Dear all, Lately, I have been wriggling with the concept of an unreliable narrator. Specifically what precisely constitutes one? In The Usual Suspects, Verbal Kint is clearly an unreliable narrator, as his narrative is exposed as false in the film; but does an unreliable narrator have to be foregrounded as such? For example, in Melville's top gangster hat movie Le Doulos, Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo) gives an explanation of events which may be considered to be highly dubious but which is nevertheless neither exposed nor countered in the film. Do both of these narrators qualify as 'unreliable', despite their differences? Can anyone point me towards other films or articles I could usefully seek out? Many thanks, Graeme Hayes University of Wolverhampton, UK ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]