Martin Scorsese’s epic Killers of the Flower Moon shined a light on one of the lesser-known dark chapters of American history – the wholesale slaughter of dozens of members of the Osage Indian Nation by their supposed guardians, neighbors and friends. A dramatic gut-punch of a film, it was adapted by Scorsese and Eric Roth from the 2017 David Grann book of the same name. The book took about five years to research, and the film took just as long to arrive on the big screen, with both taking great pains to authentically communicate the tragic nature of the Osage murders. While the film obviously takes a handful of liberties necessary to dramatize Grann’s book, by all accounts it’s an incredibly faithful telling of the story, accurately recreating the book’s major events as realistically as possible. Let’s take a look at What Really Happened to Killers of the Flower Moon.
- 5/22/2024
- by Eric Walkuski
- JoBlo.com
This article contains spoilers for "Killers of the Flower Moon."
When you think of a Martin Scorsese movie, the titles are typically matter-of-fact. "Goodfellas" is about a group of, well, goodfellas. "Taxi Driver" is about, you guessed it, a taxi driver. "After Hours" takes place after hours, "Shutter Island" takes place on Shutter Island, and "The Aviator" is about an aviator. Even in instances where titles get a bit more metaphorical, say "The King of Comedy" or "The Wolf of Wall Street," the title is a tongue-in-cheek description of the film's protagonist. Scorsese's latest film is an adaptation of David Grann's book "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI," and as such, takes its title from the source material. "Killers of the Flower Moon" is based on a historical atrocity committed against the Osage people in the 1920s, one that a...
When you think of a Martin Scorsese movie, the titles are typically matter-of-fact. "Goodfellas" is about a group of, well, goodfellas. "Taxi Driver" is about, you guessed it, a taxi driver. "After Hours" takes place after hours, "Shutter Island" takes place on Shutter Island, and "The Aviator" is about an aviator. Even in instances where titles get a bit more metaphorical, say "The King of Comedy" or "The Wolf of Wall Street," the title is a tongue-in-cheek description of the film's protagonist. Scorsese's latest film is an adaptation of David Grann's book "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI," and as such, takes its title from the source material. "Killers of the Flower Moon" is based on a historical atrocity committed against the Osage people in the 1920s, one that a...
- 10/20/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is no stranger to bringing true stories to life. His latest movie, "Killers of the Flower Moon," is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by David Grann, which details the disturbing, mysterious deaths of over 60 Osage people in Oklahoma in the 1920s, a period that was later deemed "The Reign of Terror."
The string of murders of the Osage people garnered widespread coverage across the country, and sparked an investigation by the Bureau of Investigation (Boi), a predecessor to the FBI. And yet, this brutal part of US history has rarely been explored in literature and school curriculum.
Actor JaNae Collins, who portrays the character Reta in the film, explained to Insider, "The story shows how racism and a general indifference toward Native lives allowed a genocidal land grab to happen and how a conspiracy of silence then prevented it from becoming part of our collective history.
The string of murders of the Osage people garnered widespread coverage across the country, and sparked an investigation by the Bureau of Investigation (Boi), a predecessor to the FBI. And yet, this brutal part of US history has rarely been explored in literature and school curriculum.
Actor JaNae Collins, who portrays the character Reta in the film, explained to Insider, "The story shows how racism and a general indifference toward Native lives allowed a genocidal land grab to happen and how a conspiracy of silence then prevented it from becoming part of our collective history.
- 10/19/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
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