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Killers of the Flower Moon is an all-timer, Martin Scorsese continues to astonish

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The Osage are described as the wealthiest people per capita in the world during the film's period.

1. MakeTimeForThis uses Captured and Celluloid to cover Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon and frame it as the start of a two-episode Scorsese run. 2. Adam McGee and Andrew Snyder host the episode, and their repeated first-hand reactions matter because both saw the film on release and again before recording. 3. The episode asks what Killers of the Flower Moon is doing that other 2023 titles like Oppenheimer, Barbie, Mission Impossible, Asteroid City, and Past Lives are not. 4. The hosts describe the film as a 3-hour-25-minute theatrical experience and spend time on whether that length should deter viewers. 5. They argue that bathroom breaks, pausing at home, and rumored intermissions are not good reasons to avoid the film. 6. The conversation turns to viewing conditions, with the hosts preferring a straight-through theatrical watch over a split home viewing. 7. They emphasize the box office figure of 46.3 million dollars and note that the movie cost 200 million dollars. 8. The hosts discuss the film as a cultural event that will feed awards talk, backlash cycles, and end-of-year lists. 9. Their spoiler warning explicitly references David Grann's book and asks listeners to stop if they still plan to see the movie. 10. The film's historical subject is explained through the Osage Nation, which was displaced before settling in Oklahoma and then became wealthy after striking oil. 11. The hosts say the Osage were the wealthiest people per capita in the world during the period shown in the film. 12. They connect that history to the murders that the movie dramatizes and to the way the story had been neglected over time. 13. One major claim is that Scorsese is not in the same tier as Spielberg, Tarantino, PTA, or Fincher, because his body of work is broader and more consequential. 14. The hosts argue that Scorsese's crime films are not just crime films, since they use the backdrop of American criminal worlds to examine larger subjects. 15. They contrast earlier Scorsese films such as Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and Casino with later works like Silence, The Irishman, and Killers of the Flower Moon. 16. The episode repeatedly returns to the idea that Scorsese's late-career work shows greater wisdom, depth, and spiritual weight. 17. The tone is conversational and emphatic, with both hosts speaking in long, overlapping stretches and revisiting the same point from different angles. 18. The format mixes spoiler-free praise, a formal spoiler warning, and a broader career-spanning argument about Scorsese's place in cinema. 19. People who care about Scorsese, prestige films, and American film history will get the most from this episode. 20. People who want a short review or avoid long film discussion may skip it.

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A Scorsese conversation that widens the frame around a historical film without losing its easy rhythm.

Built around Killers of the Flower Moon, the episode treats it as a Scorsese film first, then folds in the book adaptation and the Osage murders without losing its conversational pace.

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For a two-episode Scorsese warm-up that starts with Killers of the Flower Moon and threads into Oklahoma history.

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