Another thing people miss is in the beginning. The detective states that Verbal is paranoid about being recorded and knows that all the interrogation rooms are bugged, so he wants to be questioned in an office. In reality he knew that interrogation rooms are empty and that he would need props as inspiration for the story he was going to create. So he arranged to be interrogated in a room with plenty of material.
Another clue: When Kobeyashi is surrounded by the crew in the high rise the camera circles around them and shows Kevin Spacey easily opening his lighter; unlike the assistance he requires from Agent Kujan at the start of the interrogation. One of the best movies ever made.
I'm sure he smokes his cigarette in his true way (turkish) in that scene instead of American way. If not that scene, it's another scene where they are all in it
Spacey's walk changed to normal when he and the crew walked with the quick step to see the girlfriend/Lawyer waiting for Kobeyashi to return. I thought it was a mistake at first.
This is more meta-textual, but because Verbal is revealed as an unreliable narrator by the famous twist, it actually calls EVERYTHING into question rather than clarifying the “real” events. The whole convoluted plot is liable to be a deception, since all the action is viewed through the story of a liar
I've always thought this too. The guy picking Verbal up isn't Kobayashi, Redfoot was just a name off the wall - between the line up and the bodies being found at the end - everything else is likely made up. Did Keaton even die!?
@@jaywin9048Well we know certain details are real, such as the NY's finest taxi service heist and the "emerald" heist. Those things really did happen, along with the climax on the boat. Soze/Kint just made up names, perhaps in keeping with the criminal's "I'm not a rat" ethos.
We see Soze being left handed in flashbacks and at one point when Verbal is explaining he might have missed shooting at Verbal from the back, he gestures to his crippled left hand. Yet in all his years as Verbal he never really picked up using his right hand as he fumbles the cigarette lighter at the beginning of the interrogation.
You missed the fact that you can see Kint's shoes aren't scuffed, as there are close views of them both in the station and when he's leaving to make bail. Someone who constantly walks with a limp would have scuffed shoes and he doesn't, letting you know he's faking it.
People always miss the fact that the white powder in the drug scene is actually powdered sugar and Kint says that Soze used to work in a bakery making pastries with powdered sugar and then in a closeup you see Kint has powdered sugar crumbs on his fingers and lips. It lets you know that Kint is Soze if you're paying attention.
Exactly, every time I watch it I still say, well if that happened then how did this happen... Captivating. Can't tell you if another movie of recent years that has done this. Brilliant!
Another giveaway is how perfectly Kint shoots the jeweler in the forehead (amid his supposedly handicapped hands) just like how Soze shoots everyone in the forehead in the flashback scene of his family’s murder.
Nice list! The Usual Suspects is one of my favorite movies and I only noticed 2 or 3 of the list. Verbal is first shown smoking like that after they’re released from jail. Such a great movie.
Amazing movie. Loved it 20 years ago, love watching it now with my teenage sons, I look forward to watching it with my grandchildren. I wish there more movies of this quality. Thanks for your contribution.
I had dinner with Singer and McQuarrie back in 2007 when filming with them on Valkyrie. Asked him about the envelopes. It wasn't intentional and was a complete accident when they chose which take to use.
Missed one more give away... Just as the team arrive at the dock to start their heist they all stop to listen to the crew speaking... One of them asks "what language are they speaking?" Kint replies "... It's Hungarian". With Kint telling the story about Soze and his war with the Hungarians this is a chilling clue that he was Soze.
People should have realized long before then that he was the bad guy though he was the only one left standing and he's so adamantly believe that Dean Keaton was dead. There were small Tails all through it that's true little hits that gave him away.. the more you look the more you see but for me it was the fact that he was the only one left alive. Self-evident.. that if he wasn't the same guy and then he knew that guy... but since we're all operating on the same belief that it was one of the five yeah it was fairly evident that it was verbal.
He’s toying with the detective by expressing so many little nuggets of gold that eventual come together when the detective is staring at the wall. He was so assured of his greater intelligence, that he totally disregarded the unassuming and cunning Kint. That arrogance and hubris were his undoing and what made him miss all of the cues. Kevin Spacey is a extraordinary actor. Obviously he’s a despicable person, but as an actor, he is sublime.
@@snarkasticdouche3863he had 30 allegations and innocent in 2 countries … and Kevin’s life is still ruined. Everyone hears about the allegations but never the acquittals, and people like you always seem to have to bring him down, despite all evidence.
@@Harrys.Truman-fanpage It helps that a bunch of witnesses "mysteriously" disappeared too. He was a frequent visitor to the Island, deal with it. It's okay to like his movie roles. I like a few, like this one. It's not okay to ignore his reprehensible crimes.
@@laskurtanceixixii Because he saw Kint on the boat, recognised him then turned his back on Kint (because he trusted him). Kint then stabbed McManus in the back. McManus then made his way to Keaton on the main deck where he was probably going to say "Strangest thing.....i just saw Kint and he stabbed me", but died before he got the sentence out. That help?. :)
Im a heavy movie watcher. Usually watch the same movie tens of times. But i only watched The Usual Suspects once, AND ESTILL REMEMBER MOST OF IT! This is a masterpiece.
There's one more giveaway to Soze's lighter. When they kidnap Kobayashi and are talking to him, Kint lights his cigarette with the same gold lighter. It's a nearly dead giveaway for someone paying close attention.
Number five made me bellow with laughter. My daughter actually went to FanExpo this summer, and Esposito was there. I seriously considered slipping my DVD of The Usual Suspects into her bag, with a note asking her to get him to sign it.
number 21, the pile of ropes is shot central in the opening flash-forward the first time we see Keaton shot. The camera angle clearly reveals there is no one behind the ropes in that opening, yet 90 minutes later we are shown Verbal moving in behind the ropes... which contradicts the opening sequence.
Great job Jules. I never comment on your videos (but I am a frequent watcher) but you did this film proud. Kids these days have no idea what a headbanger this film was. When we walked out the theatre this was all we could talk about. They don't make them like this any more.
