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 all places doing interviews and making appearances. We might 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 very fantastic video with Letterboxd, the social media website devoted to motion pictures. As a part of his new Letterboxd account, Scorsese posted a listing of “Companion Movies” that impressed all of his motion pictures typically, however particularly supplied components 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 motion pictures he named as serving to encourage Killers of the Flower Moon had been…
- The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949)
- The Final of the Line (Jay Hunt, 1914)
- The Girl of the Dugout (W.S. Van Dyke, 1918)
- Blood on the Moon (Robert Clever, 1948)
- Purple River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
- Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960)
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It’s value watching the total video as a result of Scorsese clearly is aware of and loves all these motion pictures so properly, and he can discuss in regards to the particular methods they impressed him; generally within the performances of actors, different occasions within the framing of photographs 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 checklist, that are so previous at this level they will now be discovered on YouTube. Right here is W.S. Van Dyke’s The Girl of the Dugout
And right here is The Final of the Line…
Okayillers of the Flower Moon is in theaters now. You’ll be able to watch Scorsese’s full interview with Letterboxd under.
