bartender   cigarette smoking   bar   jealousy   double cross   based on novel   beating   dream sequence   dream   stabbing   brawl   marriage proposal   love   marriage   hit by a car   supermarket   thunderstorm   desert   rainstorm   serial killer   subjective camera   alcoholic   dancing   film within a film   face slap   beach   hotel   neighbor   hollywood california   los angeles california   picnic   screenwriter   corpse   elevator   false accusation   theatrical agent   fistfight   singing   police raid   clock   shakespearean quote   cafe   massage   crying   male female relationship   remake   flashback   dance   dancer   security guard   drink   bare chested male   arrest   assault   deception   father daughter relationship   suicide attempt   police investigation   crime scene   tears   taxi driver   1990s   answering machine   convertible   character repeating someone else's dialogue   temper   1930s   bank   detective   existentialism   taxi   fight   beverly hills california   ulcer   football player   cat   piano   actor   bridge   money   world war two veteran   ambiguous ending   storytelling   shot in the shoulder   dinner   surveillance   revolver   lover   kissing   deja vu   road rage   actor playing multiple roles   hot dog   dead body   amnesia   starlet   alternative reality   vacuum cleaner   policeman   abusive husband   hollywood   anger   interview   film director   gun in mouth   film producer   gun held to head   product placement   food   futuristic   autopsy   matches   underwater   flashlight   eyeglasses   laser   book   housekeeper   sociopath   witness   falling into a pool   stabbed to death   dance contest   bound and gagged   joke   shot multiple times   black cop   camera shot of feet   looking at one's self in a mirror   shot through a window   overhead camera shot   autograph   reference to david o selznick   chicago illinois   twenty dollar bill   celebrity   scandal   top hat   bonfire   filmmaker   inventor   flowers   cyberpunk   future   masseuse   virtual reality   break up   tuxedo   escalator   engagement ring   character's point of view camera shot   reckless driving   walkie talkie   valet   orchestra   parallel world   locker room   soul   time travel   hollywood sign   death of husband   morgue   inside the mind   simulated reality   virtuality   pill   heavy rain   last will and testament   immortality   negligée   point of view   foreplay   police interrogation   computer cracker   night club   cocktail   engagement party   2020s   recursion   sleeping pill   high tech   tape recording   locker   florist shop   research   airplane ticket   stethoscope   star crossed lovers   underwater fight   cashier   reality   trunk   alibi   false accusation of murder   courtyard   barricade   ballroom dancing   simulation   stabbed multiple times   kool cigarettes   consciousness   oil field   memory loss   army buddy   autograph hound   benedict canyon california   blues singer   bungalow   fuller brush girl   ginger ale   grapefruit   grapefruit knife   hat check girl   homicide detective   horse's neck   inglewood california   laughing in sleep   money order   petulance   piano bar   post office   reference to emily post   restored film   santa monica boulevard   silent film star   watching through window   whiskey sour   cleaning lady   national film registry   ballroom   bank teller   fire in 55 gallon drum   writing a letter   cgi   coroner   designer   starts with narration   night cityscape   house cat   close up of eyes   bottle of pills   female singer   lighting a cigarette for someone   prescription drugs   twist at the end   2 hours   amended will   begins with a quotation   blowing a bubble gum bubble   car crashing through a barricade   dance instructor   dancing girl   driving at night in the rain   hermetic world   ink blotter   lindy hop   locked in jail   mind transfer   nested simulations   off screen sex   package of cigarettes   reference to descartes   rene descartes quotation   some scenes in muted color   some scenes in sepia   store cashier   antique store   stuffed in a car trunk   year 2024   yellow taxi   author   actress   car accident   death   escape   murder   nightclub   number in title   martini   brutality   near future   writer   fear   cult film   held at gunpoint   knife   paranoia   switchblade   sadism   lasersight   revelation   glowing eyes   cynicism   swimming   stabbed in the chest   violence   restaurant   husband wife relationship   telephone call   nightmare   shot in the forehead   surprise ending   newspaper headline   telephone   investigation   drinking   singer   song   newspaper   rain   letter   newspaper clipping   machine gun   photograph   femme fatale   race against time   swimming pool   shot in the leg   strangulation   underwater scene   shot in the chest   drumming   lightning   limousine   surrealism   swat team   tattoo   teleportation   torture   wristwatch   threatened with a knife   psychopath   pay phone   police   police station   shot in the head   piano player   suspense   neo noir   pistol   police detective