It’s incredibly moving to witness Scorsese and De Niro’s continued collaboration on screen in their latest effort (both men are now 80), and to consider the sheer size and scope of their work together.
De Niro and Scorsese have a five-decade working relationship under their belts, going all the way back to “Mean Streets” in 1973, while DiCaprio has been starring in Scorsese movies since 2002’s “Gangs of New York.” “Killers of the Flower Moon” also marks the first time that two of his most frequent collaborators – Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio – have co-starred in a Scorsese picture (though the actors originally met on the 1993 film “This Boy’s Life,” and De Niro suggested Scorsese work with DiCaprio).
The vitality and urgency he brings to his adaptation of David Grann’s book of the same name is arresting in telling the story of the brutal murders that rocked the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, Scorsese is classic in his approach, but radical in his politics. The epic new Western “Killers of the Flower Moon,” directed by one of the greatest American masters of cinema, Martin Scorsese, arrives in theaters this weekend, and it’s a crowning achievement of his career – though here’s hoping the auteur isn’t done yet.
