Killers of the Flower Moon

[Steve Carlton]

Saw the movie tonight. The quality of the film making and acting is as good as it gets. But what a vile portrait of the greed and evil of one group of humans over another, a living nightmare. The running time of 3 hours and 26 minutes didn't help, either. Jesse Plemons' late arrival as the investigator for the Bureau of Investigations was very welcome. Jesse was in The Power of the Dog, another painful movie to watch.

[GH85Carrera]

In chapter 26 of David Grann’s book, Killers of the Flower Moon the chapter begins:
I returned to the archives in Fort Worth and resumed searching through the endless musty boxes and files. The archivist wheeled the newest batch of boxes on a cart into the small reading room, before rolling out the previous load. I had lost the illusion that I would find some Rosetta stone that would unlock the secrets of the past. Most of the records were dry and clinical—expenses, census reports, oil leases.
In one of the boxes was a tattered, fabric-covered logbook from the Office of Indian Affairs cataloging the names of guardians during the Reign of Terror. Written out by hand, the logbook included the name of each guardian and, underneath, a list of his Osage wards. If a ward passed away while under guardianship, a single word was usually scrawled by his or her name: “Dead.”
The tattered, fabric-covered logbook referred to is the Register of Guardians which was created by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Osage Agency.
To view the entire Register of Guardians visit:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/311844611

[stevej37]

^^^ I looked thru a few pages of that (mostly to see if my last name was in there!) and the first thing I noticed is how elegant the handwriting was.
A lost talent today.

[billybek]

That was a great book! Looking forward to the film.

[Steve Carlton]

Based on what I heard in this (which came out before the movie), the movie follows the book pretty closely.

[stevej37]

I talked to my younger sister in NC this am. She saw it yesterday and liked it a lot except for the length of the movie. First half is slow she said.
She had read the book and said it does followed it closely.

[creaturecat]

Robbie Robertson sound track. that's special.

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by creaturecat

Robbie Robertson sound track. that's special.

His last work before he passed.

I watched this on TCM hosted by Martin Scorcese. Good movie with an authentic feel.

I guess they show a clip in the film, great depiction of Indian and prairie life back in the day although it was filmed in Tehachapi Ca.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009273/?ref_=nm_knf_t_3

[stevej37]

Definitely going to see it now.