Director Martin Scorsese has revealed the way he originally planned on opening Killers of the Flower Moon.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Scorsese discussed the scrapped scene that was initially intended for the opening of his latest film. The movie opens with an Osage pipe ceremony and the first discovery of oil on the land, giving viewers a glimpse of what life was like on Osage land long before the main plot takes place. It then transitions to Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart, making his way through the now bustling streets of Fairfax, Oklahoma. Prior to this scene, however, Scorsese and co-writer Eric Roth had a different vision: a singular, long take that depicted the process by which white settlers began to encroach on Osage land after the Civil War.According to Scorsese, this scene “was five pages or so, and it would have taken three weeks to shoot, even with CGI.” He explained his vision further, stating that “The idea would be that it was the Land Rush, and you pull back and see the Native Americans just watching. I thought it was a perfect metaphor for what we’ve done. But Eric pointed out that there was so much distance from the Oklahoma Land Rush and the discovery of oil in the late 1890s, and it was too far from this story. But I loved all the detail he put in. It was all going to be done in one take, too.”Leonardo DiCaprio Reportedly Receives Massive Payday for Killers of the Flower Moon
Director Martin Scorsese has revealed the way he originally planned on opening Killers of the Flower Moon.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Scorsese discussed the scrapped scene that was initially intended for the opening of his latest film. The movie opens with an Osage pipe ceremony and the first discovery of oil on the land, giving viewers a glimpse of what life was like on Osage land long before the main plot takes place. It then transitions to Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart, making his way through the now bustling streets of Fairfax, Oklahoma. Prior to this scene, however, Scorsese and co-writer Eric Roth had a different vision: a singular, long take that depicted the process by which white settlers began to encroach on Osage land after the Civil War.
According to Scorsese, this scene “was five pages or so, and it would have taken three weeks to shoot, even with CGI.” He explained his vision further, stating that “The idea would be that it was the Land Rush, and you pull back and see the Native Americans just watching. I thought it was a perfect metaphor for what we’ve done. But Eric pointed out that there was so much distance from the Oklahoma Land Rush and the discovery of oil in the late 1890s, and it was too far from this story. But I loved all the detail he put in. It was all going to be done in one take, too.”
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