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The Usual Suspects 1995 - Roger “Verbal” Kint (Kevin Spacey)

[daily-movie-quotes]

Day 203

February 9

After that my guess is that you will never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone.

-Roger "Verbal" Kint

(Played by Kevin Spacey)

The Usual Suspects

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Roger "Verbal" Kint Kimdir?

Roger "Verbal" Kint, 1995 yapımı "Olağan Şüpheliler" (The Usual Suspects) filminin en önemli ve gizemli karakterlerinden biridir.

Roger “Verbal” Kint, 1995 yapımı “Olağan Şüpheliler” (The Usual Suspects) filminin en önemli ve gizemli karakterlerinden biridir. Kevin Spacey tarafından canlandırılan Verbal, doğuştan sakat bir dolandırıcıdır ve filmdeki olayları kendi bakış açısından anlatır. Ancak, Verbal’ın kim olduğu ve anlattıklarının ne kadarının doğru olduğu, filmin en büyük gizemlerinden biridir. Verbal Kint’in…

[sinema-karakterleri]

Roger "Verbal" Kint Kimdir?

Roger "Verbal" Kint, 1995 yapımı "Olağan Şüpheliler" (The Usual Suspects) filminin en önemli ve gizemli karakterlerinden biridir.

Roger “Verbal” Kint, 1995 yapımı “Olağan Şüpheliler” (The Usual Suspects) filminin en önemli ve gizemli karakterlerinden biridir. Kevin Spacey tarafından canlandırılan Verbal, doğuştan sakat bir dolandırıcıdır ve filmdeki olayları kendi bakış açısından anlatır. Ancak, Verbal’ın kim olduğu ve anlattıklarının ne kadarının doğru olduğu, filmin en büyük gizemlerinden biridir. Verbal Kint’in…

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"The Usual Suspects," directed by Bryan Singer

"The Usual Suspects," directed by Bryan Singer and released in 1995, is renowned for its complex plot and unexpected twists. Here's a summary of the storyline and its major twists and turns:

Plot Summary

The story begins with a massacre and a fire on a ship docked in the Port of Los Angeles. The police investigate and find two survivors: a badly burned Hungarian gangster and Roger "Verbal" Kint, a con artist with cerebral palsy. Verbal narrates the events leading up to the massacre to U.S. Customs Agent Dave Kujan.

Verbal's story starts with five criminals (Dean Keaton, Michael McManus, Fred Fenster, Todd Hockney, and Verbal himself) being brought together for a police lineup. They decide to collaborate on a series of heists, including one that goes terribly wrong, resulting in a large number of deaths. Throughout the story, they are manipulated by a mysterious crime lord named Keyser Söze.

Major Twists and Turns

The Unreliable Narrator: Verbal's narration is a crucial twist. The audience slowly realizes that not everything he's saying might be true.

The Identity of Keyser Söze: The biggest twist is the revelation of Keyser Söze's true identity. Throughout the film, Söze is depicted as a near-mythical figure, feared and elusive. The final moments reveal that Verbal Kint himself is Keyser Söze.

The Red Herring: The film is filled with red herrings that lead both the characters and the audience to suspect other characters, particularly Dean Keaton, as being Keyser Söze.

The Bulletin Board Revelation: In the final scenes, Agent Kujan realizes that Verbal's entire story was fabricated from details on a bulletin board and a coffee mug in the office, leading to the shocking realization that Verbal is Söze.

Verbal's Transformation: The final twist shows Verbal leaving the police station, gradually losing his limp and disability, transforming back into the powerful and feared Keyser Söze.

Audience Reaction

The film's ending is considered one of the most shocking and memorable in cinema history. The reveal that Verbal Kint, the seemingly meek and crippled con man, is actually the ruthless and enigmatic Keyser Söze leaves the audience stunned. The carefully constructed narrative, filled with misleading clues and red herrings, keeps viewers engaged and guessing until the final moments.

When the truth is revealed, many viewers are left speechless, reflecting on how they were misled by Verbal's unreliable narration and the film's intricate storytelling. The twist ending not only redefines the entire narrative but also encourages audiences to rewatch the film to spot the subtle clues they missed the first time.

Overall, "The Usual Suspects" is celebrated for its clever plot, masterful misdirection, and a twist ending that remains one of the most iconic in film history.

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Roger 'Verbal' Kint: A man can’t change what he is. He can convince anyone he’s someone else, but never himself.

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Kevin Spacey 30 Days Appreciation Challenge 14. The Usual Suspects: Favourite quote And of course:

“...And like that... poof... he’s gone.”

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The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

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Daydream: I would love to see Peter Lorre play Roger "Verbal" Kint/Keyser Söze (unproven) in "The Usual Suspects."