Something that is also missed is when the crew is scouting the ship and no one knows the language they are speaking but Kint tells the crew they are speaking Hungarian
Has anyone figured out the significance of the cigarette box? There are four figures on the box, and Verbal Kint looks at it right before he begins staring at the board and sees the bottom of the coffee cup. I thought perhaps the four figures were the source of inspiration for the four characters in Verbal's story. I also thought that the box might be a subtle indication that the room is bugged, as the box scene occurs right before it cuts to the recording device in the adjacent room.
The microphone is supposed to be in the cigarette box. This was confirmed on the commentary back in the '90s. They said because of the shot of Kujan straightening his tie, many viewers assumed he was wearing a body wire, but it was actually the cigarette box that was mic'd.
Honestly I thought the focus on that was there to throw the audience off as it was such a.focus in more than one shot that the audience wouldn’t be as observant of all the other smaller clues around it.
@@lpr5269 I once knew a guy named Acco. He facilitated handoffs between corrupt government officials, and nobody knew which Eastern European criminal syndicate had birthed him, or where he’d turn up…. But seriously, that’s funny to know. 👍🏻
Another theory would be soze usually let one to survive to spread the story, since there're two survivors from the docked ship, one was the severely injured hungarian and the other one was kint, this also proves tht kint was soze.
Another more obscure detail is when Fenster says, "I'll flip you for real," or something like that during the line up. That line and I believe Fenster's incoherent mumbling manner of speech is derived from a line spoken by Theloniis Monk in the film Straight No Chaser.
A note on Giancarlo... I have seen Breaking Bad many times and Better Call Saul a few times (BCS is not as rewatchable as BB due to its slower pacing), and Giancarlo has closely cropped hair there as well. Did the shape of his head change? I have not rewatched The Usual Suspects since I saw BB & BCS, and I had not noticed, but I would swear his head is more angular here in TUS. It that possible? Is it just that his hair was a couple millimeters longer here, and flattened against his head in ways that make it look angular? Camera angles? Lighting?
The cigarette holding style in 11:36 not 11:14 is commonly used by Turkish people for hiding their cigarettes easier behind hand and between fingers when your arms are down without burning yourself. Also it allows tossing it to a distance immediatly, easier (we flick cigarette with index finger). This is due to most smokers in Turkey start to smoke young and afraid to get caught by their parents or someone they know. Then this habit turns into a smoking style
I actually like the theory that "Kobayashi" was actually Keyser Soze. "Someone with power..." and the camera moves to "Kobayashi". The real Keyser would never let anyone see his face, and everyone who saw Kobayashi's face ended up dead.
From the first time I watched it 30 years ago I thought the Kobayashi character was actually Soze. The majority of the characters and story lines are made up by the Kint character and from memory does Kint not mention in the interview that Soze is coming for him? I just think why would Soze put himself in danger, the Kint character could have been the killer/accomplice and the real Soze was the Kobayashi character, in the background pulling the strings?
Sose was not the original last name in the first script. It was Sumay based on a friend of the director but when that person found out he killed his family the name was changed. Also in the line up scene the reason everyone as laughing is bc Del Toro kept farting and they never got a good take. So they spliced together a bunch of scenes to get it to work.
when kint is grabbed and thrown down by Kujan, Kint lifts up his "gimp" arm as to push off Kujan and away. Kint realizes that Kujan doesn't notice and he lets kujan take over the scene while laying limp hoping Kujan doesn't catch on.
Check this out…When Kujan is talking about how Keaten was using Verbal because Verbal is dumb. The camera stays on Verbal and then he smiles as Kujan is builidng and telling the false story that Verbal is leading him down. And then Kujan comes in to frame and sits to the left of Verbal. Kujan grabs Verbal by the collar when Verbal mentions the “lawyer” “What layer?” Kujan asks and then he gets upset with Verbal grabs his collar and there it is! VERBALS CP HAND SHOVES KUJAN’S HAND OFF OF HIM AND KUJAN DOESN’T REALIZE THAT VERBAL JUST USED HIS DISABLED ARM PROVING VERBAL IS A FRAUD AND NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS. 42:18 mark on the dvd.
He supposedly took the Kobayashi name off the bottom of the mug. Then, partway through, one of the cops in the field supposedly confirms the lawyer *WAS* Kobayashi. This, as far as I can tell, is the only true hole in this movie. But it's always bugged me.
Actually, the cop only confirms that Edie Finneran was retained by the FBI's stool pigeon. This is likely the reason that Soze chose Keaton. It wasn't about Keaton. It was about getting close to his girlfriend and eventually killing her because of her association with the man who was about to rat out Soze to the cops/hungarians.
It took me a few watches of the film to work out that almost all of the story can be viewed as false. Once you work out that the character "Kobayashi" is invented, then all the parts with the gangsters talking about Kobayashi (e.g. when they plan to kill him) must be invented. Likewise for the same reason, redfoot must also be invented. Which leaves the only bits that we can establish as actually happened are the very start of the film, the suspects being killed, the bit with the fax machine, and the very end. Everything else is made up by Verbal Kint.
Also, in the scene where we are introduced to Kobeyashi, there is another clue to Soze identity. Kobeyashi informs everyone why Soze is interested in them and that they all owe him money. He tells everyone he knows what they did, but what he gets to Verbal, he tells the cripple that Soye is interested in him because he "took $62,000 from a less than intelligent associate from a cripple." Also, Verbal is the only one who asks who Soze.
I need to rewatch this movie, but, I thought it was (paraphrasing) "an associate of Mr. Soze was relieved of $62,000 in a complicated confidence scam...by a cripple"
Here's a Usual Suspects tidbit you probably didn't know: Fenster's "He'll flip you. Flip you for real" and the accompanying gesture is taken straight from the great jazz pianist Thelonius Monk. Look for "Thelonious Monk Documentary -- 8/10," about 6:10. I learned this from my good friend, the late Jack Shearer, who played one of the French businessmen having dinner with Gabriel Byrne when he gets rousted. Jack saw the Monk documentary on TV & thought WTAF. I didn't see it for myself until years later, on UA-cam.
Not sure if I’m reading in too much but a film buff friend of mine said that Keizer Soze was given the same initials as Kevin Spacey as another little Easter egg.
I love this movie, but it always bothered me how Soze went to great lengths to kill the guy who could identify him, but now has several people out there, including the police, who can identify him, including a witness sketch. Maybe he hopes nobody believes him? Or that two supposed witnesses are better than the guy on the boat who could identify him and point out others to his organization?
The police sketch and identification was a fluke from a burned up guy in hospital Soze thought was dead like all the others so it wasn't part of his plan for a whole police station or Kujan to find out, he's going to be kicking himself when he discovers it I'm sure.
And the mob who wanted his identity will easily get it from the police. But kobayashi could be soze. Either way the protagonist lost. He will be dead within a week.
I think there is another one clue at the very beginning. When Byrne is shot and Spacey approached to him, he responded 'I can't feel my legs...Kaiser' possibly being ironic for being fooled by Kint as a cripple.
You missed the most important one. The whole plot is too kill a guy who can identify him. He succeeded but in doing so exposed himself to the FBI, police, and effectively everyone. While everyone walks away feeling like he won, it doesn't actually make any sense to the plot. He lost big time. The greatest trick this movie ever pulled was convincing the audience the protagonist won.
Well he failed but then mDe the best of a bad situation and got himself released. Now, as he mentioned in the interrogation, he will just disappear. He has international connections so he can just have surgery, change his looks and he's all good. As for his name, that was most certainly not his real name anyway.
The only person alive who claims to know Soze's motive for attacking the boat is Kint - who we know is an unreliable narrator. Everything he says about how the attack played out is suspect. He could have left bits out, lied about the events and even made up all the interactions and relationships between the main characters. In fact anything not directly verifiable by solid evidence is likely fiction. For example, the entire character Redfoot likely never existed - it's the Alias of a prostitute on the noticeboard. That's Kint's genius - he improvises such an engaging story that the Kujan *wants* to believe it.
He most certainly won. He killed everyone that could identify him, except the cop (who's superiors wouldn't believe him anyway). His main objective was to get to the government witness (for whatever reason). He hired a crew to take the fall, divert attention away from him, help to get onto the boat. He also talked himself out of custody. He can clearly operate through cutouts very effectively, hence Kobayashi. I see wins all around. Kujun isn't chasing him to Eastern Europe. You try watching it again. I think you missed the appreciation of getting to the ending to figure out pretty much the whole movie was bullshit. And the respect for the man that planned it that way.(Soze/Singer). Who's to say Soze even existed to begin with?
@@GranPubaif Soze didn’t exist: why would the detective Kujun talks to during a scene in between parts of Kint’s story say he had also heard of Keyser Soze? That scene in between parts of Kint’s story is real
Honestly, Soze wouldn’t have let himself, be caught the movie shows he’s a man who can get anything done through manipulation & fear. So why does he go through the ruse with Kujan other than to toy with him which is even more frightening.
Another thing worth noting is that in the penthouse Kobayashi scene, Keaton is wearing Fenster's suit and shirt. I think the other outfits are off as well, but I don't remember. Point is that it's another example of Verbal making it all up and getting the details fuzzy in a few places. Also, everyone's laughing in the police lineup scene because one of the actors couldn't stop farting and it cracked everyone up, even though it pissed off the director who wanted a more serious scene.
This doesn’t make sense to me. The person who should be Kaiser Sozé should be the "lawyer" that picks up Verbal. Verbal even says that Kaiser will come and get him and he will never be seen again. Then, he is picked up by the "lawyer"….
I read that even Gabriel Byrne thought he was Kaiser Soze until the premiere. In fact you did a video on that on 14 January 2018, and and 12 October 2020, and 04 March 2020 and again on 25 July 2022.
A lot of these are in the director's commentary -- which is a highly recommended listen if you are a fan of the film, regardless of the personal issues of the director and main star outside the movie.
Another interesting appearance by a young Esposito is in Maximum Overdrive, in which he plays a young man playing in the Dixie Boy arcade when the machines turn on everyone. At least his character died with pockets full of smokes.
Doctor Detroit is most likely the inspiration for the movie. The opening scene is a man looking at things on a wall in front of him to come up with Doctor Detroit.
Esposito is one of the most versatile actors of our time. He can play any character although he’s been typecast as Hispanic crime lords throughout his career. He’s actually half Italian. Check out his IMBD.
Something you guys missed is the opening title sequence...they literally tell you its the odd man out with the blue light reflection in the water being the last thing you see.
When each cast member is given an envelope by Kobayashi. The order in which they’re handed the envelop, is the order in which they die. Bar verbal that gets his last.
Okay folks...bear with me here. We all know...that this is one of the best plot twists in cinema history,right? But ALL OF US...and by ALL OF US I mean every person on the planet....also know that Verbal had the script writer on his side. Because Agent Kujan could have looked at that board at any given moment of the 2 HOURS!!! he and Verbal were inside that room together. So the entire stunt Verbal pulled here was also INCREDIBLY risky and naive. RIGHT? Who`s with me?
Soze's actions are all a bit weird. He could have evaded capture. Instead, he basically gave up his appearance and fingerprints just so he could mess with the police. For me, the first big clue that the story was fabricated was Kobayashi. Kobayashi Maru was the simulation of a no-win situation in Star Trek: the Wrath of Khan. The fact that a character with a Japanese name had an Indian accent and a Caucasian appearance added some alarm bells.
We can’t assume anything Verbal has told Kajun is fact. The only facts we know is that the burnt guy was able to describe Soze in the drawing and that many people died on the boat.
Only the word "söze" can not be translated verbal. It must be "sözel" or "sözlü".And it doesn't mean you talk a lot. "Sözlü" is the situation before the engagement. It can also be called a contract to marry with word."Sözlü" is the name of the exam in which the student is put on the blackboard in front of the whole class and the result is graded."Sözel" It is used for all kinds of work done without the use of paper and pen.
A detail almost everybody misses which is more character building than anything else, is that Verbal Kint is fluent in written Japanese. In his theatrical retelling of a bunch of stuff that didn't happen, there's a brief exchange outside "Kobayashi's" office. Next to the door is a sign that says, in correct Japanese, "Kobayashi, lawyer." (小林 弁護士) It's not even written in English, because that's how much of a show off he is.
One of my favorite movies, and I am very picky about my favs (as though my opinion matters to anyone else). This movie was well crafted. The best part is figuring out that the ENTIRE story ends up being made up BS by Verbal. It was also cool that the actors played different parts, and I loved all the different pronunciations of Keyser Söze.
I've always disagreed with the "it's all BS" theory. I maintain that the story Verbal tells is largely true, just embellished and altered. Parts of it _have_ to be true; the boat 'heist' clearly happened - just not for a coke deal. The line-up would be on police record, as would the interviews. The police would also have known about the hit on Saul Berg, as well as the attack on New York's Finest Taxi Service - at least to the point where they could have called BS if it wasn't true. I think Verbal knew he could tell Kujan the truth but in a way that would be what he wanted to hear. He'd know Kujan was gunning for Keaton and that he'd find out about the myth of Keyser Soze. So it wouldn't be hard to make him think Keaton was the mastermind.
@@iainjames03 he literally tells him that when he says that Keaton was an ex cop and he knew how they thought. He was basically taking the piss on them the whole damn movie
I agree. It has to be almost entirely made up, including most of the scenes we see with the suspects talking to each other. Red foot may not have even existed, and as for Kobayashi, all we know is he's some unnamed guy who picks him up at the end.
I was “watching” this with a female friend who had never seen it. Naturally she was on her phone for almost all of it. Because she wasn’t really paying attention, she didn’t know Verbal was crippled and immediately called him out as Kaiser Soze well before the end of the movie
This movie just hit at so many levels! 1. A whodunnit with a twist 2. Heist movie 3. Revenge movie 4. A movie about disabilities! Because people with disabilities can be psychotic murderous gangsters too!❤
Loved the episode of Derry Girls where the parents went to see this and the movie was interrupted by a bomb threat. Then Sr Michael spoils the ending later.
I've always thought the end should be edited differently. The mug drop should have happened AFTER Kujan figured it out. Now he drops his mug and doesn't bat an eye and then starts figyring it out. But i think I've just watched it too many times! Love it!
It did happen after he figured it out. That’s why he dropped it. Because he was shocked at what he just realized. He didn’t just happen to randomly drop it for no reason.
Another thing people miss is in the beginning. The detective states that Verbal is paranoid about being recorded and knows that all the interrogation rooms are bugged, so he wants to be questioned in an office. In reality he knew that interrogation rooms are empty and that he would need props as inspiration for the story he was going to create. So he arranged to be interrogated in a room with plenty of material.
Makes sense, seeing as Verbal is still being recorded in the chief's office, and he has to be aware of it.
Kayser vs Joker. Who wins?
@@NostalgicGamerRickOShay kayser for sure 🫣🤣
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Keyser Soze versus Raymond "Red" Reddington?
Ohhh that’s clever!
Another clue is When they are about to attack the boat and they ask what language is being spoken. Keaton says Russian and Verbal responds …Hungarian
exactly, nnot a soul on this planet knows how to identify hungarian, not even the hungarians!
@@Htheorphanarian how so?
HA! I remember saying that...on my 2nd watch. 😉🤓😄
Don't forget the finish of the joke 😏
I thought that was Macmanus who said that… damn.
Another clue: When Kobeyashi is surrounded by the crew in the high rise the camera circles around them and shows Kevin Spacey easily opening his lighter; unlike the assistance he requires from Agent Kujan at the start of the interrogation. One of the best movies ever made.
I'm sure he smokes his cigarette in his true way (turkish) in that scene instead of American way. If not that scene, it's another scene where they are all in it
Alan Partridge was in Usual Suspects? I 100% missed that.
Spacey's walk changed to normal when he and the crew walked with the quick step to see the girlfriend/Lawyer waiting for Kobeyashi to return. I thought it was a mistake at first.
This is more meta-textual, but because Verbal is revealed as an unreliable narrator by the famous twist, it actually calls EVERYTHING into question rather than clarifying the “real” events. The whole convoluted plot is liable to be a deception, since all the action is viewed through the story of a liar
I've always thought this too. The guy picking Verbal up isn't Kobayashi, Redfoot was just a name off the wall - between the line up and the bodies being found at the end - everything else is likely made up. Did Keaton even die!?
I always said that, his story was probably a farce. Great movie.
I came to the exact same conclusion about “Joker 2019”. It’s kind of hard to determine which parts are fiction and which parts are facts.
@@jaywin9048Well we know certain details are real, such as the NY's finest taxi service heist and the "emerald" heist. Those things really did happen, along with the climax on the boat. Soze/Kint just made up names, perhaps in keeping with the criminal's "I'm not a rat" ethos.
They lied to the viewers.
We see Soze being left handed in flashbacks and at one point when Verbal is explaining he might have missed shooting at Verbal from the back, he gestures to his crippled left hand. Yet in all his years as Verbal he never really picked up using his right hand as he fumbles the cigarette lighter at the beginning of the interrogation.
You missed the fact that you can see Kint's shoes aren't scuffed, as there are close views of them both in the station and when he's leaving to make bail. Someone who constantly walks with a limp would have scuffed shoes and he doesn't, letting you know he's faking it.
Good eye mate..you'd a made a damn good detective...
People always miss the fact that the white powder in the drug scene is actually powdered sugar and Kint says that Soze used to work in a bakery making pastries with powdered sugar and then in a closeup you see Kint has powdered sugar crumbs on his fingers and lips. It lets you know that Kint is Soze if you're paying attention.
also the fact that, for a long time smoker, it’s weird for him to struggle lighting his cigarette and to drop is lighter
@@gustave7619 he could well have been nervous or pretending to be nervous. It doesn't have to be a sign of anything
Not true-I have CP and walk w a limp. It doesn’t scuff my shoes. What it DOES do is wear out one side of my shoe before the other.
"The Usual Suspects" remains one of my all-time favourite films!
Correct
Ditto
my number 1 followed by se7en
Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart, Usual Suspects, Se7en, The Negotiator... can watch these over again ad infinitum
It's infinitely rewatchable, a real master class in the sadly dead "one and done" movie format.
It is also clearly Kevin Spacey voicing Soze at the beginning. They showed you he was the mastermind right away.
This is my favorite movie and I've watched it dozens of times and there were still a few things i missed. Great job!
Exactly, every time I watch it I still say, well if that happened then how did this happen... Captivating. Can't tell you if another movie of recent years that has done this. Brilliant!
Your English is pretty damn good man!
I like how composed and professional Kobayashi is even when someone pulls a gun on him
Another giveaway is how perfectly Kint shoots the jeweler in the forehead (amid his supposedly handicapped hands) just like how Soze shoots everyone in the forehead in the flashback scene of his family’s murder.
Oh that's a good observation!
And that he does it with his right hand but struggles to use a lighter in the office.
Verbal is the actual devil in this movie .
Found it interesting that as Verbal, his left side is crippled. As Soze, his left is his dominant side
Nice list! The Usual Suspects is one of my favorite movies and I only noticed 2 or 3 of the list. Verbal is first shown smoking like that after they’re released from jail. Such a great movie.
Amazing movie. Loved it 20 years ago, love watching it now with my teenage sons, I look forward to watching it with my grandchildren. I wish there more movies of this quality. Thanks for your contribution.
I had dinner with Singer and McQuarrie back in 2007 when filming with them on Valkyrie. Asked him about the envelopes. It wasn't intentional and was a complete accident when they chose which take to use.
This is a meta comment - Joel Cross never had dinner with them. But the twist is Joel knows because he is in fact, Gabriel Byrne.
I've seen this movie over 30 times, I'll never ever get tired of watching it.
Missed one more give away...
Just as the team arrive at the dock to start their heist they all stop to listen to the crew speaking... One of them asks "what language are they speaking?" Kint replies "... It's Hungarian". With Kint telling the story about Soze and his war with the Hungarians this is a chilling clue that he was Soze.
Kevin Spacey’s performance really touched me
People should have realized long before then that he was the bad guy though he was the only one left standing and he's so adamantly believe that Dean Keaton was dead. There were small Tails all through it that's true little hits that gave him away.. the more you look the more you see but for me it was the fact that he was the only one left alive. Self-evident.. that if he wasn't the same guy and then he knew that guy... but since we're all operating on the same belief that it was one of the five yeah it was fairly evident that it was verbal.
Good catch!
@@qanondon2100poor choice of words. Lol
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He’s toying with the detective by expressing so many little nuggets of gold that eventual come together when the detective is staring at the wall. He was so assured of his greater intelligence, that he totally disregarded the unassuming and cunning Kint. That arrogance and hubris were his undoing and what made him miss all of the cues. Kevin Spacey is a extraordinary actor. Obviously he’s a despicable person, but as an actor, he is sublime.
Well he got cleared of all the charges back in July after a 4 week trial in London. So, there’s that…
“The jury at Southwark Crown Court found him not guilty of seven counts of sexual assault and two counts of other serious sexual offenses.”
@@joshcantrell8397 Yeah, O.J. got off too, and everyone knows he did it. "Not guilty" is not the same thing as "innocent".
@@snarkasticdouche3863he had 30 allegations and innocent in 2 countries … and Kevin’s life is still ruined. Everyone hears about the allegations but never the acquittals, and people like you always seem to have to bring him down, despite all evidence.
@@Harrys.Truman-fanpage It helps that a bunch of witnesses "mysteriously" disappeared too. He was a frequent visitor to the Island, deal with it.
It's okay to like his movie roles. I like a few, like this one. It's not okay to ignore his reprehensible crimes.
McManus says "Strangest thing" before he dies. That pretty much gives it away
I always thought that was an interesting line.
Yeah what was that
Why ?
@@laskurtanceixixii Because he saw Kint on the boat, recognised him then turned his back on Kint (because he trusted him). Kint then stabbed McManus in the back. McManus then made his way to Keaton on the main deck where he was probably going to say "Strangest thing.....i just saw Kint and he stabbed me", but died before he got the sentence out. That help?. :)
@@samtaurus007 oh ok, not my Mother tongue so I didn't get it
Im a heavy movie watcher. Usually watch the same movie tens of times. But i only watched The Usual Suspects once, AND ESTILL REMEMBER MOST OF IT! This is a masterpiece.
Every time I watch it I notice something new
I too have watched it several times, always trying to pick up on something I may have missed earlier.
you should watch it again, it deserves it
@@J0MBi it just isnt anywhere around my stream services. And i just aint got the energy to pirate anymore.
@@brenoandrade7775 Surely you still a dvd player....
There's one more giveaway to Soze's lighter. When they kidnap Kobayashi and are talking to him, Kint lights his cigarette with the same gold lighter. It's a nearly dead giveaway for someone paying close attention.
Number five made me bellow with laughter. My daughter actually went to FanExpo this summer, and Esposito was there. I seriously considered slipping my DVD of The Usual Suspects into her bag, with a note asking her to get him to sign it.
I am sure he would have loved that.
Why didn't you ?
@@ibabechanel I didn't want to burden her. She had her whole own list of things she wanted to see that weekend.
Giancarlo Esposito was in Do the Right Thing and School Daze, both PSpike Lee films
number 21, the pile of ropes is shot central in the opening flash-forward the first time we see Keaton shot. The camera angle clearly reveals there is no one behind the ropes in that opening, yet 90 minutes later we are shown Verbal moving in behind the ropes... which contradicts the opening sequence.
I realized it was Verbal when the Baldwin guy got stabbed and was asked what happened his reply was “the strangest thing”
Great job Jules. I never comment on your videos (but I am a frequent watcher) but you did this film proud. Kids these days have no idea what a headbanger this film was. When we walked out the theatre this was all we could talk about. They don't make them like this any more.
Yup I was a kid/criminal that thought this movie was dope and I had to explain to my homeboys and siblings everything this video explains!
An Inspector Calls (1954) and The Usual Suspects (1995) are a fun watch back to back
the background score was also very unique and good. It reminded me of suspense movies from the 40's 50' and 60's...
Something that is also missed is when the crew is scouting the ship and no one knows the language they are speaking but Kint tells the crew they are speaking Hungarian
My favorite clue is when kint says “I knew these men would never talk” and it smash cuts to the body bags on the dock
Has anyone figured out the significance of the cigarette box? There are four figures on the box, and Verbal Kint looks at it right before he begins staring at the board and sees the bottom of the coffee cup. I thought perhaps the four figures were the source of inspiration for the four characters in Verbal's story.
I also thought that the box might be a subtle indication that the room is bugged, as the box scene occurs right before it cuts to the recording device in the adjacent room.
The microphone is supposed to be in the cigarette box. This was confirmed on the commentary back in the '90s. They said because of the shot of Kujan straightening his tie, many viewers assumed he was wearing a body wire, but it was actually the cigarette box that was mic'd.
Honestly I thought the focus on that was there to throw the audience off as it was such a.focus in more than one shot that the audience wouldn’t be as observant of all the other smaller clues around it.
The ending of your videos always gets me going. I really felt that one. You sir, are also a massive legend!
Yes, I liked that, too. Very kind, and it felt sincere.
I was in a barber shop quartet in Skokie Illinois.
Quartet was a real company in Skokie IL that made cork boards and dry boards . They were purchased by ACCO in 2005.
@@lpr5269 I once knew a guy named Acco. He facilitated handoffs between corrupt government officials, and nobody knew which Eastern European criminal syndicate had birthed him, or where he’d turn up…. But seriously, that’s funny to know. 👍🏻
@@lpr5269 I have a Quartet whiteboard beside me right now!
Another theory would be soze usually let one to survive to spread the story, since there're two survivors from the docked ship, one was the severely injured hungarian and the other one was kint, this also proves tht kint was soze.
Oh that's a good angle too!
That was just pure bad luck (for soze) that he survived. Certainly wasn't Soze's intention!
Another more obscure detail is when Fenster says, "I'll flip you for real," or something like that during the line up. That line and I believe Fenster's incoherent mumbling manner of speech is derived from a line spoken by Theloniis Monk in the film Straight No Chaser.
A note on Giancarlo... I have seen Breaking Bad many times and Better Call Saul a few times (BCS is not as rewatchable as BB due to its slower pacing), and Giancarlo has closely cropped hair there as well. Did the shape of his head change? I have not rewatched The Usual Suspects since I saw BB & BCS, and I had not noticed, but I would swear his head is more angular here in TUS. It that possible? Is it just that his hair was a couple millimeters longer here, and flattened against his head in ways that make it look angular? Camera angles? Lighting?
The cigarette holding style in 11:36 not 11:14 is commonly used by Turkish people for hiding their cigarettes easier behind hand and between fingers when your arms are down without burning yourself. Also it allows tossing it to a distance immediatly, easier (we flick cigarette with index finger). This is due to most smokers in Turkey start to smoke young and afraid to get caught by their parents or someone they know. Then this habit turns into a smoking style
people smoke like this everywhere, it means nothing
Interestingly Kint holds his cigarette a similar way Blofeld does in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
One of my all time movies to watch. And of course The Shawshank Redemption, which is probably my favorite.......
Cool hand Luke was a better prison movie.
I actually like the theory that "Kobayashi" was actually Keyser Soze. "Someone with power..." and the camera moves to "Kobayashi". The real Keyser would never let anyone see his face, and everyone who saw Kobayashi's face ended up dead.
I used to think that too. But the problem is the fax identity sketch and the burnt guy keeps shouting "Kaiser Soze!"
From the first time I watched it 30 years ago I thought the Kobayashi character was actually Soze.
The majority of the characters and story lines are made up by the Kint character and from memory does Kint not mention in the interview that Soze is coming for him? I just think why would Soze put himself in danger, the Kint character could have been the killer/accomplice and the real Soze was the Kobayashi character, in the background pulling the strings?
Sose was not the original last name in the first script. It was Sumay based on a friend of the director but when that person found out he killed his family the name was changed.
Also in the line up scene the reason everyone as laughing is bc Del Toro kept farting and they never got a good take. So they spliced together a bunch of scenes to get it to work.
when kint is grabbed and thrown down by Kujan, Kint lifts up his "gimp" arm as to push off Kujan and away. Kint realizes that Kujan doesn't notice and he lets kujan take over the scene while laying limp hoping Kujan doesn't catch on.
Holy hell 😲
Check this out…When Kujan is talking about how Keaten was using Verbal because Verbal is dumb. The camera stays on Verbal and then he smiles as Kujan is builidng and telling the false story that Verbal is leading him down. And then Kujan comes in to frame and sits to the left of Verbal. Kujan grabs Verbal by the collar when Verbal mentions the “lawyer”
“What layer?” Kujan asks and then he gets upset with Verbal grabs his collar and there it is! VERBALS CP HAND SHOVES KUJAN’S HAND OFF OF HIM AND KUJAN DOESN’T REALIZE THAT VERBAL JUST USED HIS DISABLED ARM PROVING VERBAL IS A FRAUD AND NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS. 42:18 mark on the dvd.
Yep this is rarely mentioned. Spacey as Kint protrays the realisation of what he's done fleetingly brilliantly, too!
He supposedly took the Kobayashi name off the bottom of the mug. Then, partway through, one of the cops in the field supposedly confirms the lawyer *WAS* Kobayashi. This, as far as I can tell, is the only true hole in this movie. But it's always bugged me.
Plus the fact that the lawyer does not appear to be Japanese.
@@roldo23 well, yeah, I always wanted to keep an open mind about his ethnic and cultural heritage, ha!
Kint also confesses shooting the guy who didnt't give them the briefcase in the head
Actually, the cop only confirms that Edie Finneran was retained by the FBI's stool pigeon. This is likely the reason that Soze chose Keaton. It wasn't about Keaton. It was about getting close to his girlfriend and eventually killing her because of her association with the man who was about to rat out Soze to the cops/hungarians.
It took me a few watches of the film to work out that almost all of the story can be viewed as false. Once you work out that the character "Kobayashi" is invented, then all the parts with the gangsters talking about Kobayashi (e.g. when they plan to kill him) must be invented. Likewise for the same reason, redfoot must also be invented. Which leaves the only bits that we can establish as actually happened are the very start of the film, the suspects being killed, the bit with the fax machine, and the very end. Everything else is made up by Verbal Kint.
To this day, Singer and McQuarrie disagree on the extent to which Verbal's story is manufactured.
The “K” in Kaiser. S” for Soze.
Kevin Spacey
Is this a coincidence?
One of my favorite movies of all time...
Wait a minute… this turned 25 over 2 years ago. 😂
Wait a minute… this turned 2 over 25 years ago.
Dammit, I knew I was right! I kept thinking during that intro, I'm pretty sure Usual Suspects was '95 not '97...
Loved this film since first watching it in the 90s and its easily one of my favourites!
The only thing I missed is the 27 years since I first watched it...
So Kaiser Soze means the verbal emperor or the verbal king...Verbal Kint, got it ?
Also, in the scene where we are introduced to Kobeyashi, there is another clue to Soze identity. Kobeyashi informs everyone why Soze is interested in them and that they all owe him money. He tells everyone he knows what they did, but what he gets to Verbal, he tells the cripple that Soye is interested in him because he "took $62,000 from a less than intelligent associate from a cripple." Also, Verbal is the only one who asks who Soze.
I need to rewatch this movie, but, I thought it was (paraphrasing) "an associate of Mr. Soze was relieved of $62,000 in a complicated confidence scam...by a cripple"
What's your point?
What are you even saying
one of my all time favorite movies to watch.... whenever it comes on.... i'll watch it!! amazing movie!!
One of my favourite movies.
Well done 😊
Here's a Usual Suspects tidbit you probably didn't know: Fenster's "He'll flip you. Flip you for real" and the accompanying gesture is taken straight from the great jazz pianist Thelonius Monk. Look for "Thelonious Monk Documentary -- 8/10," about 6:10. I learned this from my good friend, the late Jack Shearer, who played one of the French businessmen having dinner with Gabriel Byrne when he gets rousted. Jack saw the Monk documentary on TV & thought WTAF. I didn't see it for myself until years later, on UA-cam.
Not sure if I’m reading in too much but a film buff friend of mine said that Keizer Soze was given the same initials as Kevin Spacey as another little Easter egg.
I love this movie, but it always bothered me how Soze went to great lengths to kill the guy who could identify him, but now has several people out there, including the police, who can identify him, including a witness sketch. Maybe he hopes nobody believes him? Or that two supposed witnesses are better than the guy on the boat who could identify him and point out others to his organization?
"After this, my guess is you'll never hear from him again...."
The police sketch and identification was a fluke from a burned up guy in hospital Soze thought was dead like all the others so it wasn't part of his plan for a whole police station or Kujan to find out, he's going to be kicking himself when he discovers it I'm sure.
I don’t think he realises one of the Hungarians survived because he was stuck in Kujan’s office… So yeah, he fucked up!
The officer questioning him dies in a house fire a few weeks later. These things happen.
And the mob who wanted his identity will easily get it from the police. But kobayashi could be soze. Either way the protagonist lost. He will be dead within a week.
ive watched a lot of your videos. this one was definitely the best
I think there is another one clue at the very beginning. When Byrne is shot and Spacey approached to him, he responded 'I can't feel my legs...Kaiser' possibly being ironic for being fooled by Kint as a cripple.
They also constantly call verbal Kent the man with the plan. Hinting at his bigger role
You missed the most important one. The whole plot is too kill a guy who can identify him. He succeeded but in doing so exposed himself to the FBI, police, and effectively everyone. While everyone walks away feeling like he won, it doesn't actually make any sense to the plot. He lost big time.
The greatest trick this movie ever pulled was convincing the audience the protagonist won.
Well he failed but then mDe the best of a bad situation and got himself released. Now, as he mentioned in the interrogation, he will just disappear. He has international connections so he can just have surgery, change his looks and he's all good. As for his name, that was most certainly not his real name anyway.
The only person alive who claims to know Soze's motive for attacking the boat is Kint - who we know is an unreliable narrator. Everything he says about how the attack played out is suspect. He could have left bits out, lied about the events and even made up all the interactions and relationships between the main characters. In fact anything not directly verifiable by solid evidence is likely fiction. For example, the entire character Redfoot likely never existed - it's the Alias of a prostitute on the noticeboard. That's Kint's genius - he improvises such an engaging story that the Kujan *wants* to believe it.
Bravo, who ever made this video most probably didn't watch the movie, he just watched rewievs of this film...
He most certainly won. He killed everyone that could identify him, except the cop (who's superiors wouldn't believe him anyway). His main objective was to get to the government witness (for whatever reason).
He hired a crew to take the fall, divert attention away from him, help to get onto the boat. He also talked himself out of custody.
He can clearly operate through cutouts very effectively, hence Kobayashi. I see wins all around. Kujun isn't chasing him to Eastern Europe. You try watching it again. I think you missed the appreciation of getting to the ending to figure out pretty much the whole movie was bullshit. And the respect for the man that planned it that way.(Soze/Singer). Who's to say Soze even existed to begin with?
@@GranPubaif Soze didn’t exist: why would the detective Kujun talks to during a scene in between parts of Kint’s story say he had also heard of Keyser Soze? That scene in between parts of Kint’s story is real
Vince Gilligan should have done a Usual Suspects reference with Gus Fring in either Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul.
He did. The way gus fling died.
at number 8 "...gold waltch, gold cigarette lighter and a pack of cigarettes". Marlboro GOLD!
I love detail videos. This is great.
Honestly, Soze wouldn’t have let himself, be caught the movie shows he’s a man who can get anything done through manipulation & fear. So why does he go through the ruse with Kujan other than to toy with him which is even more frightening.
Another thing worth noting is that in the penthouse Kobayashi scene, Keaton is wearing Fenster's suit and shirt. I think the other outfits are off as well, but I don't remember. Point is that it's another example of Verbal making it all up and getting the details fuzzy in a few places. Also, everyone's laughing in the police lineup scene because one of the actors couldn't stop farting and it cracked everyone up, even though it pissed off the director who wanted a more serious scene.
This doesn’t make sense to me. The person who should be Kaiser Sozé should be the "lawyer" that picks up Verbal. Verbal even says that Kaiser will come and get him and he will never be seen again. Then, he is picked up by the "lawyer"….
Verbal is the actual devil
I read that even Gabriel Byrne thought he was Kaiser Soze until the premiere. In fact you did a video on that on 14 January 2018, and and 12 October 2020, and 04 March 2020 and again on 25 July 2022.
A lot of these are in the director's commentary -- which is a highly recommended listen if you are a fan of the film, regardless of the personal issues of the director and main star outside the movie.
Another interesting appearance by a young Esposito is in Maximum Overdrive, in which he plays a young man playing in the Dixie Boy arcade when the machines turn on everyone. At least his character died with pockets full of smokes.
