Sometimes you can see a film that is too damn bleak and too damn brilliant. If only Scorsese wasn't so effective as a filmmaker. If only Eric Roth wasn't so great as a storyteller. While I was watching the film I realized again that Scorsese, like Spielberg, has cinematic storytelling in his DNA. Killers of the Flower Moon is a panoramic, paranoid, perception of putrefying politics. Be warned, the cinematic energy amplifies the darkness.
As I sat through the film I had two conflicting feelings; appreciation for the craft of filmmaking and sadness for the history on screen. It was long, but I was never bored, I was on the edge of my seat. I have no idea how accurate the film is to history. I do intend to find out. I did not follow all the details in the story, but by the end the plot had more clarity. I had an intense fear that the ending would be beyond depressing. However the ending was not as sad as I feared.
And, YES, it is much better than Napoleon. Napoleon was another epic about how a Man's ego can be a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Napoleon had two great scenes, and about fifty vacuous scenes.
Martin Scorsese is on my Heros List. A skilled filmmaker who can face unpleasant history with passion. And he is 81 years old as of Dec. 2023
P. S. I hope Mr. Tarantino reconsiders his plans to retire. The work of Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese is proof that age is not always a vice.
As I sat through the film I had two conflicting feelings; appreciation for the craft of filmmaking and sadness for the history on screen. It was long, but I was never bored, I was on the edge of my seat. I have no idea how accurate the film is to history. I do intend to find out. I did not follow all the details in the story, but by the end the plot had more clarity. I had an intense fear that the ending would be beyond depressing. However the ending was not as sad as I feared.
And, YES, it is much better than Napoleon. Napoleon was another epic about how a Man's ego can be a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Napoleon had two great scenes, and about fifty vacuous scenes.
Martin Scorsese is on my Heros List. A skilled filmmaker who can face unpleasant history with passion. And he is 81 years old as of Dec. 2023
P. S. I hope Mr. Tarantino reconsiders his plans to retire. The work of Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese is proof that age is not always a vice.
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