He would have stolen the entire film a hundred times over. When you look at his Colonel Gimpy / Baron in Crack-Up, his multilayered Mr. Moto, and think of all the times he's been referred to as "just a little guy" or said it of himself - imagine that compounded into this seemingly pathetic, amazingly diabolical character!

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"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

- Roger 'Verbal' Kint/Keyser Söze (portrayed by Kevin Spacey)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Directed by Bryan Singer.

Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie.

The film won Spacey his first Academy Award while McQuarrie won the Academy Award for the Best Original Screenplay.

The character of 'Keyser Söze' was inspired from real life mass murderer John Emil List.

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The Usual Suspects (1995) Final Project

COM 323: Films of the 1990s

Introductory Video

The Usual Suspects (1995) Trailer

Production

The first inkling of The Usual Suspects film came to director Bryan Singer as he read an article in the magazine known simply as Spy. It was a passage regarding the famous 1942 film Casablanca in which the character of Louis Renault says that they need to, “round up the usual suspects.”

With a title now in mind, Singer and his screenplay writer Christopher McQuarrie could get to work. The screenplay for The Usual Suspects took McQuarrie around five months to create. He had used elements of one of his previous, not published works to forge the story. McQuarrie combined several real-world elements into the film’s screenplay including the true crime story of John List who killed his entire family then took on a new identity for some 20 years until he was caught. According to an article from The Guardian, “A lot of the inspiration for Keyser Söze, the villain, came from the character of Yuri in the 1980s thriller No Way Out – a spy within the Pentagon who may or may not exist.” The name “Keyser Söze” is based on one of McQuarrie’s previous coworker’s name, Kayser Sume. When trying to adjust Sume’s surname, McQuarrie used a friend’s Turkish dictionary to discover the word “söze,” which means “talks too much,” which, in hindsight, is hinted at through Roger Kint’s nickname “Verbal” and his self-admission of being talkative. The name origin also potentially explains why Söze is described as "supposedly” Turkish. Similarly, characters mention that Keyser Söze‘s father might be German. His first name Keyser seems to be a reference to the German word “Kaiser” which means “Emperor.”

Once the screenplay had been completed to Singer and McQuarrie’s liking, they began to show it to studios, hoping to find an interested party. However, that turned out to be much harder than anticipated. Despite the excellent writing by McQuarrie, the vacancy of the cast and non-linear storytelling elements scared off most studios. The film’s rough start is described in “Usual Suspects, Unusual Devices,” by Martin Barker and Thomas Austin. The journal article reads, “It almost didn’t get made. Its director Bryan Singer and writer McQuarrie tried 130 film financiers before finally cutting a deal with two European sources. Even then, the deal almost fell apart just days before filming was due to start, when one backer withdrew. Finally, a recut of the distribution and video rights brought in combined finance from Polygram and Spelling International.” So, they finally found some hope in Europe with the PolyGram film company, though the actors were going to have to be paid significantly less than their usual fees. The actors which they cast were okay with the lower pay, however, as they wanted the opportunity to not only work with Singer’s direction and McQuarrie’s script but also the other actors involved. In fact, in 1993, Kevin Spacey had met Bryan Singer and told him that he wanted to act in Singer’s next production.

The Main Cast - “The Lineup”

When the film began production, the budget was set at five and a half million dollars. Perhaps due to funding or other factors, there were only three shooting locations for the entire film. These were the cities of Los Angeles, New York City and San Pedro, CA. The film was shot in only 35 days, which is quite short compared to other films. Although it would seem the most prominent issue for the film would be the lack of financial backing, it turned out to be the actors themselves. Director Bryan Singer could not keep his main five actors in character, especially when they were all together like the famous “lineup” scene. Several scenes would take much longer than expected to film due to the actors being unable to stay in character because they would laugh with one another. In the final take of this scene, the characters are seen giggling, this is partially purposeful to show their camaraderie but much of it was the actor’s genuine laughter, particularly during Fenster’s delivery of the line.

The Usual Suspects (1995) “Lineup” Scene

Another less humorous issue that plagued the shoots was the size of filming locations. They had to film in many confined areas which made the job of cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel all the more interesting. In order to combat this issue of space, he used creative zoom tactics and dolly movements to simulate motion which made the space feel larger. The film wrapped shooting two weeks prior to its estimated date. However, one day Singer had a feeling that the mystery of Keyser Söze was unfinished. He felt that the film needed to convince the audience that Dean Keaton was Söze to up the ante of the twist ending. From this revelation came one of the film’s most crucial and shocking scenes. The sequence is the one at the very end, where Kujan stares at the board whilst past dialogue looms in the background as he pieces together the mystery. I have attached the video clip below:

The Usual Suspects (1995) Ending Scene

Marketing

The advertising campaign for The Usual Suspects started off with an unusual issue. The studio executives were worried that audiences would not know how to pronounce “Keyser Söze.” So, they thought a good way to combat this was to create posters and television advertisements which read, “Who is Keyser Söze?”

