Its eerie the way the guy following eventually walks off out of view still looking directly at Cruise. A wonderfully sinister scene with perfect music to accompany.
Bill, who likes to show his medical id or license like a police badge thought he could influence his way. But this scene showed how helpless he is that he can't even get a cab.
I am glad Kubrick did not allow Tom Cruise to do one of his famous running-sprints in this scene. I have a feeling Tom would have thought this would have been a great opportunity to slip one in.
I love this scene how he is just wondering about at mid night with no one around like he is out side of normal society, I have those sort of lonely mid night walks as well, it's brilliant you can think about life and your future abc the purpose of life itself
I spoke to someone about this film who made a very good point. She said that the use of the piano in scenes like this was patronising to the viewer, telling them 'This is where you need to concentrate'