Films That Influenced WAKE UP DEAD MAN with Rian Johnson
Pure Cinema Podcast
Brian Saur & Elric Kane
4.8 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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In this special bonus episode, Brian is joined by filmmaker Rian Johnson to talk about several films that were influences on his new Benoit Blanc KNIVES OUT Mystery - WAKE UP DEAD MAN. Check out WAKE UP DEAD MAN on Netflix now and in Theaters now as well. For Theaters showing the film near you, check out this link: https://wakeupdeadmanfilm.com/
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| 0:00.0 | You're the only one on stage with the Monsignor at the time of his killing. |
| 0:04.0 | You're the only one at that church who hated his guts. |
| 0:08.0 | The spirit really moved him today, huh? |
| 0:10.0 | So tell me. |
| 0:12.0 | What the hell happened? |
| 0:19.0 | Everyone thinks I did it. I didn't do it. |
| 0:22.6 | This goes way beyond normal police world. |
| 0:25.6 | This is something you and I have not experienced. |
| 0:28.6 | A perfectly impossible crime. |
| 0:33.6 | This case is solvable, right? |
| 0:35.6 | I'm incapable of not solving a crime. |
| 0:39.0 | Oh, you'll see. |
| 0:40.0 | It's fun. |
| 0:54.9 | And New Beverly Cinema presents the Pure Cinema Podcast. |
| 0:59.8 | My name is Brian Sauer, and we have a very special bonus episode for you today. I am joined by the wonderful filmmaker, Mr. Ryan Johnson, and we are talking about his new |
| 1:07.8 | film, Wake Up Dead Man, which is the third film in the Benoit Blanc mystery series, |
| 1:14.7 | which I'm a huge fan of. |
| 1:16.6 | And I'm just going to do a real quick summary at the top for those that don't know what this movie's about. |
| 1:20.9 | Wake Up Dead Man throws Benoit Blanc into a dark, gothic-style Catholic mystery |
| 1:26.1 | where charismatic controversial mun senior played by |
| 1:29.6 | josh brolin is murdered leaving young earnest father judge josh o'connor as the prime suspect |
| 1:34.6 | amidst a congregation of secretive eccentric followers forcing blanche to navigate themes of faith |
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