"How does the dehumanizing of others take root in the minds of whites? If they dramatized that, their honesty could do us all a world of good."
Thank you for writing this! I have read the book and was apprehensive about seeing it in the theatre (it so happens I cancelled my ticket for some other reason) because I had a feeling I might be disappointed. I shall watch it when it arrives on OTT. But I so appreciate your clear-eyed and honest review of the movie.
Again, many thanks. I hope you've seen the comment I just wrote about your piece on Oppenheimer. Prime stuff. As I said in my comment, I've subscribed to The Omnivore Scientist.
"Indeed, American racial hatred is in some implacable way all of a piece, a perpetual national trauma that no one has yet made a truly “epic” movie about."
This is some powerful writing Ivan!
If this movie can hold your attention for over 180 minutes, then I have got to see this film sooner than later.
Many thanks, Steven. Your support means more than I can say. I hope you get to see this movie as soon as it's convenient for you. I think you'll be impressed, but I want to hear your reactions whatever they might be. I'm sure you got my point all along and at the very end. Certain people have to step up. Yes, there's Black, brown and red history. But who was all up in it, bringing about the mayhem? That's THEIR history. Same facts. But I suggest to them: turn the lens around, step behind the camera and honestly relate YOUR history having to do with POC. Own all the depth and dimension of what YOU did. Scorsese at least tries to get started down that path that with this movie. I'm eager to hear what you think once you've seen it.
"How does the dehumanizing of others take root in the minds of whites? If they dramatized that, their honesty could do us all a world of good."
Thank you for writing this! I have read the book and was apprehensive about seeing it in the theatre (it so happens I cancelled my ticket for some other reason) because I had a feeling I might be disappointed. I shall watch it when it arrives on OTT. But I so appreciate your clear-eyed and honest review of the movie.
Again, many thanks. I hope you've seen the comment I just wrote about your piece on Oppenheimer. Prime stuff. As I said in my comment, I've subscribed to The Omnivore Scientist.
Thank you, Ivan, for sharing your brilliant, expansive analysis of this epic tragedy.
Thanks, Pat, for the kind words. I will be getting back to you soon. I'm on the very busy side right now. I hope you'll bear with me.
Co-written with Eric Roth, not David Roth.
Thank you very much for the information. I much appreciate your passing it on. I don't know how I made that mistake. I've corrected it in the Archive, here: https://moviestruck.substack.com/p/killers-of-the-flower-moon-2023
"Indeed, American racial hatred is in some implacable way all of a piece, a perpetual national trauma that no one has yet made a truly “epic” movie about."
This is some powerful writing Ivan!
If this movie can hold your attention for over 180 minutes, then I have got to see this film sooner than later.
You got my "thumbs up" Ivan!
Many thanks, Steven. Your support means more than I can say. I hope you get to see this movie as soon as it's convenient for you. I think you'll be impressed, but I want to hear your reactions whatever they might be. I'm sure you got my point all along and at the very end. Certain people have to step up. Yes, there's Black, brown and red history. But who was all up in it, bringing about the mayhem? That's THEIR history. Same facts. But I suggest to them: turn the lens around, step behind the camera and honestly relate YOUR history having to do with POC. Own all the depth and dimension of what YOU did. Scorsese at least tries to get started down that path that with this movie. I'm eager to hear what you think once you've seen it.