Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Robert De Niro On How They Found The Emotional Handle For Their Cannes Epic 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'
In 2016, the hottest book in Hollywood hadn’t even been published yet. Circulating in galley proofs, it was the latest non-fiction work from author David Grann, whose 2009 bookhad recently been filmed by James Gray and produced by Plan B. His new book was another mouthful —Seven-figure bids materialized, with talent attachments that included, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and J.J. Abrams.
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, WOODY ALLEN and MARTIN SCORSESE, directors of the omnibus feature, NEW YORK STORIES, 1989CAPE FEAR, Robert DeNiro, Jessica Lange, Nick Nolte, 1991. ©MCA/courtesy Everett CollectionCASINO, Sharon Stone, 1995BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, Patricia Arquette, Nicolas Cage, 1999. Paramount Pictures/ Courtesy: Everett Collection.
HUGO, front, from left: Chloe Moretz, Asa Butterfield, back, in blue: Sacha Baron Cohen, 2011. ph: Jaap Buitendijk/©Paramount Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Despite the radical change of angle, De Niro, marking his 10th collaboration with Scorsese, held on to the role of Bill Hale. He is Ernest’s uncle, who presents himself as a loving patriarch and ally to members of the Osage, but who enlists his nephew in a nefarious plan to help fulfill his darker motives.
DiCaprio was keen to tap into the innate spirituality of the piece, and also the place, a feeling that followed him onto location. “We were shooting there during the 100anniversary of the Tulsa massacre,” he says, “which was a half-hour car ride away from where the Osage reign of terror occurred and happened in the same year, 1921, as the first Osage murder. We were there for the Tulsa massacre and the return of the Flower Moon.
I heard someone recently say, when they fire an executive, well, their time is over. And the person behind that fired person, it’s their time. Is this the natural order of who we are as human beings?Well, the answer is: probably yes, if you’re driven by how much money you can make. All that land’s just sitting there, what are they doing with it? The Europeans are thinking, ‘We come here, and look at this place. Look at the riches! And what are they doing? Killing some buffalo.
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