The look of creatures using humans to grow their food, and how that ties into the series as a whole, was the real reason this new lore element was included, as Sarnoski clarified:
“So ultimately it’s just a nod to the fact that these are farmers and they have a certain family dynamic, and I thought I liked that idea, especially after the first ‘Quiet Place’ was about a rural farm family.”
While this scene is just one highlight in a film filled with great moments and performances, it might be the scene that best illustrates why Sarnoski was the perfect person to take over the franchise from Krasinski. Ultimately, it shows that Sarnoski is honoring the “Quiet Place” tradition of world-building at the edges of the film more than ever, making this franchise a stark contrast to so many genre series that feed audiences information through info-dump monologues, on-screen graphics, and the like.
“A Quiet Place” is about the characters and their immediate experiences from the beginning, which means that we the audience have to piece together what we can in the same way the characters do, and what they don’t know, we don’t. we know it. In other words, this confusion of lore is a feature, not a bug, and it’s a narrative device that allows for discoveries like this lunch scene, a moment that’s made far more intriguing and chilling than it would be if someone had dropped a explanation in front of the camera. Think about this: “A Quiet Place” is a special franchise, and “Day One” might be his best entry yet.
“A Quiet Place: Day One” is now in theaters.
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