cigarette smoking   bar   based on novel   beating   rainstorm   mob hit   character name in title   slow motion   blood   writer's block   falling from height   bus   psychiatrist   sacrifice   male nudity   diner   prostitute   car in water   guitar   professor   bridge   milk   alcoholism   obsession   apology   insanity   bicycle   no title at beginning   reading   shower   cookie   drug addiction   book   brushing teeth   three word title   chicago illinois   hero   drug addict   bus driver   bookstore   hearing voices   locker room   accident   novel   reference to frankenstein   audit   fantasy becomes reality   demolition   ledge   wrist watch   bakery   personal assistant   reference to thomas jefferson   what if   bus stop   apple   mob enforcer   baker   bus ride   recluse   hit by a bus   math whiz   nicotine patch   toothbrush   jumping off a building   small talk   lifeguard   character interacts with narrator   driven mad   irs agent   internal revenue service   meta   passivity   predestination   reference to magritte   tax evasion   tax inspection   tax inspector   tax resister   writer meets subject   flour   bicycling   author   cult favorite   movie theater   reference to shakespeare's hamlet   hospital   writer   electronic music score   suicide   paranoia   voice over narration   surprise ending   telephone   rain   premarital sex   swimming pool   self sacrifice   surrealism   tattoo   wristwatch   typewriter   pay phone   robbery   shot in the head   no opening credits   fantasy sequence