standard, Schoonmaker, who has worked on every Scorsese film since 1980’s Raging Bull, voiced her concern at the news.Schoonmaker said: “I understand that somebody’s running it with an intermission which is not right.
A handful of theaters across the globe have imposed their own intermission on Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Deadline has confirmed, leading to intervention on the part of the Apple pic’s theatrical distributor, Paramount.
moon was fully protected.Leonardo DiCaprio took extra precautions for his spanking scene with Robert De Niro in “Killers of the Flower Moon” by wearing butt padding.“I do remember doing them quite a few times and thinking, ‘Oh, that must hurt,’ cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto said in an interview with Insider published on Tuesday, of the scene between DiCaprio, 48, and De Niro, 80. “There was some padding on [DiCaprio’s] butt.
Leonardo DiCaprio has some very memorable scenes in his new movie with co-star Robert De Niro.
Leonardo DiCaprio wore “butt-padding” in a scene where he is spanked by Robert De Niro in Killers Of The Flower Moon, according to the film’s cinematographer.Rodrigo Prieto opened up to Insider in a new interview about the scene, which occurs half-way into Martin Scorsese’s new epic.DiCaprio’s character, Ernest Burkhart, has messed up a plan to steal the Osage of its wealth. De Niro’s character, William Hale, plays Ernest’s uncle and decides to punish his nephew by spanking him.
Reservation Dogs star Devery Jacobs has criticised Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon over the film’s portrayal of Native Americans.The actor, who plays Elora Danan Postoak in the FX comedy drama, shared a 15-post thread on X (fka Twitter) describing her “painful” experience watching the film.“I HAVE THOUGHTS. I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS,” she began in the thread.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Costume designer Jacqueline West, a four-time Academy Award nominee, had several directors on her wish list. She had already worked alongside Denis Ville- neuve, Ben Affleck, Terrence Malick and Alejandro González Iñárritu. This year, she finally crossed Martin Scorsese’s name off the list.
Devery Jacobs is sharing her thoughts on Martin Scorsese‘s new movie Killers of the Flower Moon, which recounts the murders of indigenous Osage tribe members in 1920s Oklahoma.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Devery Jacobs, the Indigenous actor best known for playing Elora on three seasons of FX and Hulu’s “Reservation Dogs,” took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the “strong feelings” she had about Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” She called out the $200 million Western crime epic for not portraying its Osage characters with “honor or dignity” and for further dehumanizing them by depicting their deaths. The film is based on a true story and centers around the Reign of Terror, a term given to the murders of at least 60 members of the Osage nation in the late 1920s.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour topped the US box office for a second week, seeing off competition from Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon.According to Deadline, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour took $32million (£25.5m) in its second weekend in the region, a 67 per cent drop. Globally, film has taken $164.8million following its release on October 12 in the US across AMC theatres and October 13 in other territories.Killers Of The Flower Moon, meanwhile, took $23million (£18.9m) in its opening weekend at the US box office, which is the third best opening for Scorsese, following 2010’s Shutter Island ($41m) and The Departed ($26.9m) in 2006.Scorsese’s film, however, topped the worldwide box office with $44million (£36.2m), with Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour slipping to second with $41.5million (£34.1m) globally in its second week (via Screen Daily).While Scorsese’s latest film may struggle to become profitable against its estimated $200million budget, the opening numbers are considered a success due to its lengthy 206-minute running time and the fact it’s a period movie skewed towards adults.Killers Of The Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is also set to release on Apple TV+ at an unconfirmed date.In a five-star review, NME wrote: “Each conversation between De Niro and DiCaprio is an exercise in clever euphemism and while some may find the tempo a bit too stately, the story of an entire people’s eradication deserves to be told in full.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Taylor Swift’s movie is presiding over Martin Scorsese’s in North American theaters, but the “Mean Streets” director has outstripped the “Mean” singer at the international box office. Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a crime epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, has generated $21 million from 63 overseas markets. In terms of weekend ticket sales, it’s pacing ahead of Swift’s “The Eras Tour,” which added $10.5 million in its second weekend of release.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Martin Scorsese‘s star-studded crime epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” impressed in its box office debut, collecting $23 million from 3,628 North American theaters over the weekend. The film also brought in $21 million from 63 international territories for a global total of $44 million.
Killers of the Flower Moon,” by David Grann, which details how the Osage fell victim to a string of murders.One was killed with poisoned whiskey (there may have been more), others got shot and Bill and Rita Smith, a white man married to an Osage woman had their home blown up. The pure greed of it all was made evident when William King Hale (often referred to, simply, as King), a wealthy rancher who held considerable sway over Native Americans and whites alike, took out a $25,000 life insurance policy on an Osage man named Henry Roan. A doctor who examined Roan for the policy asked Hale if he planned on killing Roan.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Colorful blankets play a huge part in Native culture. And therefore, they also play an important role in Martin Scorsese‘s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Osage clothing consultant Julie O’Keefe explains the blankets became an essential part of storytelling, and are “an expression of how we represent ourselves even to this day.” Scorsese brought on costume designer Jacqueline West to craft the looks for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” “He wanted this to be character-driven, with the clothes and wardrobe helping to tell the story,” West explains.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Martin Scorsese’s $200 million epic “Killers of the Flower Moon,” based on David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book, centers on the Reign of Terror, a term the Osage Nation used to define the murders of at least 60 community members in the late 1920s. The film tells this true crime tale through the lens of a marriage between Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), a World War I veteran who relocates to Oklahoma to work with his rancher uncle, and Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone), a local Osage woman whose family was one of the community’s wealthiest. Robert De Niro stars as Ernest’s uncle, William Hale.