The Usual Suspects: The Devil's Reveal
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- Опубликовано: 14 мар 2016
- Today, we'll take a look at The Usual Suspects, and examine what makes the reveal of this movie unlike any other out there.
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Still blown away by this ending lol
I think that you may be missing a couple of subtle points that show that McQuarrie's script is even more clever than you think, and it shows why Ebert's comment wasn't really fair.
Firstly, most of the story that Verbal tells Kujan is true. We know this because he is in a police station, where you are already informed about the heist on the ship, and come to hear about the hit on the New York Taxi Service. Plus Kujan would have been able to check the details of the story that Verbal had already given to the D.A. So in order to be internally consistent, Verbal wouldn't have been able to lie about the actual events, only the details surrounding them, which is an important point.
We know he's already given a full statement to the DA, because Kujan is informed about it, and is told that Verbal is waiting to be released, and is, "Protected from on high".
Therefore the main elements of the story that Verbal gives Kujan is all true. What Verbal does is use the information in the office to obfuscate his involvement, and to protect the people who had actually been working with him all along, like Kobayashi and probably Redfoot as well. The brilliance of the Verbal's story is that it is consistent with all the facts already in evidence but is able to totally deflect attention away from himself.
My reading of the film is that Verbal is sat waiting to be released. Kujan comes in with federal backing as demands to speak to Verbal. Since he is stuck with Kujan, Verbal decides to fuck with him, especially as soon as he realises that Keaton is really who Kujan is after. So Verbal tells the story with Keaton mostly as the protagonist in order to play into Kujan's prejudices. But the clever part is where despite wanting to portray Keaton as the mastermind and throw Kujan off his scent, all the way throughout the story Verbal's ego won't allow him not to take credit for pretty much everything in subtle ways.
Firstly, there is his reading of the line at the lineup. All the others are joking around, Verbal reads it seriously and is quite chilling. But seconds later you see him being meek and humble in the lockup with the others so you forget this moment. Later he is the one that tells everyone he came up with the plan to hit the Taxi Service. If he wanted to really throw the blame at Keaton there was the perfect opportunity, as Keaton was an ex-cop in NY, but he couldn't let anyone else take the credit.
And when they hit the guy in the car park, it wasn't Keaton who shot and killed the guy, it was Verbal. Which is totally out of character for a physically weak, humble con man who makes his living grifting people. All the clues were there for Kujan to see if he'd wanted to, but Kujan is blinded by his hatred of Keaton and his desire to get him, that he allows Verbal to con him into believing that Keaton was Soze.
What is even more clever, is that the more you think about it, the more self-contained and consistent the script is, in making sure all the information is there before you, and yet because of the editing, camera angles, and brilliant performances, Kujan and the audience is sold on Keaton being the bad guy, until you realise that Verbal has slipped quietly away.....
Once you appreciate that Verbal's story isn't all a great big lie, but an incredibly well craft con made up on the spur of the moment by a genius level master criminal, it takes on another level of intelligence in my opinion. Remember, Kujan had all the facts about the hit on the guns parts shipments, the hit on the taxi service, the hit on the guy in the parking basement, and the hit on the boat. All of those were events that took place within the film. What is genius is Verbal's ability to tell the story of those facts in such a way as to convince Kujan not only tha Soze existed, but that Keaton was Soze all along, and allow Kujan to bully him into accepting it, thus making the story more convincing for Kujan. Kujan thought he "figured out" that Keaton was Soze, when it was Verbal subtly manipulating him into thinking that after he realised it was Keaton that Kujan was really after.
Apologies for the essay, but this is my favourite film of all time, and I think people do it an injustice by saying that Verbal "made it all up". In fact Verbal was being much more clever and manipulative than that...
Great vid btw :)
I hadn't realised any of these. Great analysis!
Wow Thanks for the breakdown - major food for thought !
awesome breakdown. Great job. It made me appreciate this movie so much more
Completely agree with you.
I think you're 100% correct on this assessment
After much thought and careful reflection, I've determined that Keyser Soze is in fact . . . the Loch Ness monster.
He didn't want treefitty though 🤔🤣
Kevin Spacey is simply a monster in his portrayal, in this other brilliant film. He really is an actor who makes a difference, with performances that are always convincing.
Two of the greatest villains of all time in one movie. Soze and Gus Fring
EXCELLENT ANALYSIS. Still have shivers TODAY when I hear this: Verbal: " After that, my guess is you'll never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that (wish) he is gone." That emotion I had from this ending is engraved in my brain till I die. Another favorite moment is when agent Kuyan drops his cup, and we see under the cup written: "Kobayachi" ..... I mean..... it's impossible to set up a better reveal. I watch that movie more than 30 times. A crafty peace of art.
