GlassOnionAKnivesOutMystery director Rian Johnson explains the significance of the Netflix sequel's final shot involving the Mona Lisa and how it connects to one particular character.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery writer/director Rian Johnson explains the significance of the final Mona Lisa shot. Released December 23 on Netflix, the whodunit sequel brings back Daniel Craig's Southern-fried detective Benoit Blanc to investigate a new mystery involving tech billionaire Miles Bron and his motley crew of sycophant friends, who are played by Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY In his Glass Onion mansion, which is powered by the hydrogen-based alternative fuel known as Klear, Miles displays the Mona Lisa, which he has on loan from the Louvre. During the twist-filled Glass Onion ending, Monáe's Helen uses the Klear crystal, which is unsafe around fire, to destroy the famous painting, with one of the film's final shots showing the Mona Lisa going up in flames in slow motion.
That kind of gelled fairly early, the connection between the two of them and also the notion of seeing something and then squinting a little closer and seeing something different was baked into the structure of it. I had a great conversation with [“Everything Everywhere All at Once” filmmaking duo] the Daniels recently and they’re also big structural writers, and they put it in a really beautiful way, they say the meaning of the movie is contained within the movie’s structure.
Glass Onion continues Knives Out's tradition of impactful final shots. As Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting goes up in flames, so does Miles' hopes of being remembered in the “same breath as the Mona Lisa.” Knowing that the destruction of the painting will reveal the dangers of Klear, which Miles fast-tracked despite its safety risks, his friends finally decide to turn on him.
Back in 2021, Netflix bought the rights to two Knives Out sequels for $469 million, meaning that another Knives Out Mystery movie featuring Craig's Benoit Blanc is on the way. While it is still too early to guess what Knives Out 3's final shot will be, hopefully it will be just as impactful as the first two Knives Out movies. In the meantime, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is streaming on Netflix.
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