I thought it a powerful when Jerry and Gus (Peter Greene) were smoking up in the nearly finished high-rise construction project of an office building. Totally empty and unfurnished, they get totally torqued and repeatedly slam themselves against the floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows. Made me think of the case in Chicago where a lawyer was trying to impress the newbies with the "shatter-proof" glass and took a dive.
How d'ya get outta this chicken outfit?
I agree. To me it represents the insanity of the safety net he kept falling into. So many times he took a dive with drugs that should have sent him free falling into oblivion, yet there always seemed to be some force field protecting him. His safety net eventually became his downfall, because eventually addicts have to hit their bottom & realize that the safety net of enablers can't & won't always be there to stop their fall.
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It's one of the best scenes in the movie.
I'm a bad movie masochist!
It is, and I can see my old office building in the scene in the background.
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ya, great song too, fits perfectly.
Cult Leader my mind's frightening, I drink blood from a human skull like a Viking
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What about the music (soundtrack)!! That scene was intense!! I have Boise speakers, but they never sounded so amazing!! My heart was pounding.
I may actually read the book when I get the chance, but was it crack? It looked more like meth to me.
BTW, agree with the folks that say this is more a movie about him just trying to escape the pressures on him than about drug use. IMO The only real "junkie" scene is toward the end where he's looking for Gus.