Martin Scorsese is a man for certain hours. Cinema hours, to be exact. The legendary director’s films are often notable for their long running times and his new work, Killers of the Flower Moon, is no exception at 206 minutes. For the regular criticism of such excessive length However, the director has no understanding.
Martin Scorsese pulverizes criticism of the 206-minute epic Killers of the Flower Moon
Speaking to the Hindustan Times, Scorsese said of Killers of the Flower Moon’s nearly three and a half hour running time:
People complain about three hours, but Come on, you watch five hours of TV too. There are also people who go to the theater for three and a half hours. There are real actors on stage, you can’t get up and walk around. Give cinema the same respect.
Check out the trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon here:
Killers of the Flower Moon – Trailer 2 (German) HD
Everyone has to decide for themselves whether Scorsese’s argument is convincing. It is not unfounded. Many viewers have an aversion to long films related to whether they View cinema as art or a quick pastime.
Scorsese has rarely been impressed by runtime criticism. Of all his feature films from the last 20 years, only Hugo Cabret and Shutter Island are less than two and a half hours long. But 206 minutes or not: Killers of the Flower Moon in any case, and not just thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio.
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