A study in contrasts: The cinematography of Wake Up Dead Man
Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man is a Gothic locked-room mystery with Benoit Blanc investigating a parish priest’s strange death, realized through striking light-and-dark cinematography.
TIFF 2025 Reviews: Wake Up Dead Man, The Wizard of the Kremlin
Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man uses a gothic locked-room framework, blending classic detective references and scholastic puzzle-play to extend the Benoit Blanc franchise.
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Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man places Benoit Blanc in a Gothic locked-room mystery centered on a supposed miracle and an apparently immaculate murder in a parsonage.