Name: Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making of 'The Usual Suspects'
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Christopher McQuarrie

This documentary was shown immediately before a screening of the film in 1998 on Channel 4 in the UK. Although it doesn't spoil the film outright, it does reveal significant parts of the plot. For someone who's never seen the film before, the best advice is to give it a miss. For everyone else, it gives a valuable insight into how TUS was funded, written and produced; from it's incept as an idea discussed between Brian Singer (Director) and Christopher McQuarrie (writer) at the Sundance Film Festival, through it's arduous production process (where it was turned down by more than 130 different production companies), and on to it's eventual success as the best film of the nineties.

The documentary is a form of non-fiction storytelling that aims to present factual information, insights, and perspectives on real-world subjects, events, issues, or people. Documentaries can cover a wide range of topics, including history, science, culture, social issues, nature, biographies, and more.

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