Killers of the Flower Moon 

Killers of the Flower Moon (book 2017, movie 2023).

I enjoyed listening to this book, and am looking forward to the movie. So yesterday a friend who lives in LA, posted the following on WeChat,

蓄奴和残杀印第安人作为一个国家的原罪在历史的某一时刻本来有机会洗白白。十九世纪初叶在印第安人保留地的地下发现了石油，租赁石油开采权让当地人赚得满钵满体，过上了奢华生活。不知道同名电影会怎么表现这种一夜暴富，书里说当时全美平均每11个人拥有一辆车，印第安人一人就有11辆车，车胎平了就再买一辆，大三角钢琴随便丢弃在自家草坪上，家里佣人是白人，被男人称为自己的毯子的印地安女人开始与白人通婚，离婚，酗酒，得糖尿病。如果历史定格在这一刻，似乎一切都扯平了。但白人的贪婪为这些印地安人再次惹来杀身之祸。

I asked, how’s the movie?

She replied, “haven’t seen it yet.”

Another friend who is a medical doctor and lives in Beijing said, he has seen it and … felt very sympathetic toward the Indians.

I asked him where did he see it, because of the past experience I’ve; also the fact I just looked on Apple after seeing the ad – I thought it’s pay per view on Apple TV. Apparently, not. It’s still in the movie theaters, in the U.S.

He replied, from download.

Oh well… How did China do it? And people in China are watching it, after decades of IP education …