In addition to the usual reviews and previews I will be writing, I’ve decided to add a little sweetener to the blog. Biweekly posts are dedicated to providing all kinds of weird and wonderful film-related facts that may give you a little insight into the industry, if not a chuckle at the very least!
Our first is taken straight from one of my all-time favourite films: The Usual Suspects. Kevin Spacey gives a stunning performance as the criminal and con artist Verbal Kint, whose interrogation is the focal point of the film. The film actually centres around this criminal’s interrogation, as he tells how he and four others were led into a lethal trap by a mysterious mob boss known as “Keyser Soze”. One particular scene in the film involves a lineup in which these five characters take part; it’s an iconic scene that I would consider to be one of the greatest in film history. I have included this scene here below, but BE AWARE that the scene includes multiple uses of STRONG LANGUAGE…
The thing that is greatest about this scene is that it’s unscripted, but that is not all. It’s the reason behind this improvisation that’s the best part: what could make a bunch of grown-up men giggle so much, when they are trying to be professional? You’ve probably guessed it, but I’ll tell you anyway; it’s flatulence. According to the DVD extras, it was actor Benicio Del Toro‘s uncontrollable flatulance that set the actors off during the filming of the scene, and that got the reactions you see on-screen in the film. The scene is given a certain oomph, and in the end it’s all just down to an actor breaking wind.
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