I read this book when it came out, which means I remember almost nothing of it now. Watching this movie did something rare for me: it made me want to pick up the book and read it again. When I heard it was being made into a film, seemingly so soon after the book’s release I was intrigued, especially with how it would be adapted. Considering how particularly narrative is the nonfiction of author David Grann, it didn’t exactly surprise me that Scorsese was doing it. Unfortunately, since I’m not in the Apple ecosystem, I had to wait a few years for Criterion to put it out. Initially, the runtime scared me, but it never actually felt overly long. It was fascinating to see the very familiar Scorsese crime drama applied to a Western setting. That said, it never achieved the level of gravitas as some of his other period pieces. I still enjoyed it, possibly even more than his last streaming exclusive crime epic, but I still have a hard time fully accepting movies which are intrinsically linked with a streaming service. It’s ridiculous, it’s outdated, but it’s my problem.
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