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'* Bulleted list item * Bulleted list item * Bulleted list item :Indented line {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox character | name = Keyser Söze | series = | image =<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Verbalkint.jpg|frameless|center|Keyser Soze]] --> | caption = | first = ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' | cause = | creator = [[Christopher McQuarrie]] | portrayer = [[Kevin Spacey]] | alias = Roger "Verbal" Kint | gender = Male | occupation = Drug lord, con artist }} '''Keyser Söze''' ({{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|k|aɪ|z|ər|_|ˈ|s|oʊ|z|eɪ}} {{respell|KY|zər}} {{respell|SOH|zay}}) is a fictional character in the 1995 film ''[[The Usual Suspects]],'' written by [[Christopher McQuarrie]] and directed by [[Bryan Singer]]. According to petty con artist Roger "Verbal" Kint ([[Kevin Spacey]]), Söze is a crime lord whose ruthlessness and influence have acquired a legendary, even mythical, status among police and criminals alike. The character was named the No. 48 villain in the [[American Film Institute]]'s "[[AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains]]" in June 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/handv100.pdf?docID=246 |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains |format=PDF |accessdate=March 19, 2010 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> DANIELE RIPOLI GNAM GNAM STYLE! According to "Verbal" Kint, who points out that Keyser Söze's father is believed to have been German, Söze was once a petty drug dealer who began his criminal career in his native [[Turkey]]. The legendary [[persona]] of Keyser Söze is born when rival Hungarian smugglers invade his house while he is away, [[rape]] his wife and hold his children hostage; when Söze arrives, they kill one of the children to show him their resolve, then threaten to kill his wife and remaining children if he does not surrender his business to them. Rather than give in to their demands, he "shows these men of will what will really is," in Kint's phrasing; he kills his own family and all but one of the Hungarians, knowing the survivor will tell the [[Mafia]] what has happened. Söze then goes after the mob, killing dozens of people including the mobsters's families, friends and even people who owe them money, as well as destroying their homes and businesses. He then goes "underground," never again doing business in person and remaining invisible even to his henchmen, who almost never know for whom they are working. One of the most famous lines from the movie, spoken by Kint, is: "The greatest trick [[the Devil]] ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." This statement paraphrases a line in a story by [[Charles Baudelaire]],<ref>Baudelaire, [http://baudelaire.litteratura.com/?rub=oeuvre&srub=pop&id=167# ''Le Joueur Généreux''], where the Devil recounts to a gambler that he has even heard a preacher (''plus subtil que ses confrères'') cry: ''Mes chers frères, n'oubliez jamais, quand vous entendrez vanter le progrès des lumières, que la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!''</ref><ref>[http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Joueur_généreux French text]</ref> as translated from the original French. Neither McQuarrie nor Singer realized this at the time and they "borrowed it from people who were quoting Baudelaire themselves."<ref>[http://www.dvdjournal.com/reviews/u/usualsuspects_se.shtml ''The Usual Suspects: Special Edition''] review by Alexandra DuPont, ''DVD journal,'' accessed February 15, 2008</ref> Söze's ruthlessness is legendary; he is described as having had enemies and disloyal henchmen brutally murdered, along with everyone they hold dear, for the slightest infractions–-and as having personally murdered people who have seen him and can identify him. Over the years his criminal empire, including the drug trade and the smuggling of weapons and materials, flourishes, as does his legend; he becomes, as Kint says during his interrogation, "a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night. 'Rat on your pop, and Keyser Söze will get you.'" Now you can listen DANIELE RISPOLI ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==Further reading== *{{citation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LBIjsk-2ok4C|title=The Psychopath in Film |last=Wilson |first=Wayne |year=1999 |publisher=University Press of America |pages=251–279 |ISBN=0-7618-1317-9}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} * {{IMDb character|0028665}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Soze, Keyser}} [[Category:Fictional con artists]] [[Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1995]] [[Category:Fictional drug dealers]] [[Category:Fictional mobsters]] [[Category:Fictional Turkish people]] [[fr:Keyser Söze]] [[he:קייזר סוזה]] [[ro:Keyser Söze]]'