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At the Movies: Robbie Robertson's "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Don Dixon

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Don Dixon

Robbie Robertson worked with director Martin Scorsese for over 50 years, before writing the score for Killers of the Flower Moon, for which he received a posthumous Oscar nomination for Best Original Score. Robertson's longtime manager and Associate Producer, Jared Levine speaks with Brian Lauritzen about their collaboration, going back to the documentary The Last Waltz, which chronicled the final concert by The Band. For Killers, they were welcomed by members of the Osage tribe, who guided them in telling the true story of a series of murders in the early 20th Century, as dozens and dozens of Osage people were killed in an attempt to seize control of their valuable mineral rights in oil-rich Oklahoma.

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At the Movies: Robbie Robertson's "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Published on 02.20.2024