He received online abuse after boldly updating Star Wars.
Now the director is ripping up the rule book again with modern whodunnit Knives OutModern Toss on murder mysteryRian Johnson’s latest film, the ingenious dissection of the whodunnit that is Knives Out, is not what you think.
In it, the 45-year-old director has constructed a Trojan blockbuster, using the mechanisms of genre to smuggle a commentary on American identity into international multiplexes.
The true nature of his game sneaks up on the audience like an assassin, its critiques sharp as a concealed blade.
It is a Rian Johnson picture in the purest sense, a work of popcorn pleasures with something meaningful to say before the credits roll.“I wanted it to be an entertaining ride,” Johnson says over the phone while in France, drumming up buzz prior to the film’s public debut.
“Something satisfying, that you can
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