adultery   cigarette smoking   bar   jealousy   based on novel   beating   love   marriage   brother sister relationship   character name in title   dancing   blood stain   beach   father son relationship   neighbor   1950s   blood   new york city   elevator   jewish   theatrical agent   singing   manhattan new york city   secretary   cafe   crying   bus   male female relationship   snow   mail   flashback   drink   bare chested male   arrest   diner   father daughter relationship   underwear   lie   tears   female nudity   loser   bare breasts   winter   chain smoking   infidelity   recording   confession   fight   recording studio   beautiful woman   cat   guitar   homelessness   professor   money   cheating husband   cheating wife   milk   suburb   storytelling   1960s   nudity   record player   abortion   apology   friend   mental illness   sex in car   lighting someone's cigarette   audition   key   microphone   show business   street in title   policeman   anguish   applause   backpack   food   train depot   uncle nephew relationship   reading   confrontation   office   cubicle   shower   real estate agent   kicking   fire escape   flashlight   hopelessness   intercom   upper west side manhattan new york city   highway patrolman   children   wine   contract   search   bleeding to death   hit in the face   lighting cigarette for woman   u.s. soldier   chicago illinois   dysfunctional marriage   connecticut   eating   driving a car   liar   fedora   lost love   men's bathroom   couch   expectations   birthday cake   co worker   listening to music   guitarist   guitar player   musician   classical music   snowing   american dream   truth   stairway   emotional breakdown   concert   death of wife   sleeping   character says i love you   reference to elvis presley   dreamer   boxer shorts   globe   snoring   breakfast   alley   filling station   condom   folk singer   tragic ending   electroshock therapy   mental disorder   argument   hearing aid   sleeping on the floor   cooking   packing   hitchhiking   boiling water   bored housewife   coffee cup   commuter   crushed hopes   death of spouse   empowerment   failed project   false kindness   flop play   free thinking   lawn sprinkler   lying to wife   office building   persona   scolding   self search   sex in kitchen   societal dysfunction   society pressure   stage actress   unhappy love   wrapped in bedsheet   learning french   failure   trying to escape   blonde woman   work   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   friendship   train   circular staircase   chase   doctor   hospital   martini   fog   handcuffs   suicide   subway   mother son relationship   pregnancy   unwanted pregnancy   cane   title appears in writing   restaurant   husband wife relationship   telephone call   little boy   title spoken by character   listening to a car radio   telephone   pursuit   drinking   singer   song   rain   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gas station   drunkenness   photograph   punched in the face   period piece   party   woods   train station   coat   mother daughter relationship   penis slur   running   reference to jesus christ   pay phone   police car   sunglasses   penis   sex   paris france   no opening credits   death of mother   neighbor neighbor relationship   unhappiness   topless female nudity   waitress   falling asleep while driving