Though, many people still mispronounced it despite their efforts. The film itself initially aired at the now famous Cannes Film Festival in 1995. Here, it was met with a good reception from both critics and fans. Before it could get its full theatrical debut, it was shown in select screenings in Los Angeles and New York City, two of its filming locations and general movie hotspots. After these showings, it was aired in many theaters around the country and grossed around $23 million, which shattered its small budget numbers.

Reception

Despite successful monetary gains from the film, the critical reception after its full release was less than ideal. Overall, most critics felt the film was either predictable, confusing or only created to give its cast Oscar nominations. Famous film critic for the Chicago-Sun Times, Roger Ebert, gave the film a terrible one and a half stars, writing, “The story builds up to a blinding revelation, which shifts the nature of all that has gone before, and the surprise filled me not with delight but with the feeling that the writer, Christopher McQuarrie, and the director, Bryan Singer, would have been better off unraveling their carefully knit sleeve of fiction and just telling us a story about their characters – those that are real, in any event. I prefer to be amazed by motivation, not manipulation.” Other critics gave it similar ratings like USA Today’s two and a half stars. Though there were some outliers at the time, like reviewers for The Independent and The New York Times who gave it positive reviews. One of these reviews was from Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly, who wrote, “Dense with plot intricacies, thick with atmosphere, and packed with showy roles for a hip ensemble, The Usual Suspects is fun to watch — a celebration of cool actors having a good time playing sweaty and devious lowlifes.” However, her opinion seemed to be in the minority.

Fast forwarding to today’s view, the film seems to have had a shift in opinion. The three most popular film reviewing sites, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic gave it an 8.5, 89% and a 77, respectively. Notably, the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is a whopping 96%. Clearly, there has been a change of thought towards the 1995 film over the years. Today, the film is included on many lists of “top” films. Some of these lists include top movies of the 1990s, top crime dramas and even best films of all time. Many even cite this film as a “classic” or a “must watch” which is a sign of remarkably high praise. Some of the more well-known lists it has made were curated by the American Film Institute and the Writers Guild of America. Not to mention, the film has won numerous awards, even back in the 1990s. Some of the most notable awards being McQuarrie’s wins for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards, the BAFTAs and the Independent Spirit Awards. Along with Kevin Spacey’s win for Best Supporting Actor also at the Academy Awards among many others for the cast and crew alike. So, even if the critics did not seem too keen on the film back in ’95, there still were many who supported it enough for them to score such high accolades.

Since the film’s release in 1995, it has found its way into different areas of popular culture through references, homages and other nods to the film. In fact, there was even an official remake in Hindi called Chocolate in 2005. But looking beyond this remake, acknowledgements to the film can be seen all over from a monologue by Stephen Colbert to Family Guy cutaways to Key & Peele skits and perhaps most famously in Scary Movie (2000).

Many of these come in the form of citing famous lines from the film or re-hashing crucial scenes such as Kujan’s piecing together Verbal’s fabrications or Verbal’s shift from limping to walking normally. Along with loving references to the film, there has been a bit of controversy as well. Actor Gabriel Byrne, who played Dean Keaton, claimed that the film’s production was temporarily halted due to Kevin Spacey’s inappropriate behavior on set. Byrne stated for The Sunday Times, “I mean, he was kind of a joke in that people would say, ‘That’s Kevin,’ but nobody really understood the depth of his predations. It was only years later that we began to understand that [filming] was closed down for a particular reason and that was because of inappropriate sexual behavior by Spacey.” Director Bryan Singer has since spoken out about Byrne’s claims. He denied the allegations against Spacey. 

The Neo-Noir Genre

The neo-noir genre is defined by Mark Conrad in his work The Philosophy of Neo-noir as, “...any film coming after the classic noir period that contains the noir themes and sensibility.” The genre is a revitalization of the classic film noir, hence the prefix “neo” which means “new.” These films aim to capture a similar essence to the past noir crime films. They maintain similar characteristics in their writing style, cinematographic choices and essential themes. Some of these themes include crime, mystery, twists, paranoia, vengeance and deception. The way in which neo-noir differs from classic noir is seen through its use of updated technology and tackling of more modern societal problems. These films are also defined by the way in which they approach character. In classic noir, the motivations of the criminal or the detective were typically clear. But in neo-noir there is often a blurred sense of the world, where the character’s motivations are unknown or misunderstood and there is no clear division of good and evil as well as reality and fiction.

