Scene 12- Monster opening the blue box, and the miniaturized elderly people exiting from it.

This is the surreal highpoint of the movie- I am not 100% sure on my theory here, but I believe that this image is supposed to be one that, chronologically, is to occur AFTER the hit has taken place. Remember, Diane is having extreme guilt over the death of Camilla (see her image of Camilla from Scene 4, above). She also has the blue key now, where the hit man has left it for her. The guilt of having ordered a murder on the one woman she loved, plus her deteriorating state of mind, lead her to create a hallucination as to what the key opens. In this hallucination, the monster behind Winkie’s is symbolic of pure evil, and the two elderly people are the devil’s evil minions (I know, this is a stretch, but remember Diane’s state of mind at this point is completely fragmented). It is possible that she has encountered this “monster” at Winkie’s sometime before, although in reality the monster is probably just a homeless man. In her hallucination, the monster is symbolic of her repressed guilt- the opening of the box releases the evil upon her, symbolized by the elderly couple walking maniacally from the box and to (not shown on camera) her apartment. IT IS SPECULATIVE AS TO WHY SHE WOULD IMAGINE THESE TWO ELDERLY PEOPLE AS BEING HER REPRESENTATION OF EVIL- MY THEORY IS THAT PERHAPS THE OLD WOMAN HERE IS REALLY A MANIFESTATION OF HER AUNT AND UNCLE, OR EVEN MOTHER AND FATHER; HER AUNT LEFT HER ALL THE $, AND NOW DIANE HAS USED THE $ TO KILL A LOVER. Also, this would explain the opening of the film- over the jitterbug dancing credits, we see images of Betty with the two elderly citizens, almost as if they were pictures taken after she won the contest. They are proud of her for winning the Jitterbug contest; now, in Diane’s hallucination, they are ashamed and upset about what she has become.