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From clever callbacks to blink-and-youll-miss-them references.
The film also featuresfun cameosfrom the likes ofHugh GrantandEthan Hawke.
But thats just the broad strokes.
How many did you catch?
Johnson landed on the title both by design and serendipity.
There’s got to be some good glass songs.
I was like, Oh, is it a glass fortress?
Is it a glass castle?
Is it a glass man?
The first thing that came up, because I’m a huge Beatles fan, is Glass Onion.
In herVarietyActors on Actorspanel, Hudson revealed this was by design.
The masks in this movie are an Easter egg as to who all these people are.
Each person, in the way they wear their mask, is really who they are, she said.
Johnson toldRogerEbert.comthat one of the expensive Rothko paintings on set was intentionally hung upside down.
I showed up and there was the big Rothko painting, he said in the interview.
But of course, it’s Edward’s character, Miles.
So, I said, ‘Can we turn it upside down?’
So, it’s actually upside down [laughs].
A joke for the art nerds.
In the script, it’s written as, I think, the hourly gong, JohnsontoldET.
And I said, That’s it, it’s the hourly dong now.
Gordon-Levitt also appeared in a small voice role inKnives Out.
It felt like a very special privilege to get to do that, Johnson toldET.
Miles is upset by this, saying that hed spent a lot of time setting up the mystery.
In the real mystery, the crucial napkin is on display in Miless office.
Miles Costuming Reveals His Unoriginality
In flashbacks, Miles is seen dressed like people we recognize.
I started cracking up.
But then I thought, ‘Is this too much?’
I also thought, What is Paul [Thomas Anderson, director ofMagnolia] going to think of this?
Hopefully he takes it in the right spirit.
