Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

[Somebuddy]

I'd be shocked if a major title like KOTFM didn't get a physical release

[Jay Mammoth]

Already own the great Italian 4K disc.

[Benjis Dad]

Originally Posted by eightslicesofpie

Obviously just some Twitter guy so nothing official, and hopefully it is untrue, but it seems possible that if there was ever a US bluray planned, it's been canceled https://twitter.com/JuanchoS/status/...NW9qyxbsA&s=19

An Oscar-nominated Scorsese flick NOT automatically getting a physical media release is something I can't even begin to wrap my mind around.

[pnnws]

I'm trying to understand, is it worth watching? Is the Oscar justified?

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by pnnws

I'm trying to understand, is it worth watching? Is the Oscar justified?

Umm watch it and form your own opinion? I loved it and bought the 4K disc.

[LordoftheRings]

Martin Scorsese ... all his films are on Blu-rays am I wrong? The filmmaker is famous for loving films and preserving them.

Killers of the Flower Moon is an Apple's flix.
It's on Blu-ray in Italy (2K and 4K).
In North America it is streaming ... Apple TV+
Blu-ray 4K? Let ask Scorsese; perhaps in the future there'll be an expansion beyond Italy and coming to America.

Criterion Collection keeps resonating in my head I don't know why. I love Italian wines...some.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by pnnws

Is the Oscar justified?

What Oscar? It didn't win any.

[LordoftheRings]

No Oscar no Blu-ray in North America / It is what it is

[Benjis Dad]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

No Oscar no Blu-ray in North America / It is what it is

My feelings toward Apple, right now:

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Martin Scorsese ... all his films are on Blu-rays am I wrong? The filmmaker is famous for loving films and preserving them.

Killers of the Flower Moon is an Apple's flix.
It's on Blu-ray in Italy (2K and 4K).
In North America it is streaming ... Apple TV+
Blu-ray 4K? Let ask Scorsese; perhaps in the future there'll be an expansion beyond Italy and coming to America.

Criterion Collection keeps resonating in my head I don't know why. I love Italian wines...some.

As usual, yes.

Who’s That Knocking on my Door?
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Bringing out The Dead

Are all missing Blu-Rays.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

As usual, yes.

Who’s That Knocking on my Door?
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Bringing out The Dead

Are all missing Blu-Rays.

Of curse I was wrong, duh. So no surprise here if Killers of the Flower Moon doesn't get a physical disc in North America.
Italy is where the action is, forget USA and Canada and Mexico.

Next ...

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Benjis Dad

My feelings toward Apple, right now:

I was just going to ...

* To me Apple is rotten.

[jimcorenson]

like i said greedy apple aint gonna release any of ther movies on Blu-Ray ever we can also kiss Napoleon and Argylle goodbye and other release they have or will aquire lets hope filmmakers boycott them now.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by jimcorenson

like i said greedy apple aint gonna release any of ther movies on Blu-Ray ever we can also kiss Napoleon and Argylle goodbye and other release they have or will aquire lets hope filmmakers boycott them now.

Yeah, just like they boycotted WB after they shelved Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme.

[LordoftheRings]

Why Scorsese made a deal with the devil Apple beats me.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Why Scorsese made a deal with the devil Apple beats me.

Because Apple actually wants to give money to make these amazing films.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Why Scorsese made a deal with the devil Apple beats me.

Because they were going to pay for the movie he wanted to direct.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Jay Mammoth

Because Apple actually wants to give money to make these amazing films.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Because they were going to pay for the movie he wanted to direct.

You both got it; M O N E Y

It's like in the movie; killing the Indians for their oil money.

No Oscar but plenty of Apple devil money.
Hope more folks can see the film ... outside Apple TV+.

[50strat54]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Why Scorsese made a deal with the devil Apple beats me.

Like Amazon, Apple will finance this film when no one else would and give Scorsese final cut.

Originally Posted by Jay Mammoth

Because Apple actually wants to give money to make these amazing films.

Not sure about about amazing but both Apple and Amazon have so much money that they could care less about how much the film makes. But a film by an important filmmaker like Scorsese or Woody Allen will drive their audience to their streaming app.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Because they were going to pay for the movie he wanted to direct.

100%

Originally Posted by Benjis Dad

An Oscar-nominated Scorsese flick NOT automatically getting a physical media release is something I can't even begin to wrap my mind around.

That's because you live in the Bluray.com forum bubble, the general public which is 99.99% don't care. Physical Media rules here but most people have moved on. My friend who was an ardent physical movie buyer now just looks at the streaming deals here. He's about ready to dump the movies he "owns" [long term rents] the digital.

Originally Posted by jimcorenson

like i said greedy apple aint gonna release any of ther movies on Blu-Ray ever we can also kiss Napoleon and Argylle goodbye and other release they have or will aquire lets hope filmmakers boycott them now.

Again, only us here in the forum and a few other movie forums care. Oppenheimer and Barbie were exceptions to the rule, not the rule anymore.

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

You both got it; M O N E Y

It's like in the movie; killing the Indians for their oil money.

No Oscar but plenty of Apple devil money.
Hope more folks can see the film ... outside Apple TV+.

If you finance a film you get to do whatever you want to do with it. We can sit here all day and wonder what is going through these executive's heads and decision making process but they are following the Netflix model. If we paid for it you gotta come to us to watch it.

It was strange when Disney didn't release Barbarian on bluray. Even Universal is still evaluating whether to release a film on bluray only or put the 4K out later if the bluray does well. The situation with Barbarian was really strange though since it made money and was fairly successful. Not even a bluray release but they put out all the tanked Disney/Marvel films, but like Universal is evaluating whether a 4K release is worthwhile financially.

They have meetings all day about what to release. Lots of number crunching. On a very small level I've been in these types of meetings at a boutique company I used to work for. But I also worked at Universal and it's all a numbers game.

So many people I know who have AppleTV did not like this film much. Many turned it off half way through which was easy since they are at home. The hype and Scorsese is the only reason they decided to watch the movie. Only one person I know loved it but she's like your typical Oscar voter. The box office also reflected what the people thought of this film, just like Madame Web and The Marvels high profile superhero movies.

You can lead a horse to water...

[LordoftheRings]

True; we're in a Blu-ray bubble here. Time to see the world outside.

* Apple too is in a bubble ... a monopole one.

As for Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon'; it is what it is.
And not a single Oscar win; that's a fact.

Emma Stone; her second Best Actress Zoscar.

Money makes this world into orbit, and everything else in it.