Perhaps the solely good half of the ongoing actors strike is the undeniable fact that the man doing all of the press for Killers of the Flower Moon is author/director Martin Scorsese himself. With no film stars to work the publicity circuit, Scorsese has been all over the place doing interviews and making appearances. We would by no means get this a lot Scorsese in one other circumstance, and a few of these interviews have been actually nice.
He simply did, for instance, a very great video with Letterboxd, the social media web site devoted to films. As half of his new Letterboxd account, Scorsese posted an inventory of “Companion Films” that impressed all of his films normally, however particularly supplied components of inspiration to Killers of the Flower Moon. Then the interview is illustrated with clips from the films — which do bear apparent influences on Scorsese’s new work.
The six films he named as serving to encourage Killers of the Flower Moon had been…
- The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949)
- The Last of the Line (Jay Hunt, 1914)
- The Lady of the Dugout (W.S. Van Dyke, 1918)
- Blood on the Moon (Robert Wise, 1948)
- Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
- Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960)
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It’s price watching the full video as a result of Scorsese clearly is aware of and loves all these films so effectively, and he can discuss the particular methods they impressed him; typically in the performances of actors, different occasions in the framing of photographs or the costuming of the characters. It’s 11 minutes lengthy and it’s like a movie course in miniature. It’s nice.
Scorsese mentions two silent movies on the record, that are so previous at this level they will now be discovered on YouTube. Here is W.S. Van Dyke’s The Lady of the Dugout
And right here is The Last of the Line…
Okayillers of the Flower Moon is in theaters now. You can watch Scorsese’s full interview with Letterboxd beneath.
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