One of the greatest films ever made by far. Easily top 20 ever.
Here's a fun fact
"Verbal" means "Sözlü" in Turkish. Not the same of söze though, they're strongly related so it'd probably easier to figure the plot twist out for Turkish :D
Yes, I heard the movie is boring for Turkish speakers because they can figure out the twist easy.
Yep, the writer picked up tiny details like that so fans could find out that everything was connected and relevant. Even the names chosen for characters. This movie had nearly infinite subtle connection you can find out about years later. Pure delight.
INTERESTING as the story starts with "Soze" being based in Turkey at the start of his "storied" career.
This is surely a fun fact, thanks! 😅
@@Flitalidapouet Watching this video makes me want to look for beauty and art instead of living such a utilitarian life. I hope to think and feel deeply about literature, art, and filmmaking.
I had never thought of it like a price before, like the truth is revealed but the cost is the story. Very interesting perspective.
Yeah, but that's a very realistic virtue. The entire story is a lie, a fabrication, fantasy; just like every movie ever made.
This scene and the time Marla Singer called the Narrator “Tyler Durden” in Fight Club still give me chills.
A masterpiece in cinema history!
The complete story told Verbal goes fake in less than 5 mins.
Awesome screenplay
A superb piece of mystery
Awesome video man. It's so sad you stopped posting videos on your channel. Your content is so good ♥
Yeah the revelation that Verbal Kint was Keyser Soze really took me by surprise like twenty years ago, I really trough that Keaton was Soze, and at the same time, that I have seen this kind of twist many times before, like with The Sixth Sense, so I roll my eyes, how predictable was the movie, but then as you say, the movie literally pull the carpet under my feet, and revealed that Kint was Keyser Soze, after that, I needed to watch this movie again, and I have been watching it, for time to time, ever since.
please do more this is really good
I really enjoyed this episode :)
Two points. Parts of the story would have to have been true as they can be checked on or would be known to the case agents. The lineup and the taxi cab hit are examples. But the closer you stick to the truth the better. And there is a gold cigarette lighter in the opening act used to light a cigerate, that same lighter is given to Verbal at the end, that is what clued me in.
Watched this for the first time last night. Awesome movie
This movie is meant to be seen on V.H.S. i just noticed the ending scene where the detective comes out of the building after the secret is revealed. The car Kaiser flees in vanishes off screen Right at the moment the detective turns his head to the right....We'll on the wide screen vesrions you don't see this, you still the see car slowdown afterwards...I don't think that was meant to be seen.
Saw this video, watched it, subscribed. This is one of my FAVORITE movies ever. Good job, dude!
Great dissection
Great video you deserve more views
What if Kujan will have the qualities of Hans Landa. Bet that will be a great showdown and an epic exchange of words.
Loved it. 💜
Good job sir ..yes if a person hasn't this movie , there gonna be lost..
Very great video
My favourite film ever!
The way you put this in words and perspective was amazing i seen this movie the first time and felt exactly the way you described but I was too dumb founded by the twist to speak hahaa! Great job man (P.S. this was the fist video by you I've ever watched and you already got the sub! Nice shit man! - Stephen)
Great reveal! 😊👍👍
Respect! Original Movie recep channel.
I feel like even if you haven't watched the usual suspects you still know the ending
Firstly, I love this film. I've watched it countless times and I couldn't agree more that this is one of the best pieces of writing ever committed to film. But I have to admit I'm still not completely sold that Verbal is Keyzer Soze. Everything in this film is misdirection and I think the reveal is just another example if this.
one thing is missing,they shouldve tell the story of kobayashi
@@2mingameplayph115 Why would we want to hear the story of a ceramic mug manufacturer?
great video
E led me here would not believe how many things I went through to find the connection crazy always look at things this way attitude storyline and looked at it this way also and still have not found the end maybe I'll get it one day long journey
The one thing I would like is a complete list of clues on the wall that match Verbal's story:
Quartet, Skokie, Illinois
Redfoot
Fat Guy, orca fat
Guatemala
anything else?