The way in which The Usual Suspect’s plot unfolds and its conflicts are battled perfectly fits the neo-noir outline. Writer J.P Devine describes the film in an article for Central Maine’s website as, “...a game of chess, a masterpiece full of fake clues, twists and turns that flows from light to shadow and back again. ‘The Usual Suspects,’ as most filmmakers know, rests somewhere near the top of the list of the greatest film noir thriller-capers of all time.” First and most obviously, the baseline of the entire film: crime, criminals and police. These three elements defined the classic noir genre at its core and have continued to define the neo-noir predecessor. Next, the film is based around one central mystery who is “Keyser Söze?” Neo-noir cinema most commonly revolves around questions or figures like these who the viewer and the characters will spend most of the film trying to pinpoint their identity. As the viewer watches Kujan stare at the board after Verbal has left the interrogation, both the character and the audience begin to piece together the fabrication of Verbal. As Verbal is seen shifting from limp to upright walk it all falls into place as the real Söze drives off uninhibited. This moment is exemplifying two examples of neo-noir cinematic patterns, the twist and deception. Verbal has fooled everybody, the viewer included. He has fabricated the perfect story to lead everyone off his trail and onto Keaton’s, who is confirmed dead, which means Söze would be too. As Stanley Orr explains in his, “Postmodernism, ‘Noir’, and ‘The Usual Suspects,” “Throughout the course of the film, Verbal installs himself on the periphery as mere documenter, ‘alone returned to tell the tale.’ Seemingly innocuous, Verbal diverts suspicion by focalizing upon Keyser Soze and Dean Keaton. In the last moments of the film, Verbal leaves Rabin's office under a new aspect: his ‘hand flexes with all the grace and coordination of a sculptor's’ (McQuarrie 120).” He has convinced everybody that he – the talkative, limp-footed “Verbal,” does exist while simultaneously convincing that the mysterious, all-seeing crime boss, Keyser Söze, does not, just like the devil.

Along with the plot and structure of the film fitting the neo-noir genre, so do the characters themselves. In the journal article, “Rounding up ‘The Usual Suspects’: The Comforts of Character and Neo-Noir” by  J.P. Telotte, the author notes, “The Usual Suspects offers an especially telling illustration in this regard, particularly of the impact of character in the neo-noir. It is a film that begins with a mystery and almost literally invites its viewers to play at guessing that mystery, at ferreting out the clues to its narrative and anticipating its twist ending. Moreover, that mystery depends totally on the film's conception and our own orchestrated and convention-driven misconception-of character, a set of reactions that pointedly flies in the face of our anticipation of narrative conservatism and undercuts one sort of pleasure or comfort we have come to expect from our films.” As explained previously, Keyser Söze is a brilliantly written character along with his Jekyll and Hyde-esque counter-part Roger “Verbal” Kint. Both of their motivations seem unclear for most of the film until the twist is revealed. Once they are established as the same character, many of the the motivations for Söze fall into place such as his paranoia that the man on the boat was going to expose him. Hence why he sent the criminals on a wild chase for some non-existent drugs on the ship. He wanted that man to be dealt with without the “lineup” knowing exactly why.

Also, the conflict between good and evil can be seen through both Söze and Keaton. Keaton’s struggle is more obvious and active throughout the film. He wants to escape the life of crime and live a morally and legally “good” life with his girlfriend, however, he finds it difficult to fully separate. Over and over he tries but he keeps being pulled right back. He cannot create true division between the good and the evil within himself. Similarly, after Verbal is revealed as Keyser Söze, this conflict comes over the audience. Initially, one feels themselves almost inclined to tip their cap to Verbal for his performance. Despite knowing the crimes he has committed, the viewer cannot fully write off Söze, he tows the line between likeable and truly evil in the minds of the viewer. The way in which the audience finds turmoil in supporting or disdaining his character is comparable to how readers feel about Satan in John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost. Something draws the audience into these characters despite or perhaps because of their wicked ways. In “Usual Suspects, Unusual Devices,” Martin Barker and Thomas Austin explain that, “The Usual Suspects rewards its viewers with the pleasures of unpacking its cleverness, and at the same time it rewards us by enabling us to demonstrate (to ourselves, to film-going friends) our cleverness in deciphering its deceits. It rewards with frissons of delighted shock the terror of a conspiratorial view of the Underworld: an attractive/dangerous stock of appalling characters. It rewards us if we are willing to play with the notion that authority is a mixture of inept and corrupt – but that corruption may be as nothing in the face of an awesome corruption so demonic that the petty authorities who think they run things are just self-deceivers.” His character is the encapsulation of the neo-noir genre’s blurring and bending of right and wrong, of good and evil, of reality and fiction. He lives his life miles ahead of those who wish to unravel his mystery. By the time anyone can wrap their head around his deceit, it is too late because, in devilish fashion, like that... he’s gone.

