Cannes [France], May 21 (ANI): Cannes 2023 has showcased several outstanding films to the world, one of which is veteran director Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killer of the Flower Moon’. The star-studded saga stars Hollywood’s finest in Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. From the red carpet appearance to the makers revealing the idea behind the film, everything is making headlines.
To kickstart the film’s journey to Cannes, Scorsese arrived on the Cannes red carpet with a team from the film, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro. Everyone’s eyes were fixed on him as soon as he arrived.
Leonardo, who is known for his classic acting style and dashing looks, arrived in a black tuxedo and a black tie. The same costume was chosen by director Scorsese. It was Leonardo’s return to Cannes as the actor last appeared at the film festival in 2019.
Robert De Niro paired his tuxedo with a tie and set to deliver a strong presence at the film festival.
Later Scorsese, De Niro and DiCaprio, as well as Gladstone received some hearty applause with thunderous applause, followed by a 3-hour and 26-minute screening of the picture, which began 40 minutes after the scheduled time inside the Grand Theatre. Lumiere.
Scorsese took the stage and spoke to the audience after the screening.
“It took time to come, but Apple did a great job by us, shooting there … there was a lot of grass — I’m a New Yorker,” he said. “We lived in that world with the Osage, too, we really I did, and we really miss it.”
Scorsese thanked the Cannes crowd, describing the screening as a lived experience. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt like this,” he said, according to Deadline.
The film marks the director and DiCaprio’s second wide-ranging collaboration, following ‘Gangs of New York’, ‘Aviation’, ‘The Audition’ and ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’.
Also, Leonardo was last seen in the satirical ‘Don’t Look Up’ which streamed on Netflix. The film garnered positive response from netizens and also starred Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan and Jonah Hill in lead roles.
Scorsese, on the other hand, last directed the crime thriller film ‘The Irishman’ starring Robert De Niro.
The star-studded saga ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ received massive acclaim with a nine-minute long standing ovation at its world premiere at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. Robert, who plays a pivotal role in the upcoming film, compared his character to former US President Donald Trump in a recent media interaction.
According to Deadline, a US-based media house, director Martin Scorsese commented on the risk-taking trend in filmmaking at a Cannes press conference. Martin said, ‘What else can I do while taking risks at this age?’ He was joined by the film’s star cast and leader of the Osage Nation, Chief Standing Bear.
“My people suffered a lot, those effects are with us. I can say on behalf of the Osage, Martin Scorsese has restored trust,” Chief Standing Bear said when asked to explain how the filmmakers won their trust.
DiCaprio, who plays Ernest Burkhart in the film, becomes embroiled in the massacre as a criminal and falls for Lily Gladstone’s Osage native, Mollie. “What Marty does incredibly well, he It’s that he personifies the most perverse, sinister character you could ever imagine, and brings out the human condition.
“Turning the big lens, the goldiest lens on areas of our communities — we’re talking about 1920s Black Wall Street and Tulsa. We’re talking about a lot of that in our film. Why don’t you know? Our communities always have,” Gladstone said.
Addressing the media, Robert drew a parallel to what happened to the Osage Nation during the recent George Floyd tragedy during the presidential administration of Donald Trump.
He said, ‘I don’t know much about my character. People talk. He has to be attractive. He has won people over. Why does he betray them all? After George Floyd with systemic racism—that’s it—what happens there; We never knew about the Black Street Massacre, such is the triviality of evil. These are the things we have to keep an eye on.”
“We see it today; We all know what I am going to talk about but he (Donald) is an idiot.
“Look with Trump! There are people who think he can do a good job,” Robert concluded.
Based on a true story and told through the romance between Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), ‘Killer of the Flower Moon’ is an epic Western crime saga where true love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. crosses, as previously reported by Deadline.
The film also stars actors Jesse Plemons, Cara Jade Myers, Jaane Collins, Jillian Dion, and Tantu Cardinal. (ANI)
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