The conversation between Paul and the bouncer at Club Berlin is mostly from Franz Kafka's "Before The Law." Director Cameo: [Martin Scorsese] shining a spotlight from a platform in the club. Test audiences rejected an alternate ending in which Paul remains trapped in the statue. The scene with Griffin Dunne at the subway station is a reference to his earlier appearance in An American Werewolf in London (1981). Martin Scorsese told Griffin Dunne to refrain from sex and sleep d ...[Read Story ]