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Knives Out
The series continues to captivate audiences with its compelling storyline and stellar cast, led by Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc. - Rian Johnson’s unique approach to film titling adds a fun element of connection to iconic rock songs and showcases his creativity.
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Wake up, dead man
It hints at possible supernatural twists and promises to take this beloved series in an exciting new direction.
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out has become one of the most exciting and refreshing film franchises of the last decade, with the director’s take on the classic murder mystery appealing to a much wider audience than initially anticipated. It features a stellar supporting cast that includes Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Lakeith Stanfield, Toni Collette, Katherine Langford, and Christopher Plummer, but it’s Daniel Craig who stands out the most as the private investigator at the story’s center. Knives Out The film was released in late 2019 and immediately generated interest in the further adventures of Craig’s character, Detective Benoit Blanc.
The first film was distributed by Lionsgate, but Netflix eventually stepped in and acquired the rights to two sequels in early 2021. The first of these sequels will be released in 2022. Glass OnionThe film sees Craig’s character, Benoit Blanc, visit a Greek billionaire’s private island and features new supporting cast members including Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista and Kate Hudson. Glass Onion was a huge hit for Netflix, and Johnson immediately began work on the next film in this two-part streaming deal.
Now, a year and a half later, the third Knives Out The movie has been officially released. The title is Wake up, dead manThe film will once again focus on Craig’s Benoit Blanc as he takes on “his most dangerous case to date.” Specific story details have yet to be announced, as has a supporting cast that is expected to include many big stars. Wake up, dead man At least one big trend is already underway Established by the first two Knives Out Movies. Here’s how to do it.
The musical “Knives Out” continues the title trend
Knives Out
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- November 27, 2019
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- 130
the first Knives Out When the film was released, it was easy to overlook the fact that the film’s title is a standard, but undeniably effective, title for a murder mystery film, especially when you consider the knife imagery that appears throughout the film, especially the spider web of knives that appears behind the character during his interview with Blanc at the beginning of the film. Johnson is Knives Out A very specific, but not really relevant, source: Radiohead.The film’s title is taken from the Radiohead song of the same name, which appears on the band’s 2001 album Amnesiac, which is criminally underrated.
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that is Knives Out Being a sequel, many expected the title to be simple. Knives Out 2Instead, Johnson applied the same approach to the titles he took with the first film. Glass Onion The band takes its name from another iconic British rock band, The Beatles. The song “Glass Onion” is a bit of a throwback from the band’s 1968 self-titled album, The White Album.
Johnson established this title scheme with his third film. Wake up, dead man. number 3 Knives Out The film’s title is taken from a U2 song.Specifically, it’s a homage to one of the band’s most melancholic songs, “Wake Up Dead Man,” from the band’s 1997 album, Pop. Wake up, dead man This film bucks the trend a bit: it’s the first in the series not to take its title from a song by a British rock band, but instead from an Irish rock band.
Why did Rian Johnson choose these songs as titles for his films?
While it may be fun to speculate as to why these songs were chosen as album titles and the hidden meanings behind them, Knives Out There isn’t actually a lot of complicated logic in the movie. Knives Out Regarding the film’s title, Johnson said that he was a big Radiohead fan and liked the idea of using the phrase in the title of a murder mystery. LA Times“I’m a huge Radiohead fan and I love that album and that song. That line, that phrase has always stuck in my head. I thought it was the perfect title for a murder mystery,” he said, adding that he hoped Thom Yorke and anyone associated with Radiohead were not bothered.
As for Glass Onionwhich puts a bit more thought into the title, but still doesn’t amount to much: While writing the film’s screenplay, Johnson liked the metaphor of using glass to hide something obvious, and with that in mind, he turned to his music library to find songs with “glass” in the title. the beatles’ Glass Onion The first thing that popped up wasHe then stuck with the idea, incorporating the “glass onion” concept directly into the script, naming Norton’s billionaire character’s home after it, and introducing a more transparent layer that could be peeled back to reveal what had been visible all along.
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In short, Johnson Knives Out He loves the movie and thinks it’s fun, and can find even more meaning in the aptly named songs. Glass Onionbut sometimes it’s mostly about the atmosphere. Knives OutInternet movie buffs tend to overcomplicate things with endless outlandish theories these days, but this is a lot easier to understand than all of them. It’s a great aesthetic that matches the movies without getting in the way at all. It’s more of a fun fact than it is a core part of the series.
What ‘Wake Up Deadman’ brings to Knives Out 3
We basically know nothing Wake up, dead man at this point The title itself suggests some direction that Part 3 will take. Knives Out The moviePrior to the film’s title announcement, Johnson said on social media, “I love all things mystery, but one of the things I love most is the flexibility of the genre. From Carr to Christie, there’s a wide tonal spectrum and being able to explore that range is one of the most exciting things about making a Benoit Blanc film.” He continued, “We’re about to enter production on the third film and I’m very, very excited to announce the title, which gives you a little bit of a sense of the direction the film is taking.”
With all this in mind, Wake up, dead man This could mean a variety of things, the most intriguing being that the film may have some supernatural element to it, similar to Kenneth Branagh’s recent adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel. Ghosts of Venicenumber 3 Knives Out The film may be a ghost story or a tale about what appears to be a resurrection of the undead, but Benoit Blanc ends up finding out the truth behind it.
In that sense, the film may have taken inspiration from classic comics. Scooby-DooJohnson would probably enjoy the idea. Wake up, dead man What actually applies to the story Knives Out 3But it’s certainly intriguing, and if they do go in some sort of ghost story direction, it would certainly be a different genre and direction for the series, which would fit with Johnson’s social media descriptions. Knives Out Available to rent on Prime Video Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Now streaming on Netflix.
