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[QUOTE="connie, post: 2367801, member: 7882"]
I admit it is in poor taste to quote one's own post.  But this reminded me . . . a somewhat similar effect (not an unusual one) is manifested in the film [I]The Usual Suspects[/I].  Remember the opening scene? remember the very first word?   "Kayser" . . . spoken by Keaton, looking up at the shadowy figure who urinates on the lit trail of gunpowder.  It is only at the very end of the film that we learn exactly who that figure truly is.  If the viewer is astute enough to remember the opening scene, then by film's end they would know that the mastermind behind the entire caper could [I]not [/I]have been Keaton (which is what Agent Kujan wants Verbal Kint to conclude, and what Verbal feigns believing as a pretext towards engineering his--[I]Kayser[/I]'s--deft escape).

Oddly, the first time I saw the film, when I heard the shadowy figure respond "Hello, Keaton", I specifically remember recognizing the voice as that of Kevin Spacey. But the recognition did not register as the narrative began to unfold. And by the end, I was as much surprised as anyone.
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