Line #14 Fridge/TheUsualSuspects


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3	* There are a few tip-offs that Verbal is Keyser Söze that become a RewatchBonus:
4	** When they are released from the lineup and go out on the street, while Keaton is talking to Edie Finneran, the camera cuts to each of the others. In one shot Verbal is holding/smoking his cigarette between thumb and forefinger and palm facing up. This is an Eastern European trait commonly picked up by others in the region like, say, Turkey.
5	** Before Kujan arrives, Verbal is shown glancing around the office, noticing details that he can turn into his impromptu story.
6	** Before Verbal talks about Kobayashi, there's a shot of Verbal looking up at Kujan just as Kujan is taking a drink from his coffee mug, giving Verbal a clear view of [[LineOfSightName the "Kobayashi" insignia on the bottom of the mug]].
7	** Verbal tells how Keyser Söze, confronted by a brutal rival gang, "showed those men of will what will really is" by shooting his own hostage-taken family and then the men themselves. Just a few scenes later we see him shoot the guy in the car that Keaton keeps threatening but never actually pulls the trigger.
8	** When Verbal collects his possessions before walking out of the station, he collects a gold watch and gold lighter. Both are seen at the beginning of the movie when Keaton asks for the time.
9	** Suspiciously, Verbal's arrest is the only one not shown despite the fact that it is Verbal who is telling the story. The reason is most likely because the real details of his arrest wouldn't match the character he's presenting to Kujan.
10	** Verbal smiles slightly when convincing Kujan that Keaton is in fact dead, stating that he knows it for a fact.
11	** At one point, when Verbal mentions how someone like Keyser Söze won't stick his neck out if he is so close to being caught, ''he leans in closer to Kujan, sticking out his neck.''
12	* There's also the tip off that Hockney was the one who did the hijacking in Queens that resulted in the line-up. In the beginning, Agent Kujan talks about how to spot a murderer: "Whoever's sleeping is your man. You see you're guilty, you get caught, so you can have some rest." When the usual suspects are first seen in their cell, Hockey is the only one reclining.
13	* The way things go down in the "jewel" heist is another point in favor of Verbal being Söze. First off, assuming that we can believe our resident UnreliableNarrator, Söze and Kobayshi set the robbery up in the first place so that when it went bad and Saul died, it would make the Suspects come to them and Saul's death would be blackmail material to use against the Suspects. That doesn't happen without the death of Saul Berg though. So when it looks like Keaton won't go through with his threats and kill Saul, who finally steps up to do it? Verbal. Why? Because he needs that death to lure the Suspects into a bigger trap.
14	* Keyser means "King," and Söze means "easy with words." Soze is frequently associated with Satan, often called "the King of Lies." Also, Soze's alternate identity, "Verbal" Kint, is a con-man who talks too much.
15	* While never remarked upon, Keyser Söze is always shown [[ASinisterClue using his gun in his left hand]]. Verbal himself has a crippled left hand, which would seem to clear him of being Soze. In the end, however, Verbal's hand is revealed to work just fine, suggesting that [[ObfuscatingDisability he'd chosen to portray that disability specifically to divert suspicion away from him]].

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