Killers of the Flower Moon: Martin Scorsese hides three times in his western!

In 2023, Martin Scorsese released what is at the time of these lines his latest film Killers of the Flower Moon, a western worn by Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert de Niro. Lasting 3 hours and 26 minutes, this feature film had been previewed at the Cannes Film Festival before going out in France in cinemas, then on the Appletv+platform.

But do you know that you can meet Martin Scorsese three times?

First appearance

Let's start with the most obvious, at the end of the film, Martin Scorsese himself presents himself on stage in the role of the producer of a radio program coming to read the announcement of the death of the character of Mollie Cobb, played by Lily Gladstone. You can find an extract below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8z9pwomeo

Second appearance

When the character of Barney McBride (played by Brent Langdon) goes to the local postal to recover a telegram, we can hear the director of Taxi Driver Play the telegraphist saying: “Mr. Barney McBride? A telegram has just arrived for you”. Judge rather:

Third appearance

Finally, when Mollie, sick, goes to Washington to awaken consciences on the murders of Indians in Oklahoma, President Coolidge gets pictured with representatives of different Indian nations. We can then hear the photographer Give instructions on the poses to adopt and the direction to follow: they are again signed Martin Scorsese. And three cameos for the director!

A film to have seen

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Inspired by a book by David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon presents the true story of several Amerindians murdered in Oklahoma in the 1920s in order to recover their rights on petroleum land. No investigation is diligent, but suspicion grow in the Indian community …

The film, noted 4.4 out of 5 by the press and 4.1 by the spectators Allociné, is available on the Appletv+platform.