‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ a truthful story to Leonardo DiCaprio

“Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s movie about murders of American Indians in Oklahoma within the Nineteen Twenties, has been embraced by the Osage individuals on the story’s heart though the occasions it portrays are traumatising, star Lily Gladstone mentioned.

“It is a celebration of representation, but it is also a very triggering, traumatic thing to sit and bear witness to,” Gladstone, a member of Montana’s Blackfeet, informed Reuters in an interview.

“What I kept hearing, especially from Osage women, is that the power of them being able to see it together and talk about it together afterward, they feel the film is vital and they’re so happy that this story is out,” she added.

Killers of the Flower Moon, distributed by Apple TV, arrived in theatres on October 20.

Based on a guide of the identical title by David Grann, the film recounts how the Osage had been killed for management of oil rights that had been making them rich.

The movie additionally explores the wedding between a white man, performed by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his Osage spouse, performed by Gladstone. DiCaprio’s character, pressured by his uncle, portrayed by Robert De Niro, participates within the homicide plot though he additionally loves his spouse and youngsters.

The movie centered partly on “a really twisted however truthful love story,” DeCaprio mentioned.

“These issues really occurred,” he added.

Originally, nevertheless, Scorsese centered Killers of the Flower Moon on FBI investigators that labored on the case.

While Hollywood’s depictions of American Indians have traditionally been flawed, DiCaprio mentioned the movie goals to inform the reality. Scorsese sought to make sure the Osage guided the story on and off digicam, he mentioned.