Les Jones: Going to California

November 20, 2003

The Usual Suspects > Going to California

Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen the movie.

If Keyser Zose planned everything, how did he get the gang from New York to LA? He had to have them in California to destroy the cocaine on the boat.

So, who decided they'd go to Califonia? McManus had to go to meet his fence, Redfoot. Kent asked if that meant he was going to California. Hockney objected strenuously to McManus and Fenster taking the jewels to California and leaving the rest of them behind. Keaton took charge and said that LA would be a good place to lay low for a while. It's ambiguous: no one person made the decision.

PS I created a new heading for Suspects-related posts.

Posted by lesjones

Comments

The first time I saw this film in the theater, it literally had me sitting on the edge of my seat from the very beginning. But what really made me sit up was Redfoot's entrance in the film. Gosh the actor, Peter Greene, was soooo intense in those scenes. Sometimes I wish there were a little bit more of Redfoot (Peter Greene) in the film, but I guess this way, with just two scenes it makes the character even more enigmatic.

Posted by: Tana at July 07, 2004

So you got me curious, and I looked up Peter Greene on IMDB. I didn't realize he was uncredited in Usual Suspects. That was pretty bogus. He did a great job and deserved to be in the credits.

I looked through his filmography. Holy cow! He was Zed in Pulp Fiction? Wow.

Posted by: Les Jones at July 07, 2004

I know, I don't remember him as Zed at all. I'll have to watch Pulp Fiction again. There's not much on Peter Greene on the web, but I found one article, in case you're interested:

http://premieremag.radicalmedia.com/featpres/November96/career/index.html

Btw, your Usual Suspects page looks great.

Posted by: Tana at July 07, 2004