Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, was a blast, especially considering the topics it hit upon amidst the murder-mystery. Discovering that the film’s composer was a U2 fan was lagniappe, and this quote from the article linked below really resonated with me:
“I grew up in a particular strand of American evangelicalism that split everything—people, vocations, all parts of culture—into two distinct camps: secular and sacred. And thus, there also existed “Christian” knock-off versions of most popular music genres. To have a band as big as U2 putting music to the lyrics of a Psalm felt like a huge deal to me, and played a big part in blurring the lines that were so clearly defined in my head at the time.”
The full piece (click the link below) includes Johnson’s reflections and thoughtfully curated U2 playlist that helped shape the film’s musical imagination.
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Veni. Vidi. Scripsi. 