Already as one of the world’s richest men, one of the most influential tech entrepreneurs, and the head of one of the most influential social networks, Elon Musk seems to have inspired Glass onion: a story at oddsthe new crime comedy from Rian Johnson (the last jedi). The movie, which follows of pique (2019), is available from this Friday on Netflix.
Detective Benoît Blanc (Daniel Craig) investigates a murder on a private Greek island owned by billionaire businessman Miles Bron, a parody of Elon Musk.
eccentricities and stupidity
The character played by Edward Norton delights in baffling those around him with his latest whims and riddles. “Ed has a wonderful game,” Daniel Craig shared in a promotional video for Netflix.
Released in 2019, of pique he reinvented detective movies while offering a satire of pro-Trump bourgeois America. Inside glass onion, the ultra-rich and the bourgeoisie of Silicon Valley are the object of the Palme d’Or Unfiltered. Billionaire Miles Brown, with his eccentricities and stupidity, highlighted several times in the film, is the symbol of this.
A “misunderstood genius”
Since the premiere of glass onion At the Toronto film festival in September, pundits noted similarities between the character and Elon Musk. the american magazine vanity fair He stated that the film addresses the figures of “ridiculous and sometimes dangerous messiahs of the technology industry”, referring to the character of Miles Bron, who mixes traits of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs.
The character is presented in the film as a “misunderstood genius” thus counting among his “big or crazy” NFT ideas for kids. With his Alpha company, he intends to develop Klear, a new energy that emanates from sea salt, but is highly explosive. “It’s science, not religion,” insists one of the characters about the actions of this guru-like businessman.
“If you see similarities, it’s probably not a coincidence,” Edward Norton laughed during a news conference.
“But I also think the character of Miles is like this Carly Simon song that says ‘you’re so pretentious, you probably think this song is about you,’ and I think a lot of people will think it’s about them. And that’s okay.”
Rian Johnson stated that the character was not inspired by a single real-life figure, as “making fun of one person in particular isn’t that relevant.” But she added that the film is about “our relationship, as a society,” these billionaires who are wished ill and expected to invent something that will solve all our problems.
Source: BFM TV