Works Cited

Derschowitz, Jessica. “What Critics Thought of 'The Usual Suspects' When It Came out 20 Years Ago.” EW.com, 16 Aug. 2015, ew.com/article/2015/08/16/usual-suspects-20th-anniversary-reviews/.

Telotte, J. P. “Rounding up ‘The Usual Suspects’: The Comforts of Character and Neo-Noir.”Film Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 4, 1998, pp. 12–20. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1213240. Accessed 28 June 2020.

Ebert, Roger. “Ebert's Most Hated: Roger Ebert: Roger Ebert.” Roger Ebert | Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/eberts-most-hated.

Ebert, Roger. “The Usual Suspects Movie Review (1995): Roger Ebert.” Movie Review (1995) |  Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-usual-suspects-1995.

Gelly, Christophe. “The Usual Suspects or the Potency of Falsity.” Mise Au Point. Cahiers De L'association Française Des Enseignants Et Chercheurs En Cinéma Et Audiovisuel, Association Française Des Enseignants Et Chercheurs En Cinéma Et Audiovisuel, 1 Apr. 2014, journals.openedition.org/map/1646?lang=en.

Hoad, Phil. How We Made The Usual Suspects. 4 Jan. 2016,             www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/04/how-we-made-the-usual-suspects-bryan-singer-gabriel-byrne

Schwarzbaum, Lisa. “The Usual Suspects.” EW.com, 25 Aug. 1995,           ew.com/article/1995/08/25/usual-suspects/.

Sharf, Zack. “'The Usual Suspects' Reportedly Stopped Filming Due to Kevin Spacey's 'Sexually Inappropriate Behavior’.” IndieWire, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2017,  www.indiewire.com/2017/12/usual-suspects-kevin-spacey-sexual-misconduct-bryan-singer-1201904039/.

Travers, Peter. “The Usual Suspects.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2018, www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-usual-suspects-93781/.

“The Usual Suspects (1995).” Rotten Tomatoes, www.rottentomatoes.com/m/usual_suspects.

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The Usual Suspects 1995 - Roger “Verbal” Kint (Kevin Spacey)

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“The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn’t exist” - Roger “Verbal” Kint, The Usual Suspects. Friends with Benefits

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A State Of Sundays 053

Channel: Electric Area (Sirius 52, XM 52)

Airdate: October 02, 2011 - October 03, 2011

Airtime: 06:00 AM - 06:00 AM

Timezone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Tracklist:

06:00 AM - 08:00 AM: Trance System

Sander van Doorn - Track-12

Tenishia/Ruben de Ronde - Story Of Life [Tsukerman Remix]

W&W/Mark Sixma - Twist

Sied van Riel - Bubble Blower

Aiera/Osiris - Supra [Daniel Kandi's Timmus Mix]

The Thrillseekers - Song For Sendai

Mark Otten - Libertine

Roger Shah/Sian Kosheen - Hide U [Pumpin' Island Mix] 

3rd Planet - Freedom 

BT/Kirsty Hawkshaw - A Million Stars [Myon/Shane54 Mix] 

Above & Beyond/Richard Bedford - Thing Called Love [Mat Zo Remix]

Tritonal/Jenry R - Something New

Markus Schulz/Jochen Miller - Rotunda

Tenishia - Shores of Eden

Paul Oakenfold - Full Moon Party

Tiddey/Lyck - Keep Waiting [Orjan Nilsen Remix]

Dash Berlin/Jonathan Mendelsohn - Better Half Of Me

W&W - Beta [Alpha Mix]

Armin van Buuren & Winter Kills - Take A Moment [Shogun Remix]

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM: Progressive Sessions

Veracocha - Carte Blanche [Dabruck/Klein Mix] 

Sebastian Ingrosso/Alesso - Calling [Instrumental Mix]

Gala - Freed From Desire [EDX's No Xcuses]

Sharam Jey/Nik Valentino - The More That I Do [Marco V Remix]

Tim Berg - Seek Bromance [Avicii's Mix]

Palmez - Start Again

Dirty South/Thomas Gold/Kate Elswort - Alive

Paul Oakenfold - Tokyo [Beatman/Ludmilla Remix]

Three 'N One - You Got Me Fallin [Nay Ray Remix]

