The ingenuity behind this "Flower Moon Killer" is truly amazing! In the Osage region of Oklahoma, May has a special nickname – the "Mulberry Moon" because the blooming flowers are drowned out by wild weeds that grow wildly. In the film, the month when the heroine's sister Anna was unfortunately shot is also May, so I think the name "Flower Moon Killer" has a double meaning, which is not only a portrayal of the natural landscape, but also a symbol of the haze of Mous. And the scene where the director arranges for the male protagonist and the female protagonist to meet in an overgrown and flowerless place is undoubtedly a silent reminder that the male protagonist has a lingering shadow of sin.
Based on David Grayne's 2017 stunning nonfiction masterpiece, Killer of the Flower Moon reveals a little-known history of Oklahoma in the 2020s: the Osage people quickly became the richest people in the world per capita after accidentally digging up black gold (oil) from their land. This story of getting rich overnight led to a terrible "zone of terror", where greed and intrigue thrives wildly under the abundance of resources. I feel that the whole film is like a carefully woven map of social crime, and every detail is soaked in the struggles of human nature and the imprint of the times.
The film begins with a subtle racial conflict. When Ernest first arrives, the scenes on the train and in the town seem to create the illusion of a harmonious coexistence between the white man and Osage. However, as soon as he stepped into the world of the Osage people, his painting style suddenly changed, and the words "the land is mine" instantly broke the surface calm, in stark contrast to his uncle's seemingly neutral evaluation. From the superficial footage of the natural death of the Osage people to the truth behind the "self-s", interspersed with their attempts to integrate into American life, but in the film it reveals the true state of alienation and exploitation.
I think that "Killer of the Flower Moon" is not a traditional detective film that is simply satisfied with the suspense of "who is **", it breaks the tradition of genre films. The director's ambition is clearly not just to tell about the interweaving of human good and evil and social contradictions. After all, trying to give them a final verdict in a movie seems too small. It does not fall into the routine of dissecting the psychology of individual criminals and looking for fixed motives. The author, David Grayne, admits to himself, has a hard time figuring out what is really going on behind the perpetrators, especially the outrageous "Hale". He cleverly avoids placing all the blame on one person, showing that the complex web behind the incident is far more complex than one might think.
If you follow the regular route of the clues of the case from the perspective of an FBI agent, it will definitely make a great suspense film or gunfight movie. But Martin Scorsese took a different path. From the beginning of the black-and-white montage to the end of the humorous stage radio play, he not only tells the story of the characters, but also jumps out of the plot from time to time, adding a sense of authentic realism to the film. I feel like Scorsese is telling us that this is not just a movie, it's the blood and tears of Native Americans behind real events that are more disturbing than fiction. He goes out of his way to show the details of the story, showing us the relentless ugliness and greed in those self-righteous white faces and human nature.
Killer of the Flower Moon is not just a work that stays on the theme of Native Americans, it is actually a deeply epic blockbuster about human nature, power, greed, lust and revenge. I think that through the film, we can understand that the truth of history is often not what it seems, and it is time for the voices of those who have been forgotten to be heard. "Flower Moon Killer" uses the story of Indians' blood and tears to compose a shocking symphony of revenge, and also ignites the never-ending pursuit of fairness and justice in everyone's hearts.
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