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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
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- ReferenceThe name comes from Radiohead
Rian Johnson took the title from Radiohead's song Knives Out. He thought it suited a murder mystery.
source ↗ - ReferenceWhere Harlan Thrombey comes from
The name Harlan Thrombey comes from a 1981 Choose Your Own Adventure book, Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Agatha Christie films
Johnson drew on the Agatha Christie adaptations starring Peter Ustinov, like Death on the Nile (1978) and Evil Under the Sun (1982). He wanted a cast of stars for the same sense of spectacle.
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- ReferenceThe Beatles song
The title comes from the Beatles song Glass Onion, which plays over the end credits. Johnson chose "glass" because glass is clear, and the idea was something hidden in plain sight.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWritten in lockdown
Johnson wrote the script in 2020, during lockdown. Greece came from wanting to travel while borders were closed. Filming began on the island of Spetses.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Last of Sheila blueprint
Johnson cited The Last of Sheila (1973) and the 1982 Agatha Christie adaptation Evil Under the Sun. In both, friends gather at a vacation spot and one of them dies.
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- ReferenceWhere the title comes from
The title Wake Up Dead Man comes from a phrase in the folk song Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos. Johnson says it's also "kind of" derived from U2's song of the same name.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Hollow Man
John Dickson Carr's novel The Hollow Man (1935) is referenced repeatedly in the film. Johnson also named Edgar Allan Poe and Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None as influences.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe church idea
Johnson first shared the idea of setting the film in a church with Daniel Craig after a screening of Glass Onion at the BFI London Film Festival. He wanted a plain setting after the previous film's luxury.
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