[Film] Killers of the Flower Moon - Scorsese
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[Film] Killers of the Flower Moon - Scorsese
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Looking forward to seeing this….even if it isn’t a sequel to Killer Klowns from Outer Space, which is how I read the thread title initially.
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I haven't watched the film yet, but this is a really good essay, prompted by the movie, about how modern culture has a really hard time digesting ambiguity and contradiction in art.
there seems to be a collective inability in our culture to sit in silence without saying something reflexively, particularly when that silence is pregnant with the kind of contradiction art is meant to produce. I know social media doesn’t exactly promote reticence or nuance of any kind, but this appears to be something more widespread. The compulsion to assess films, television series, music, books, anything, really, based on whether they are moral has leaked out of conservative enclaves into the mainstream. And just as equating the art with the artist has always struck me as a strange reduction, so too is equating the politics with the art—bad politics, bad art, good politics, good art.
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I think this is based on actual events and people which should make it more interesting and sad.
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I really want to see it but not sure about the 3 hour + running time - anyone know how quickly it will be on AppleTV+? I read somewhere that will be its streaming home.
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I saw where theaters were getting in trouble for adding intermissions in various places.
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Thelma Schoonmaker Condemns Theaters Showing ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ with an Intermission
The film, which has drummed up controversy in the Indigenous community, is almost three-and-a-half hours long. “I understand that somebody’s running it with an intermission which is not right,” Schoonmaker told The Standard UK. “That’s a violation, so I have to find out about it.”
Schoonmaker has edited every Scorsese film since “Raging Bull” in 1980.
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An intermission *might* tempt me into a theater, but for a 3+ hour movie I'm much more inclined to wait until I can make my own intermission at home. Which is to say, split it into two evenings.
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I can't give a proper review as I fought sleep for a lot of the film. I don't blame the movie; that's just me these days. However, the runtime was trying for me in general, even as a lover of long films. This story deserves every moment of it; it's beautifully told and presented. But there are many scenes and conversations that, while providing welcome nuance and depth, just don't feel like they need to be as long as they are. But, it's Scorsese, he gets to do what he wants at this point and the studios trust him, as do I.
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Go see it, definitely. Just don't expect it to be a western Goodfellas. The trailer kind of makes it look that way, and while there's oodles of brutality and violence, it's not the "fun" kind.
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Why no love for an intermission? Must be something culturally that I've missed?
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I have a test, make Scorsese drink a medium soda and have to sit in a theater for the whole movie...
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When the Marvel movies started I would inevitably have to leave to piss, but by last movies I knew to fast and not drink anything for a couple hours before the movie. That worked.
Even Ghandi had an intermission.
Even Ghandi had an intermission.
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Yeah, no kidding. Even movies like Gone with the Wind had intermissions back in the day. With movies that feel like they're only getting longer, instead of condemning theatres for having an intermission, I feel like maybe studios should give theatres an option. It's only right. Not only does it make customers feel more comfortable and more likely to go see a long movie, theatres get a second chance to sell more concession items to the same crowds. And if producers are unwilling to make compromises, then maybe it's time to re-evaluate the length of their movies? If it takes theatres adding intermissions on their own initiative get the producers up in arms, then so be it. Ironically, Scorcese likes to talk respect for the movie. Well, how about respect for the common viewer.
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Scorcese is 80. He's probably well-diapered by now.
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Seem like Scorsese want you to watch it at home instead of in a theater.