Hasan Erdal - Scene Analysis

                The final scene of The Usual Suspects begins with a wide angle shot of Kevin Spacey’s character and moves in front of him giving him enough lead room to move through the scene. We observe the character walking with a limp as the camera moves from wide angel to mid angel and ultimately to a close up of his face as we watch his expression slowly change from frustration to a smirk.

                The camera then moves to a low angle close up shot of his handicapped leg as the camera zooms in and out from various angles allowing the audience to view the leg from every possible vantage point. The camera then moves back into a low angle close up of his leg as we watch it move from its handicapped position we see throughout the movie to that of an uninjured leg. The shot continues of Kevin Spacey’s leg until we see him walking entirely normally.

                The camera then moves into a close up of his crippled hand as we watch it unfold and as if by magic work normally again. We see an extreme closeup of the hand as the character reaches for a cigarette with his once injured hand.

                The camera ultimately winds up with a mid-angle shot of Kevin Spacey’s character as we see him light the cigarette and we then move to an extreme closeup of his face as we see him grin.

                The scene concludes with a mid-angle shot of Kevin Spacey’s character getting into a car, and finally a low angle shot of the car driving away.