"Scorsese's Ambitious 'Moon' Start: A Surprising Masterpiece"
Martin Scorsese and co-writer Eric Roth initially planned for an extended single-take sequence portraying the Oklahoma Land Rush in their film "Killers of the Flower Moon." The scene would have showcased the Native Americans watching as settlers rushed to claim land, serving as a metaphor for the systematic stripping of wealth from the Osage community. However, they ultimately decided to remove the sequence as it was too distant from the main story. The film explores the exploitation of the Osage community in the 1920s.