adultery   alarm clock   cigarette smoking   mirror   bar   jealousy   soul music   furniture store   fired from the job   christmas   family relationships   love   punctuation in title   marriage   prologue   brother sister relationship   character name in title   dancing   screening room   film within a film   face slap   los angeles california   new york city   elevator   wig   fire   singing   new year's eve   boy   naivety   crying   bus   male female relationship   snow   flashback   dancer   drink   girl   bare chested male   car salesman   diner   father daughter relationship   bribery   fraud   tears   scissors   character repeating someone else's dialogue   infidelity   recording   taxi   recording studio   beautiful woman   teenage girl   despair   african american   piano   cell phone   love at first sight   guitar   divorce   las vegas nevada   gospel music   race relations   money   heroin   depression   bed   1960s   prejudice   beer   hate   apology   friend   frustration   jazz club   true love   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   cocaine   flask   lesbian   film making   audition   saxophone   bicycle   microphone   show business   dance number   jazz music   bet   card playing   looking at the camera   gambling   applause   coffee   bench   talking to one's self in a mirror   disco   christmas tree   interview   drug use   split screen   drug overdose   truck   chapter headings   burial   coincidence   serendipity   no title at beginning   fate   price of fame   radio   boxing   tv news   digit in title   office   cubicle   shower   ikea   talking to the camera   park bench   blind date   book   camera   reference to the beatles   computer   e mail   watching a movie   time lapse photography   drawing   unrequited love   dressing room   band   black and white scene   precocious child   coffin   employer employee relationship   subtitled scene   graveyard   comedian   detroit michigan   backstage   home movie   rejection   job interview   cadillac   comeback   celebrity   fame   bathrobe   bar fight   alleyway   black american   theatre audience   flash camera   earphones   repeated scene   balloon   cheating on one's girlfriend   break up   autumn   barcelona chair   bleachers   blue bird of happiness   bouncing a ball   breaking dishes   carried on someone's shoulders   cartoon bird   catching the wedding bouquet   copy machine   double take   drawing on one's arm   expectations   falling asleep in a movie theatre   fast motion sequence   girls' soccer   greeting card   hand over one's mouth   heartache   large penis   liquor store   margate new jersey   mime   misery   office romance   origami   pancake   part animation   pms   porn video   quitting a job   record store   reference to brad pitt   reference to bruce springsteen   reference to dorian gray   reference to henry miller   reference to ingmar bergman   reference to ringo starr   school yearbook   sex in a shower   some scenes animated   spontaneous choreography   tv show theme song   tossing the wedding bouquet   tourette's syndrome   watching pornography   water fountain   magical realism   co worker   art gallery   marching band   cutting hair   office party   escalator   dancing in the street   photocopier   architect   summer   staff meeting   bus driver   pajamas   listening to music   engagement ring   guitarist   musician   composer   primadonna   theatre   pianist   rehearsal   garage   stairway   aunt nephew relationship   concert   tour   single mother   used car   music producer   vietnam war   unwed pregnancy   announcer   roman a clef   rags to riches   sandwich   tape recording   racist joke   ego   songwriter   musical quartet   based on stage musical   absent father   medical clinic   blues music   reference to dick clark   chaperone   trio   reference to john f. kennedy   musical trio   tape player   theatrical manager   miami beach florida   talent contest   45 recording   apollo theatre manhattan new york city   backup singer   fake fingernails   girl group   motown   musical performer   musical quintet   musical star   payola   photo session   pop chart   race riot   reference to cleopatra   reference to ed sullivan   reference to lyndon johnson   rhythm and blues   saxophonist   talent judge   tambourine   friendship   actress   movie theater   train   love triangle   circular staircase   cemetery   death   doctor   railway station   nightclub   number in title   writer   1970s   suicide   hope   flash forward   street life   one word title   nonlinear timeline   rooftop   pregnancy   karaoke   voice over narration   husband wife relationship   montage   telephone call   sister sister relationship   title spoken by character   kiss   reporter   drinking   singer   song   rain   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gun   drunkenness   punched in the face   swimming pool   friendship between women   limousine   party   press conference   sadness   mother daughter relationship   video store   sunglasses   sex   young version of character   no opening credits   drugs   fantasy sequence   reference to martin luther king jr.   unemployment   tv show   watching tv   tv studio   wedding