It's been years since I've seen this great film but since kint was given immunity , can that be negated bc he lied about his identity ? Chaz runs outside to get kint/soze I'm guessing to arrest him ?? The guy that is in the car who we thought was kobayashi is really just an assoc? The guy in the hospital was not part of the story screaming Kaiser soze so he knew what he looked like ? I know twists were done b4 notably in Hitchcock films but those movies were many years before & the twists were not like this. An audience today may be looking at kint as the obvious choice for soze but the 1996 audience was not used to twist endings at all so this was shocking. I saw this in the movies with my parents at like 14 & everyone was blown out. I can't tell u the feeling it is the first time you see this movie. Ur literally just shocked & I remember in the car we were all going over the movie all excited about what's real what wasnt etc. The sixth sense was a similar shock but it took me longer to get it lol. Bc the theatre was so loud buzzing I saw the ring on the floor people were so loud so I'm looking at my friend like what happened then when u see him dead after the gun shot from earlier u get it. That movie freaked me out with ghosts . Also m night decided every movie he made had to have a big twist. Maybe cause the audience demanded it but after signs I was sick of the " twist " bc ur just watching but also waiting for it. I find not expecting it at all is what makes it so great
Loved the movie, great movie! the one thing that is true in this movie is the quote:"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist." Which is a fact of life! I did this for my personal thing, I made sure everyone think I am the dumbest while Hell is coming to them!.
i really think you should do an episode on inception:) this was brilliant!
Pretty amazing that almost the entire film could have been a lie.
JD......was here....I love u kid, see u soon
But isn’t Soze now absolutely screwed because his identity is now public knowledge
I see many people believe it was all fake except the boat attack. It wasnt fake, it was blown out of proportion. They hit the taxi in NY, they killed the carpark guys, they attacked the boat with a purpose to kill the witness. What was not really there, were the Kobayashi, RedFoot or equivalent of him and of course the cripple act. They did hit the boat looking for drugs, witness got killed and all of them burned. The lawyer GF did die and Kobayashi is a real dude with probably a different name.
The editing, the story telling method of Singer and amazing acting take this movie from a twisted robbery gone wrong and 1 witness alive being the BIG BOSS, to a masterpiece of motion picture. Why we watch movies and answer is a movie like this. No special effects, no CGI, no stunts or green room. Spacey is brilliant and I cant believe we can no longer enjoy his acting. Baldwin brother is actually very good, which shows that his character acting was used to its full potential only and only in this 1 film.
There is a reason why IMDB's top rated 100 movies list's first 20 films has only 6 exceptional movies that are made after the year 2001. The rest are all of past decades.
PS: Too bad this channel stopped 5 years ago.
Kobayashi's name is probably mentioned in the police report so it might be a lie told consistently. I didn't know Kujan was a customs agent.
Brilliant movie
It is my opinion that spoilers mean very little and that for most movies a spoiler or two won’t ruin it but not the usual suspects an unspoiled first time viewing is required because otherwise you are being robbed
I got spoiled by a simple google search. While trying to see the list of characters, saw the name ;keysar soza' with actor kevin spacey, and, boom it is ruined
Am I the only one who feels like Keyser told Kujan the truth of what happened other than changing names and maybe places so that he wouldn't be a rat? Hell, he clearly disliked rats and did all that just to get on the boat to kill the guy who ratted on HIM.
Agree. He made a point to get the guy who was crazy enough to try to hurt him(he could have had plastic surgery).
If Keyser Soze had a brother, it would be John Doe from Seven.
One of those few times I agree with Ebert. I don't feel in awe, I feel empty. However, that lineup scene is classic when they're all laughing as Benicio del Toro exchanges with the cops: "Hand me the keys ya cocksucka." "In English please." "Excuse me?" "In English." "Hand me the fuckin' keys ya cocksucka what the fuuuuck." The laughing wasn't in the script and Bryan Singer was pissed off that they couldn't keep straight faces. Glorious farting. Great scene, so-so movie.
Who coined the term "Keyser Soze"?
Before the reveal the only clue is that Nobody is hiding in the ropes at the dock . No Verbal . Ever . He's a liar . The only witness is a liar .
Just remember, I’m one of your first 500 subs 🤟🏿
So what, you want a cookie for that, or what??
I like your spoiler warning, good looking out!
How do you spell agent Cooyahn?
It's Dave Kujan :)
Actually that no exactly true, if anyone actually think about it, you can assume that the real Verbal Kint is like mobster like to say, swimming with the fishes, he was the weaker of the five, so that why Keyser Soze take his identity, the other criminals always would pose their prominence over him, specially Keaton. Also I not think that the entire story is a lie, there a lot of lies mixed with some truths, built up by the initial statement that Kint give to the police early in the movie.
I’m not even positive that Verbal really is Keyser Soze. He just might be an underling working for him.
I’m not gonna lie I just knew straight away it was verbal who has been doing all this stuff when the description of crime boss from Hungarian dude hasn’t arrived and nobody has seen it yet until when verbel said his last word to the man and left.
Ya I thought so to but the the movie made me doubt myself and then it was confirmed at the end.
Nicely done. And Ebert WAS wrong!
Roger Ebert is fine when the film is formulaic and expected. He didn’t have a clue when it came to groundbreaking stuff like this.
