bludgeoning   cigarette smoking   bar   based on novel   beating   ex convict   stabbing   extortion   blackmail   ethnic slur   safe   mob hit   movie with surprise ending   brother sister relationship   character name in title   subjective camera   dancing   falling down stairs   father son relationship   anti semitism   man with glasses   blood   new york city   elevator   jewish   theatrical agent   gangster   singing   organized crime   mafia   manhattan new york city   secretary   cafe   crying   bus   snow   mail   flashback   dancer   drink   arrest   diner   underwear   lie   blood spatter   female nudity   shot in the face   racial slur   loser   paraplegic   female frontal nudity   winter   recording   taxi   district attorney   recording studio   cat   guitar   homelessness   professor   jailbreak   money   milk   dutch angle   storytelling   1960s   record player   go go dancer   crime boss   abortion   apology   friend   one last job   cocaine   audition   key   microphone   show business   policeman   applause   pool party   interracial romance   disco   long take   backpack   food   train depot   uncle nephew relationship   reading   anti hero   kicking   fire escape   flashlight   intercom   upper west side manhattan new york city   highway patrolman   wine   contract   entrepreneur   interracial sex   search   champagne   tape recorder   death of protagonist   cocaine snorting   hit in the face   strip club   knife in chest   stripper   u.s. soldier   exotic dancer   chicago illinois   pool hall   courtroom   eating   driving a car   informant   liar   men's bathroom   couch   escalator   listening to music   guitarist   guitar player   musician   classical music   snowing   stairway   narration from the grave   dance studio   concert   sleeping   secret passage   character says i love you   reference to elvis presley   death of hero   boxer shorts   wiretap   cocaine addict   billboard   buoy   crooked lawyer   east river   first person narrative   friend turned foe   latinos versus italians   puerto rican   sex in public   spanish harlem manhattan new york city   steadicam   topless dancing   rikers island new york city   pole dancing   unwed pregnancy   grand central station manhattan new york city   snoring   alley   filling station   condom   folk singer   sleeping on the floor   cooking   hitchhiking   guitar playing   toilet stall   heckler   reading aloud   sleeping on a couch   folk music   greenwich village manhattan new york city   reference to ulysses   year 1961   looking out a window   sociologist   cold the temperature   washington square manhattan new york city   car collision   breakfast cereal   driving in snow   reference to bob dylan   character says thank you   reference to god   accidentally locked out of an apartment   akron ohio   borrowing money   car hitting an animal   character says thank god   character says thank you very much   columbia records   columbia university manhattan new york city   driving at night   electrical tape   entering through a window   gaslight cafe manhattan new york city   ginger cat   knocking on a car window   lost cat   lp recording   moussaka   reference to boston massachusetts   reference to cincinnati ohio   reference to downing street manhattan new york city   reference to drink to me only with thine eyes the song   reference to elinera arkansas   reference to far rockaway queens new york city   reference to flash gordon   reference to fort dix new jersey   reference to fred harvey restaurant   reference to grandma moses   reference to harry james   reference to john f. kennedy jr.   reference to john glenn   reference to king midas   reference to macdougal street manhattan new york city   reference to mesoamerica   reference to montreux switzerland   reference to murfreesboro tennessee   reference to new jersey   reference to new orleans louisiana   reference to ortovsky   reference to tang   reference to the brig the play   reference to the brooklyn bridge manhattan new york city   reference to the george washington bridge new york city   reference to the new york times   reflection in a subway window   selling a house   silvertone guitar   sociology professor   thrown out of a cafe   u.s. merchant marines   union dues   welsh   reference to seattle washington   informer   friendship   betrayal   train   circular staircase   chase   death   doctor   railway station   hospital   murder   nightclub   shot to death   fog   handcuffs   1970s   suicide   subway   pregnancy   unwanted pregnancy   revenge   cane   title appears in writing   voice over narration   stabbed in the chest   violence   restaurant   husband wife relationship   shootout   tragic event   telephone call   little boy   yacht   title spoken by character   listening to a car radio   telephone   pursuit   throat slitting   drinking   singer   song   rain   wearing a sound wire   premarital sex   gas station   photograph   punched in the face   shot in the chest   party   train station   coat   wheelchair   penis slur   reference to jesus christ   psychopath   pay phone   police   police car   sunglasses   penis   shot in the head   no opening credits   drugs   topless female nudity   waitress   falling asleep while driving   neo noir   prison escape   pistol   prison