Leonardo DiCaprio at the center of a forgotten massacre

In the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon,” now in theaters, the wealth of the Indian people attracted the Blanc convoys, ready to enrich themselves. Leonardo DiCaprio, 49, is now a favorite for the 2024 Oscar nominations with his role as Ernest, a World War II veteran who is one of the girls of the Osage clan, the owner of a wealthy and wealthy home. earth in gasoline.

Your film is presented as a modern Western. What are you thinking about?

Notre objectif était surtout d’etre reveueux du authentic drama of this community. The same can be said about this incredibly important story, which is actually a compte à rebours de notre passé puisqu’elle déroule au début du XXe siècle en Amérique. The Tulsa Massacre is a historical element that many people are beginning to understand, but is still part of the history of the United States. In a way, our long film is a throwback to the great films of the 1940s. Together with Martin Scorsese, we reviewed Montgomery Clift’s films like Red River, The Inheritance and A Place in the Sun here. Like our film, the center of the intrigue is preceded by a truly harrowing and bizarre love story.

Is adapting David Grann’s book for film important to you?

There is an important point, let’s tell you the story and adapt the novel based on the facts. I’m trying to figure out what it means to trace what is a personal tragedy for everyone in this community.

You have seen many films with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Who in your eyes represents these two sacred monsters of American cinema?

I grew up watching the films of these two, realizing the incredible artistic quality that an ensemble can achieve. It has affected everything you do as much as you enjoy it. The professional relationship between Scorsese and De Niro is a model for the young actor who wants to become one. Ils ont marqué toute la generation of artists with laquelle j’ai grandes. Martin Scorsese insists on telling the truth in his scripts. Those who represent the horror of human history have no desire to trace the true history of cinema. Hidden here is what makes him a unique pop artist of our era.

What is your reaction after the superb precision of your film?

You will see all the many images of the soulful collection here at the Cannes Film Festival, starting with the first public screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Seeing appreciative viewers discover a familiar part of American history is important to me and to the surviving members of the Osage Nation.

You have survived the pandemic with all your heart in 2021…

Exactly, and here too we have a lot to say to the Osage Nation, as many of us were vaccinated at the tribal clinic right at the site where the vaccines are currently available.

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