Data Mc vs Nhan & Taan - Too Young To Die

09:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Downtempo Sessions

Erik De Koning - Dream Flight (Chill Out Mix)

John O’Callaghan/Lo-Fi Sugar - Never Fade Away

Chicane/Tracy Ackerman - No Ordinary Morning

Omega 3/Sharp Q - Silent Blue

Ben Gold/Senadee - Today (Chilled Datt Remix)

Moussa Clarke/Terrafunka - She Wants Him (Dynamic Illusion Chill Mix)

Arnej/Josie - Strangers We've Become (Acoustic Mix)

Armin van Buuren - Communication (Orchestral Version)

The Luxe Collective - 6 AM Joint

Bissen Presents The Crossover - Quicksand (Chill Out Mix)

The Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia (Orchestral Version)

Thomas Datt - Alone (Chilled Mix)

Verbal Kint - Scratch My Jazz

Arnej - People Come, People Go (Chill Out Mix)

Jan Vayne - The Promise Of A New World (Mark Otten Mix)

Klems - A Night In Paris

Chicane/Salt Tank - Leaving Town

Activa/Julie Harrington - You Are Here (Ambient Mix)

Dulac & Dubois/Szen - Turning (Dave-PL Remix)

Chicane - Early

Signum - Secret Thoughts (Chillout Mix)

M.I.K.E. - Turn Out the Lights (Chill-Down Remix)

Robert Nickson - Maybe Next Time (Chill Out Mix)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Progressive Sessions

EDX/Sarah McLeod - Falling Out Of Love

Dark Matters/Ana Criado - Quest Of A Dream [Dabruck/Klein]

Joey Negro/Z Factor - Keep On Jumpin' [Luigi Rocca Remix]

Lift 2 Lower - Go Down

Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again [Prydz]

Cassius - The Sound Of Violence [Cinelli Remix]

Matt Lange - Antithesis

Envotion - Recoder

16 Bit Lolitas - Calling New York [Davi Remix]

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM: Markus Schulz - Coldharbour

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM: Andy Moor - Live From Club Space Ibiza

03:00 PM - 04:15 PM: Cosmic Gate - Live From Club Space Ibiza

04:15 PM - 05:30 PM: Arty - Live From Club Space Ibiza

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM: Trance System

Matias Faint - Casino Fire [Kent & Gian Remix] 

Max Graham - F.Y.C. 

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM: Jochen Miller - Live From Club Space Ibiza

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM: W&W - Mainstage 073

08:00 PM - 09:00 PM: Progressive Sessions

Sharam Jey/Nik Valentino - The More That I Do [Marco V Remix] 

EDX/Sarah McLeod - Falling Out Of Love

Palmez - Start Again

Marcus Maison/Will Dragen/Amba Sheph - Reign (Another Dimension)

Ray Foxx - The Trumpeter [Chocolate Puma Remix]

Matisse & Sadko/Ollie James - We're Not Alone (Hi Scandinavia!)

Tim Berg/Norman Doray/SebDrums - Tweet It

Three 'N One - You Got Me Fallin [Nay Ray Remix]

Umek & Tomy DeClerque - Original Challenge

09:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Armin van Buuren - ASOT 528

11:00 PM - 01:00 AM: Armin van Buuren - Live From Club Space Ibiza

01:00 AM - 02:00 AM: Guest Mix - Dash Berlin

02:00 AM - 03:00 AM: Ashley Wallbridge - AVA Sessions

03:00 AM - 04:00 AM: ASOT Classics Playlist

Mat Zo - Lucky Strike

Luminary - Amsterdam [Smith & Pledger Remix]

4 Strings - Take Me Away (Into The Night)

Tiesto - In My Memory [Gabriel & Dresden Mix]

Faithless - Insomnia

Ferry Corsten - Radio Crash

Cygnus X - The Orange Theme

Solarstone - Seven Cities [Armin van Buuren Mix]

Max Graham/Neev Kennedy - Sun In The Winter [Alex Morph]

Above & Beyond - Alone Tonight

04:00 AM - 05:00 AM: Trance System

Gareth Emery/Ashley Wallbridge - Mansion

Passive Progressive & Rachele W - Hide Away

Dash Berlin/Jonathan Mendelsohn - Better Half Of Me

Sander van Doorn - Track-12

Tenishia/Ruben de Ronde - Story Of Life [Tsukerman Remix]

Tiddey/Lyck - Keep Waiting [Orjan Nilsen Remix]

Tritonal/Jenry R - Something New

Mark Otten - Libertine

05:00 AM - 06:00 AM: Progressive Sessions

16 Bit Lolitas - Calling New York [Davi Remix]

Soundprank & Jaytech - Pranktech

Veracocha - Carte Blanche [Dabruck/Klein Mix]

Fedde le Grand - So Much Love

Paul Oakenfold - Tokyo [Beatman/Ludmilla Remix]

Sources:

https://www.astateoftrance.com/a-state-of-sundays/a-state-of-sundays-053/

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My Favourite Films of July 2018

These are the films, I enjoyed watching this month! They aren’t exclusively films that came out this month but the films I enjoyed watching this month. 

