'Killers of the Flower Moon': A Tragic Marriage Story Amidst Osage Exploitation

Martin Scorsese's latest film deviates from its source material to focus on the relationship dynamics in the backdrop of the Oklahoma oil boom.

Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a story of a marriage set in the backdrop of the Oklahoma boomtown of Fairfax.
The film explores the relationship between Mollie Brown, a member of a wealthy Osage family, and Ernest Burkhart, a WWI veteran who arrives in town to work for his uncle, a local godfather type.
The film highlights the exploitation of the Osage people, who became 'the richest people per capita on earth' due to the discovery of oil, but were subjected to a series of unsolved murders.
The film deviates from David Grann’s acclaimed 2017 nonfiction history, focusing more on the relationship dynamics and less on the mystery aspect of the Osage murders.
The film ends on a heartbreakingly intimate note, leaving the story feeling like an open wound right up to the end.