Happy Thursday, my fellow cinephiles: the long-awaited trailer for Martin Scorsese’s next movie, Killer of the Flower Bear, there was. Apple has barely whetted our appetite for previews of the movie in the past 24 months and has only treated us with a slow-flowing series of stills. Some of us have an image of the stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone sitting uncomfortably at a table, the only stills Apple has treated us forever, etched into our brains.
But now we see the actual footage of the movie. Better yet, we’re going to hear about it – which means it’s time for us to review the new accent DiCaprio is wearing this time around. If you’re a true connoisseur of good content, you know that DiCaprio has a tendency to make all kinds of sounds on the screen. It got to the point where I hardly remember what his natural accent was.
But while DiCaprio always had fun trying different dialects, I always had fun listening to him too, not everyone is on my page.
Get early response Killer of the Flower BearWhere DiCaprio played a Southerner in the 1920s. Set in Oklahoma, the biopic stars Academy Award Winner Ernest Burkhart, who is involved in a series of murders, all targeting local members of the Osage tribe. His wife Mollie (Gladstone) is an Osage himself, tightening his bond with mysterious crimes. The film is about the duo’s involvement in a murder gang made up of an imposing team of wealthy, local white men. The cast is a real killer fight – ha ha! – Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemons, and Brendan Fraser round off the roster of potential good or bad guys.
The trailer is beautiful, full of muted browns among lush greens, men punching each other in the face and burning houses: everything that gets us excited about a new Scorsee. (Last one, 2019s Irish, 10 Oscar endorsements.) But my favorite part of the trailer is hearing DiCaprio’s voice offscreen as he reads from a story about Osage. “Oh-sage is named after the Missourah and Oh-sage Rivers,” the shore reads, placing the conjugation of all the wrong syllables in my distinguished ears. “‘Move,’ said the big. [Pause.] White. [Pause.] Dad.” Then comes the closing lines of the trailer: Can you find it? Wolves? In this photo?”
Being a master player, DiCaprio manages to slowly draw a possibly fairly short paragraph for about two minutes. This gives me enough time to become completely obsessed with his view of Burkhart: When it comes to both reading and imitating a Southerner, slow and steady really wins the race. DiCaprio’s “Can you find the wolves? Is it in this photo?” in a cycle frozen in its sleepy lithe tone.
I am not alone in this love. Many of the reactions to the online trailer are enjoying Leo’s “weird little Southern accent”, noting that it’s not a Leo-Marty joint without the actor sounding hyper-stylized.
But here are some haters among us who question the authenticity (or pleasure factor) of DiCaprio’s Okie accent.
This isn’t the first time his vocal work has been called “strong” or downright “bad”: DiCaprio received mixed reviews for his 2007 performance. blood apple, when he inappropriately tries a South African/West Indian accent for a Zimbabwean character. Boston vocal tones Dungeon Island And Dead It also created some disdain, but do you know someone from Boston who doesn’t sound like a cartoon character?
Maybe it’s Scorsese’s fault for putting harsh accents on his players. Let’s appreciate that he’s come a long way from his odd Irish-American accent. Gangs of New York and whatever he’s doing Aviator.
Killer of the Flower Bear It will premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival on May 20 and hit theaters on October 6. It will later air on Apple TV+.
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