Killers Of The Flower Moon Correctly Makes This Big Choice. It Shouldn't Be So Unusual.

Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart and director Martin Scorsese on the set of Killers of the Flower Moon.In describing the development of his new film Killers Of The Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese has said the long-gestating project went through a significant rewrite when he made a crucial choice: reframing the story to not make a white man the hero.Based on New Yorker reporter David Grann’s 2017 book of the same name, the movie was originally about how a federal investigation into a string of murders involving members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma became a foundation for the FBI. The lead investigator was Tom White, an agent for the Bureau of Investigation, the FBI’s precursor.Frequent Scorsese collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio initially signed on to play White. But as Scorsese has recounted in recent interviews, such as one with Time magazine: “After a certain point, I realised I was making a movie about all the white guys,” he said. “Meaning I was taking the approach from the outside in