Maybe the one good a part of the continued actors strike is the truth that the man doing all 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 in every single place doing interviews and making appearances. We’d 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 extremely great video with Letterboxd, the social media website devoted to films. As a part of his new Letterboxd account, Scorsese posted an inventory of “Companion Movies” that impressed all of his films typically, however particularly supplied parts of inspiration to Killers of the Flower Moon. Then the interview is illustrated with clips from the flicks — which do bear apparent influences on Scorsese’s new work.
The six films he named as serving to encourage Killers of the Flower Moon have been…
- The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949)
- The Final of the Line (Jay Hunt, 1914)
- The Woman of the Dugout (W.S. Van Dyke, 1918)
- Blood on the Moon (Robert Clever, 1948)
- Crimson River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
- Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960)
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It’s price watching the complete video as a result of Scorsese clearly is aware of and loves all these films so effectively, and he can speak in regards to the particular methods they impressed him; generally within the performances of actors, different occasions within the framing of pictures 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Scorsese mentions two silent movies on the record, that are so outdated at this level they will now be discovered on YouTube. Right here is W.S. Van Dyke’s The Woman of the Dugout
And right here is The Final of the Line…
Okillers of the Flower Moon is in theaters now. You’ll be able to watch Scorsese’s full interview with Letterboxd beneath.