3:50 I figured soze is the crippled guy since keaten could never kill his gf.
There may not even be a Kyser Sosé - I probably spelled it wrong . But why WOULD a brilliant criminal wind up in that situation ? Why would any of it be true ? I think all we really know for sure is a con man conned everyone and split the scene while the gettin' wuz good !!
Agree. Why would he make himself so vulnerable when all he needed to do was get plastic surgery (which is what he did after he escaped)? Technically, everyone was a witness after they saw the drawing of him.
edit: I just read another comment. He did it to remind people of his legend and to not mess with him or his family. He deliberately lied to Kujan so the Feds and two police departments would know about how dangerous a criminal he was (and to not even attempt to catch him).
The greatest trick this film pulls is convincing the audience Verbal is Soze.
Verbal is Soze's right hand man, his assassin he sends in to clean up the mess, take out the criminals and kill the witness. He's identified as Soze only because Keaton calls him that, equally why the guy in the hospital refers to him as that, the only true eye-witness has been killed.
Think about it, from Soze's perspective, the master manipulator criminal, it's to keep his identity a secret at all costs..which he fails to do given how it ends. You really think he goes through all that, sits there chatting away when the guy who can ID him is talking to the cops? No. It doesn't matter as it's a false trail. How's Soze described? As a foreigner, yet Verbal's an American. The only person who is confirmed as existing is 'Kobayashi' who is seen picking him up. Kobayashi means small forest, as in the phrase you can't see the wood for the trees.
He is Keyser Soze. Orchestrating everything, whilst being removed from it all at the same time and still not identified.
That makes no sense. Kuyan confirms that Keyser had to be aboard the ship to make sure that he killed the witness. Verbal Kint IS Keyser Soze.
Remember the other suspects standing around outside the police station as Keaton comes out? Verbal smokes a cigarette-holding it underneath in the European fashion, as he does again in the car at the end of the movie. Verbal is Soze.
great theory, but the problem with it is that verbal kint isn´t necessarily american. He recognizes that the guys speak hungarian, not russian, which is a sign that he´s keyser soze, based on keyser sozes hungarian past.
@@donridgway7269 Woah,this is the first I've heard anything about there being a regional difference in the way smokers hold a cigarette(& I've been smoking off & on for a long time,lol)..That's a Hell of an observation where this movie is concerned tho,& I think u make a great point!
OP is dead right - Verbal is not Keyser Soze. The film would make no sense if Verbal were Soze, because the entire point of everything that happens is that Soze is trying to eliminate the last living person who can identify him. But if Verbal is Soze, then his plan is a complete failure - he can now be identified by the detective.
The film-makers make it very clear in the last scene that Verbal is not Soze. Throughout the story, Soze is identified with the devil. The one thing the devil can't disguise about himself is his cloven hoof - hence Verbal being shown with a twisted foot. But at the end he straightens his foot, which is the film-makers telling us he is not the devil, i. e. he is not Soze.
Verbal blames keaton to throw off any speculation its kent
Does anyone else think its funny the detictives name is couillon
The character's name is Dave Kujan, and is played by Chazz Palmintieri :)
It's a Polish name meaning artist, careful, influencer. The screenwriter put a lot of thought in every detail.
Only 200 subs ?
Kobayashi is Soze
Did verbal kill his friend dean keaton?🤔
Yes
Keysor Soze killed his mark, Dean Keaton.
He killed the whole group.
@@jbard9892 Keaton wasn't his mark. The Hungarian witness on the boat was, and he survived.
@@davelowets When I referred to Keaton as his mark I meant in the sense that he was setup, along with the rest of crew. They were scammed, used for Soze's purposes, and killed. The Hungarian wasnt the target, Arturo was. And neither survived, Arturo died on the boat and Oshkosh (?) died later in the hospital.
The Sixth Sence was not BEFORE.
The objective truth is as nonexistent as the coke on the boat
There really wasn’t no point
I definitely agree with Ebert’s point of view. The plot was so complicated and then the ending comes out of the blue, leaving us still disentangling the twisted plot which was all a lie. Too much to handle IMHO.
Nah, the ending is simple really.
The screenwriter might have wanted to make you watch the movie again. The entire story couldn't have been a lie because the police had already written a report (Dave Kujan is a Customs agent that IMO Soze was messing with).
four minutes
What happened to this Chanel?
Hey,I'll say it..Ebert was wrong! I respectfully disagree with his opinion & would give it more like 3.5-4 stars..
I hate films where the bad guys get away with it
At the same time: if all films had the good guys win it would be too predictable
Spoiler alert Keyser Soze is the creeple.