Different versions of the same event in the past being shown is great. A detective will get different stories from different people. They don’t even have to lie, memory is not perfect.
Not according to the genre conventions. Hearing different versions? Sure. But seeing different versions means the audience can’t trust what they’re shown, and can’t figure out what’s happening based on their knowledge.
Again, my whole point isn’t that this is bad, it’s simply that Glass Onion was more “honest” towards the viewer than Knives Out was.
Different versions of the same event in the past being shown is great. A detective will get different stories from different people. They don’t even have to lie, memory is not perfect.
Not according to the genre conventions. Hearing different versions? Sure. But seeing different versions means the audience can’t trust what they’re shown, and can’t figure out what’s happening based on their knowledge.
Again, my whole point isn’t that this is bad, it’s simply that Glass Onion was more “honest” towards the viewer than Knives Out was.