Killers of the Flower Moon Is a ‘Great American Tragedy’

Killers Of The Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone has described the upcoming Martin Scorsese movie as a “great American tragedy.”

How did Lily Gladstone describe Killers Of The Flower Moon?

In an Empire feature, Gladstone spoke about the movie’s perception as “Martin Scorsese’s Western” and how it’s actually closer to a tragedy.

“A lot of people are really wanting to call this ‘Martin Scorsese’s Western,’” Gladstone stated before clarifying that it’s actually “a great American tragedy … With natives and Westerns, we are so dehumanized that it just kind of feels like we’re part of the landscape — instead of humans that are telling a story.”

The actress then recounted her own experience of growing up on a reservation and how the movie’s scenario was familiar to her as a result.

“Having grown up on my reservation in Montana, in the American West and Indian country, it was very familiar to see this goofy, exaggerated cowboy sort of a character falling for a really self-possessed native woman,” Gladstone explained. “That’s just such a familiar dynamic. And that was backed up by a lot of community stories that we had heard.”

Killers of the Flower Moon once again reunites Scorsese with long-time collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Joining them are Oscar-winning actor Brendan Fraser, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, Tantoo Cardinal, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Louis Cancelmi, William Belleau, Tatanka Means, Michael Abbott Jr., Pat Healy, Scott Shepherd, and more. It will be released in a limited fashion on October 6, 2023, before a wide release on October 20, 2023.

The film is being directed and produced by Scorsese from a screenplay he co-wrote with Eric Roth. It is a production by Apple Studios, Imperative Entertainment, and Appian Way Productions, with Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas.