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Post by drystyx on Apr 18, 2017 19:16:00 GMT
The writers and everyone involved all claim that there was nothing supernatural about the kaiser, but when you look at the movie with that in mind, it really looks stupid.
I hated it at first, but then it grew on me, because when when I watched it again a few times, I noticed it wasn't what the writers say it was. It was a "supernatural" story.
We get the "girl friend's death" stated at the end. Just one hint. There are more hints. But the reference to the devil is real here.
Kaiser was irritated by the number of people who thought they would be better "devils" than he. The "usual suspects" were five, but he replaced the girl in the line up, much as Wargrave replaced one of the ten little Indians in Agatha Christie's novel.
Kaiser found five people who really thought they could deal with him.
He was the devil.
Those meetings that Keaton and his girl friend have, are meant to be contracts with the spiritual Underworld. When Keaton sees his girlfriend in the room with the bad guys, he doesn't make a move, because he knows it's the devil's room. And they've been had. His final knowing smile when he's picked off is acknowledgment.
When viewed this way, the movie becomes a film, and makes sense.
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Post by drystyx on May 22, 2017 18:37:24 GMT
Over a month with no rebuttal makes the original post OFFICIAL FACT.
And now it is OFFICIAL.
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on May 22, 2017 19:07:29 GMT
What I've understood is this after watching The Usual Suspects a few times: never leave a witness/suspect in a room with anything more than a table and chairs.
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Post by sdrew13163 on May 22, 2017 21:39:55 GMT
I always thought of Kaiser Soze as the Devil incarnate. It certainly makes the movie more fun to watch.
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Post by hi224 on May 22, 2017 22:11:31 GMT
I actually would say its a case of having a myth be bigger then the very man itself as well.
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Post by angel on May 22, 2017 22:53:37 GMT
You can make any interpretation you like, the film gives you that freedom, but remember, everything that happened on screen (outside the interview room) came from an unreliable witness.
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Post by drystyx on May 23, 2017 16:00:53 GMT
You can make any interpretation you like, the film gives you that freedom, but remember, everything that happened on screen (outside the interview room) came from an unreliable witness. That's actually a very good analysis. It does fit in with my supernatural analysis, too, since as the devil, he can't tell the truth until the aside at the end.
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