“Killers of the Flower Moon” had its world premiere
in Cannes. The star-studded adaptation of the novel by Martin Scorsese was almost frenetically celebrated.
With his plan, which has been known for years, to want to withdraw from the film business as a director after the tenth film, Quentin Tarantino regularly causes heated discussions on social media. The 60-year-old, who has created a cult of sorts around himself with groundbreaking works like Pulp Fiction and the two-parter Kill Bill, believes you can’t get better with age. On the contrary, in his opinion, the worst film contributions are always the last in the filmography of filmmakers (Playboy, via Entertainment Weekly).
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is apparently not a second too long
If this acclaim in Cannes doesn’t give you an indication of the quality of the $200 million+ western based on author David Grann’s The Crime: The Osage Murders and the FBI, then perhaps the first reactions from the world premiere:
https://twitter.com/davidehrlich/status/1660009294287233026
https://twitter.com/firstshowing/status/1660010088700977154
https://twitter.com/ema_sasic/status/1660008757462462465
https://twitter.com/NextBestPicture/status/1660009542573346817
In this country, the inclined audience can watch the film in cinemas from October 19, 2023.