‘Glass Onion’: How the Opening Sequence Puzzle Boxes Foreshadowed the Mystery’s Layers

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‘Glass Onion’: How the Opening Sequence Puzzle Boxes Foreshadowed the Mystery’s Layers
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The murder mystery became cool again with the 2019 release of “Knives Out,” Rian Johnson’s whodunnit that introduced the world to gentleman detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). When it came time …

Welcoming viewers back to the world of Benoit Blanc meant creating the perfect opening sequence.

Heinrichs describes the opening as “an overture to the film itself.” It was important to get the scene right because, “it was the way of introducing these characters so that when they do come together in Greece, you feel like you know who they are already.” When opened, the puzzle boxes open to reveal an invite to Bron’s private island. Bron wants his friends to join him on his private island for a murder-mystery weekend.They were each to be the size of four medium pizza boxes stacked, and with an unfolding element. Heinrichs says, “This concept of unfolding, and layers and transparency and obscurity, that’s all very much a part of any murder mystery, but also specifically one that Rian would do based on what we know now from the first ‘Knives Out.

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