This Killers Of The Flower Moon Controversy Shows Why One Lost Movie Tradition Needs To Come Back

Killers of The Flower Moon is receiving rave reviews, but the film has reignited the intermission debate with its massive runtime. Martin Scorsese has always leaned towards vast runtimes. The filmmaker has a penchant for epic scope, transforming the stories of individual characters into vast fables of American greed and ambition. Martin Scorsese’s films have only grown in their own ambition; while his earlier films clock in at under 2 hours, much of the director’s 21st-century mark blows into and past the three-hour mark, with The Wolf of Wall Street, The Irishman, and Killers of The Flower Moon being the longest of his career.