(There may be light spoilers but nothing major)

Number 5- ‘The Usual Suspects’ (1995)

This film has one of the best endings in film history! It’s truly amazing! It’s hard to really divulge about the film because the ending is what makes the film so good. The ending is amazing, it’s up there with ‘Fight Club’  and ‘Snatch’. The performance from Kevin Spacey was truly brilliant! He plays a character called, ‘Roger ‘Verbal’ Kint’, a disabled fraudster. Kevin Spacey definitely has the best performance of the film. You need to watch this film! The ending is truly amazing. 

Number 4- Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

This film is a lot to take in. I went into this film thinking it was a film about a criminal. It’s really a film about FDA corruption, the stigma against people diagnosed with HIV & AIDS. The film is about a man named ‘Ron Woodruff’, who gets diagnosed with HIV and is given 30 days to live. During these 30 days he searches for different treatments to HIV. This leads him to a makeshift hospital in Mexico. The doctor there tells him about different HIV treatments. This gives our main character an idea to create a business where he sells non-approved FDA drugs to people suffering from HIV and AIDS.  During all of this we see him lose his friends due to them thinking he was a homosexual.  

There are two stand out performances in this film. One from Matthew McConaughey and the other from Jared Leto. Matthew McConaughey lost a lot of weight for this role, at some points looking like he really was ill. His performance in the movie was outstanding, he played the role of ‘Ron Woodruff’, the main character. Jared Leto’s performance was also amazing. Jared Leto played Ron’s friend and business partner, ‘Rayon’. Both men had a great chemistry with each other. This film was great and I recommend you watch it.  This film also has one of the most jaw-dropping scenes ever! Ron enters a room full of butterflies, the scene is jaw-dropping.

Number 3- Airplane! (1980)

This film is just insane. It was weird and hilarious! There were so many scenes that made me giggle. There are so many scenes where weird stuff happens and it just makes you laugh. From watermelons falling from ceilings to hilarious Spanish translations. One of my favorite running jokes is that the main character can’t drink properly so he pours every drink he has in his eye. It’s really ridiculous humor but that’s what makes it so good. It’s a bunch of nonsensical, silly moments stitched together to create an acid trip of a film. I love it! 

My favorite character has to be the autopilot, Otto. Yes, the autopilot is a character in this film. He is an inflatable pilot and just makes me laugh, I don’t know what it is about it him but I just crack up whenever I see him. I also liked the pilot, he said one of my favorite lines from the film, “ Joey, have you ever been in a... in a Turkish prison? “. He says that to a little kid! This film is hilarious! I can’t wait to watch ‘Airplane 2: The Sequel’.

Number 2- Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014)

Birdman is amazing! Most things about this film are amazing: the soundtrack, the acting, the themes and the cinematography.  Birdman is a film about family, relevancy, integrity and mental illness. Michael Keaton plays ‘Riggan’  an actor who used to play an iconic superhero called Birdman. Riggan hates his birdman persona, though everyone else seems to love it. Riggan wants to be seen as an artist but everyone else sees him as Birdman. Riggan tries to put together a Broadway play to revitalize his image. This play is ridden with issues!  There are many standout performances, mainly from Edward Norton, Emma Stone, and Michael Keaton. All three of these actors used to be in superhero films, what a strange but happy coincidence. (Edward Norton used to be ‘Bruce Banner’ in  ‘The Incredible Hulk’, Emma Stone played ‘Gwen Stacy’ in ‘The Amazing Spider-man’ (2012) and Michael Keaton played Batman in ‘Batman’ (1989). 

Edward Norton plays a hard to deal with actor, much like he is in real life. He plays this role exceptionally well, his chemistry with Keaton makes their scenes together a highlight of the film. Speaking of Keaton, he plays a mentally ill actor who is trying to give himself an artistic integrity, whilst juggling a damming family life and a failing Broadway production. His daughter ‘Sam’, played by Emma Stone, is his difficult assistant who couldn’t care less about the production. However, her apathetic attitude attracts her to Edward’s character, creating a weird romance between a douche bag actor and a rebellious young woman.  

