New Delhi: Martin Scorsese's upcoming release 'Killers of the Flower Moon' will soon be premiering on Apple TV. Adapted from a a book on Osage Native Americans, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.The Western crime drama film centres on a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation during the 20s, which were committed after oil was discovered on tribal land. Recently, Martin Scorsese spoke about his film and the recent Barbenheimer phenomenon.
Scorsese, who has been one of the voices behind the need of 'saving cinema' from the onslaught of 'comic-book' movies, in an interaction with Hindustan Times spoke about Barbenheimer and said, "I do think that the combination of Oppenheimer and Barbie was something special. It seemed to be, I hate that word, but the perfect storm. It came about at the right time. And the most important thing is that people went to watch these in a theatre. And I think that's wonderful."
"I haven't seen the films yet. I love Chris Nolan's work. Margot Robbie, I must say, started with me from The Wolf of Wall Street. Rodrigo Prieto (cinematographer), after finishing Killers of the Flower Moon, went on to shoot Barbie. So it's all in the family (laughs)."
"The way it fit perfectly - a film with such entertainment value, purely with the bright colours - and a film with such severity and strength, and pretty much about the danger of the end to our civilisation - you couldn't have more opposite films to work together. It does offer some hope for a different cinema to emerge, different from what's been happening in the last 20 years, aside from the great work being done in independent cinema. I always get upset by that, the independent films being relegated to ‘indies.’ Films that only a certain kind of people would like. Just show them on a tiny screen somewhere."
Speaking about his friendship and collaboration with Robert De Niro, which happens again 'Killers of the Flower Moon', Scorsese added in the same interaction, "Well, with Bob De Niro, it's a formative relationship. It goes back to when we were 16 years old. But we'd lost track of each other. I didn't know he wanted to act and he didn't know I started directing. When we did Mean Streets (1973), we were reintroduced to each other by Brian De Palma."
"By doing Mean Streets and Taxi Driver (1976) together, we found that we were drawn to the same subject matter, same psychological and emotion conflicts in people, in characters, and in ourselves. A certain trust was developed. I resisted Raging Bull for several years for certain reasons, but he really insisted that it'd be good for me."
"He's the only one alive now who knows where I come from, as kids, as young people. So the keyword is trust, fearless, and less vanity. He's concerned about the make-up and how the character looks, but not about beauty and trying to make him look better with special lighting. He says if the camera is on my back and someone else's face makes it look better, do that."