A study in contrasts: The cinematography of Wake Up Dead Man

A study in contrasts: The cinematography of Wake Up Dead Man

Rian Johnson has another Benoit Blanc hit on his hands with Wake Up Dead Man, in which Blanc tackles the strange death of a fire-and-brimstone parish priest, Monseigneur Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin). It’s a classic locked-room mystery in a spookily Gothic small-town setting, and Johnson turned to cinematographer Steve Yedlin (Looper, The Last Jedi) to help realize his artistic vision. (Minor spoilers below but no major reveals.) Yedlin worked o…