He’s also in Trading Places, during the jail scene with Eddie Murphy.
Check out Taps.
I love Taps, seeing Tom Cruise go crazy with a .50 is pretty unforgettable.
Missed the part where in the first scene they tell us who it is with the lights on the water. the blue light aligns with Kint in the lineup.
Doctor Detroit is most likely the inspiration for the movie. The opening scene is a man looking at things on a wall in front of him to come up with Doctor Detroit.
This masterpiece of a movie will never get old….
Esposito is one of the most versatile actors of our time. He can play any character although he’s been typecast as Hispanic crime lords throughout his career. He’s actually half Italian. Check out his IMBD.
Something you guys missed is the opening title sequence...they literally tell you its the odd man out with the blue light reflection in the water being the last thing you see.
i havent posted a cm on youtube for years,, but this video was so great that i just had to say thank you dude
When each cast member is given an envelope by Kobayashi. The order in which they’re handed the envelop, is the order in which they die. Bar verbal that gets his last.
Brilliant break down
i saw this in the theater 3 times same week.
Okay folks...bear with me here. We all know...that this is one of the best plot twists in cinema history,right? But ALL OF US...and by ALL OF US I mean every person on the planet....also know that Verbal had the script writer on his side. Because Agent Kujan could have looked at that board at any given moment of the 2 HOURS!!! he and Verbal were inside that room together. So the entire stunt Verbal pulled here was also INCREDIBLY risky and naive. RIGHT? Who`s with me?
Yep. 4 minutes earlier and it wouldn't have worked out.
Soze's actions are all a bit weird. He could have evaded capture. Instead, he basically gave up his appearance and fingerprints just so he could mess with the police.
For me, the first big clue that the story was fabricated was Kobayashi. Kobayashi Maru was the simulation of a no-win situation in Star Trek: the Wrath of Khan.
The fact that a character with a Japanese name had an Indian accent and a Caucasian appearance added some alarm bells.
The original publicity posters
the Line up
Had a BIG RED ARROW
pointing straight at KS 😂😂😂
Awesome movie. Hard to believe it was that long ago!
This was sucha badass video.
This movie is definitely one of the best ever.
I am Turkish and I realized "Söze" part when I have watched 😅👋🏻
Benicio is pronounced with an ‘s’ sound, not with an Italian ‘c’
1:48 Something Jules missed: Benicio del Toro is Puertorican, not Italian. So, it's "Benissio", not "Benichio."
I'm Puerto Rican and it's actually "Benicio", it's pronounced the same tho 😅
We can’t assume anything Verbal has told Kajun is fact. The only facts we know is that the burnt guy was able to describe Soze in the drawing and that many people died on the boat.
Only the word "söze" can not be translated verbal. It must be "sözel" or "sözlü".And it doesn't mean you talk a lot. "Sözlü" is the situation before the engagement. It can also be called a contract to marry with word."Sözlü" is the name of the exam in which the student is put on the blackboard in front of the whole class and the result is graded."Sözel" It is used for all kinds of work done without the use of paper and pen.
A detail almost everybody misses which is more character building than anything else, is that Verbal Kint is fluent in written Japanese. In his theatrical retelling of a bunch of stuff that didn't happen, there's a brief exchange outside "Kobayashi's" office. Next to the door is a sign that says, in correct Japanese, "Kobayashi, lawyer." (小林 弁護士) It's not even written in English, because that's how much of a show off he is.
One of my favorite movies, and I am very picky about my favs (as though my opinion matters to anyone else). This movie was well crafted. The best part is figuring out that the ENTIRE story ends up being made up BS by Verbal. It was also cool that the actors played different parts, and I loved all the different pronunciations of Keyser Söze.
Second favorite? ( I'm always looking for good movies that I haven't seen yet 👍)
I've always disagreed with the "it's all BS" theory. I maintain that the story Verbal tells is largely true, just embellished and altered. Parts of it _have_ to be true; the boat 'heist' clearly happened - just not for a coke deal. The line-up would be on police record, as would the interviews. The police would also have known about the hit on Saul Berg, as well as the attack on New York's Finest Taxi Service - at least to the point where they could have called BS if it wasn't true. I think Verbal knew he could tell Kujan the truth but in a way that would be what he wanted to hear. He'd know Kujan was gunning for Keaton and that he'd find out about the myth of Keyser Soze. So it wouldn't be hard to make him think Keaton was the mastermind.
@@iainjames03 he literally tells him that when he says that Keaton was an ex cop and he knew how they thought. He was basically taking the piss on them the whole damn movie
@@cappyjones Citizen Kane.
I agree. It has to be almost entirely made up, including most of the scenes we see with the suspects talking to each other. Red foot may not have even existed, and as for Kobayashi, all we know is he's some unnamed guy who picks him up at the end.
Baudelaire - philosopher? Poet!
Excellent video!!
Very cool.
Watched it in 2000 and loved it
Still love it and always recommend it
You also missed how in certain scenes characters were wearing other character's clothes.
I was “watching” this with a female friend who had never seen it. Naturally she was on her phone for almost all of it. Because she wasn’t really paying attention, she didn’t know Verbal was crippled and immediately called him out as Kaiser Soze well before the end of the movie
Very insightful. Freaking awesome dude!
This movie just hit at so many levels!
1. A whodunnit with a twist
2. Heist movie
3. Revenge movie
4. A movie about disabilities! Because people with disabilities can be psychotic murderous gangsters too!❤
He doesn't have any disabilities
I need to watch this movie again.
one thing you missed is in the beginning, character intros, when the car with policemen pulls up to arrest Fenster the man driving the car is Keaton.
Loved the episode of Derry Girls where the parents went to see this and the movie was interrupted by a bomb threat. Then Sr Michael spoils the ending later.
I've always thought the end should be edited differently. The mug drop should have happened AFTER Kujan figured it out. Now he drops his mug and doesn't bat an eye and then starts figyring it out. But i think I've just watched it too many times! Love it!
It did happen after he figured it out. That’s why he dropped it. Because he was shocked at what he just realized. He didn’t just happen to randomly drop it for no reason.
The clues are only shown to the audience once Kujan has already figured it out
My top 3 fav movies ever ! Amazing story