To cut my rambling short, the characters make this film an experience! I also love the cinematography, it’s impressive! They made the film look like it was done in one continuous shot! Finally, the soundtrack is one of the best! 

Honorable Mentions

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

This is another crazy film and boy, do I love my crazy films! The film is about a journalist, played by Ewan McGregor, who decides to become a war journalist in Iraq after going through some huge lifestyle changes. There he discovers a secret military service who are trained in psychic mind powers.  Starring George Clooney, we follow a journalist as he uncovers the secrets of this military operation. It’s pretty crazy, I recommend it, just for the story. 

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

I love a good bit of Body Horror and this film is one of the best! Two Americans get attacked by a werewolf whilst backpacking in Britain! One of the boys dies, whilst the other survives! The survivor has been bitten by the werewolf so we get to see him transform and rampage through London! It also has one of the best contrapuntal sound scenes, where a werewolf is mauling people in a porn theatre, the police arrive and try to kill the wolf. It’s iconic and a must watch for any horror fan. 

Number 1-Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

This film really caught me off guard.  I expected a generic road trip movie about family but it’s a lot more than that. It’s the ‘Stand By Me’ of family films.  The acting by everyone is superb, with stand out performances from Steve Carrel and Paul Dano. We follow the Hoover family, made up of the father, Richard Hoover, played by Greg Kinnear. He is a motivational speaker who is failing to bring in an income to support his family, his unique outlook on life is always creating friction with his family. The grandad, Edwin Hoover, who is a secret heroin addict who craves women and a better life. There’s the son, Dwayne Hoover, played by Paul Dano. He is a dedicated young man who wants to become a jet pilot, however, he has sworn a vow of silence until he succeeds that goal. Then there’s the mother, played by Toni Collette, who wants the best for her family and is dedicated to making everyone happy. There’s the daughter, played by Abigail Breslin. This little girl wants to become a pageant girl who is chosen to be apart of the Little Miss Sunshine pageant show! Finally, there’s the uncle, played by Steve Carrell. The uncle is probably my favorite character, a gay scholar who attempted to end his own life after the boy he loved chose someone else over him. These weird and wonderful characters are thrown into a minivan and are made to travel to California together.

The chemistry between everyone in the film creates some powerful scenes. They just eliminate the feeling of togetherness. Just watching them gives you a warm feeling inside. It makes you empathize with the characters as you recall road trips you have done with your family. It’s just a feel-good film that, makes the audience feel happy. I recommend this film to everyone, as it’s a film everyone can enjoy! This is the best family film ever made!

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Rashomon vs. The Usual Suspects

If you have not watch either films, you are going to be exposed to spoilers. Consider this your spoiler alert. In the film Rashomon, by Akira Kurosawa, audiences hear different versions of the same event. In Rashomon, we hear the story of how a samurai died in four different variations. The film is constructed on the question “Who is evil?” The woodcutter began telling the story of how he “discovered” the dead body of a samurai in the woods. The woodcutter, soon after, went to the police. The priest alongside him was at the testimony and witnessed the different variations of the same story.

In The Usual Suspects, the film starts by showing this big heist gone wrong. As the film progresses, it unravels who the suspects were and the details the lead up to the event

With both films, audiences are listening to a story told by one individual. They also pan back and forth from the “what happened” story and to reality of the individual telling the story. For example, in Rashomon, the woodcutter is telling this story to a commoner and in The Usual Suspects, Roger ‘Verbal’ Kint is telling his “what happened” story to Agent Kujan in “the present day.”

To compare, both storytellers are liars, they lie from the very beginning of the film. The woodcutter lied about how he “discovered” the samurai’s dead body and Verbal lied about everything. Both storytellers tried to play innocent. Verbal pretended to be a cripple and weak in front of the cop, lying to him saying he knew nothing and that it was all Keaton’s idea. The woodcutter lied because he was the one who stole the pearl dagger and he did not want to get involved. The question “who is evil?” can be referenced in both films. At the end of Rashomon, the commoner steals from a baby but says the parents are the evil ones for abandoning it. In The Usual Suspects, Agent Kujan tries to pressure Verbal in to telling him the truth and everything. The cop calls Verbal dumb and weak. But at the end of both films, both storytellers walk away from the scene both gaining something, a baby and freedom.

To contrast, in Rashomon we heard four stories from four individuals all told from one person. Luckily the priest was there to testify the woodcutter’s story. In The Usual Suspects, Roger ‘Verbal’ Kint is the only one who tells the story of “what happened.” Verbal makes up the majority of the story to convince the cop that Verbal is innocent. Verbal creates these fabricated stories in the police station from words and pictures that were behind the cop. It was not until Verbal was released that audiences find out he was the master mind behind it all.

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