1.   A narrative scene shows owl-headed figures using a crescent-shaped knife to eviscerate a victim.

2.   Yet another x-rated scene shows her in suspenders lying on a kitchen table, holding a rolling-pin.

3.   The opening scene shows them celebrating their sudden deliverance from war.

4.   An early scene shows Philippe attending a quadroon ball, where young women of color are shown off to potential rich white suitors.

5.   An Israeli street scene shows piles of plastic garbage bags on the sidewalk.

6.   An early scene shows Mark watching a documentary on the AIDS Memorial Quilt and silently crying while sewing his own patch.

7.   And indeed, many scenes show the characters shrouded in billows of smoke.

8.   Another scene shows Peter Dragon stunned into speechlessness by the endowment of the gay mogul as the mogul emerges from the shower.

9.   Another firefighting scene shows a man squirting his hose at a burning subway car.

10.   Another fishing scene showed a squid lying horizontally, one of its arms dangling a long tentacle like a lazy fisherman.