adultery   cigarette smoking   private detective   bar   based on novel   beating   kidnapping   brother sister relationship   character name in title   alcoholic   father son relationship   corpse   new york city   elevator   jewish   unsubtitled foreign language   theatrical agent   singing   urban setting   manhattan new york city   secretary   cafe   crying   bus   snow   mail   flashback   drink   arrest   diner   suicide attempt   underwear   lie   ransom   dismemberment   blood spatter   severed leg   loser   character repeating someone else's dialogue   winter   recording   recording studio   cat   cell phone   guitar   homelessness   professor   drug dealer   car crash   severed finger   money   strangled to death   milk   storytelling   1960s   brother brother relationship   record player   butcher knife   alcoholism   abortion   apology   friend   audition   key   microphone   show business   policeman   applause   dental braces   van   backpack   food   train depot   uncle nephew relationship   reading   freeze frame   kicking   fire escape   flashlight   loneliness   intercom   child in peril   upper west side manhattan new york city   highway patrolman   wine   contract   search   tape recorder   stabbed to death   year 1991   apartment building   bound and gagged   hit in the face   body in a trunk   drawing   sniper rifle   u.s. soldier   chicago illinois   private investigator   bloody body of child   garrote   eating   driving a car   drug addict   liar   men's bathroom   couch   breaking a mirror   listening to music   shot in the side   guitarist   guitar player   musician   scuba diving   classical music   snowing   stairway   shot in the eye   concert   death of wife   sleeping   character says i love you   taser   body landing on a car   reference to elvis presley   stabbed in the shoulder   boxer shorts   snoring   alley   filling station   condom   folk singer   murder of wife   gay brother   handcuffed to a pipe   sleeping on the floor   cooking   being followed   nude painting   hitchhiking   ex cop   guitar playing   toilet stall   groundskeeper   heckler   reading aloud   alcoholics anonymous   sleeping on a couch   folk music   greenwich village manhattan new york city   reference to ulysses   year 1961   looking out a window   body in a dumpster   sociologist   dea agent   cold the temperature   washington square manhattan new york city   homeless teenager   car collision   breakfast cereal   year 1999   driving in snow   child with gun   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   greenwood brooklyn new york city   reference to y2k   reformed alcoholic   sickle cell anemia   army veteran   dental headgear   siblings   fraternal twins   friendship   dog   circular staircase   cemetery   chase   death   doctor   hospital   murder   shot to death   reference to sam spade   hit with a baseball bat   brooklyn new york city   fog   handcuffs   suicide   sadism   scene during opening credits   written by director   bulletproof vest   subway   kicked in the face   pregnancy   unwanted pregnancy   cane   title appears in writing   violence   restaurant   husband wife relationship   shootout   telephone call   little boy   slow motion scene   title spoken by character   listening to a car radio   telephone   pursuit   investigation   drinking   singer   song   rain   gas station   falling to death   gun   photograph   punched in the face   shot in the leg   shot in the chest   library   coat   wheelchair   penis slur   reference to jesus christ   psychopath   pay phone   police car   sunglasses   penis   dripping blood   shot in the head   no opening credits   topless female nudity   waitress   death of child   falling asleep while driving   neo noir   pistol