Pynchon

In the first “Knives Out” film , detective Benoit Blanc explains his philosophy toward investigation with an erudite reference to the 1973 novel “Gravity’s Rainbow.” “I anticipate the terminus of ‘Gravity’s Rainbow,’” says Blanc, played by Daniel Craig. “Gravity’s Rainbow?” answers Ana de Armas’s character, Marta Cabrera. “It’s a novel.” “Yeah, I know. I haven’t read it, though.” “Neither have I. Nobody has,” answers Blanc. “But I like the title. It describes the path of a projectile determined by natural law. Voila, my method. I observe the facts without biases of the head or heart. I determine the arch’s path, stroll leisurely to its terminus and the truth falls at my feet.” One person who has read the gargantuan 760-page novel is director Rian Johnson, whose sequel “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” premiered streaming on Netflix on Friday after screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival and appearing briefly in theaters over Thanksgiving . In 2019, Johnson … [Read more...] about The Netflix ‘Knives Out’ sequel has an Easter egg you definitely missed