The film plays around with familiar tropes & genres, like true-crime sagas & Westerns. By doing so, Scorsese astutely reminds us of how stories like this are typically framed. It's easy to imagine those versions of the story. We've seen them so many times.

'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Has 1 Key Difference From The Book

Martin Scorsese’s crucial change to his epic new film makes the story more honest.

It’s also easy to imagine the original iteration of this movie with a white law enforcement official as the hero, played by a giant movie star. We’ve seen that movie before, too: so, so many times.

'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Has 1 Key Difference From The Book

Martin Scorsese’s crucial change to his epic new film makes the story more honest.