In contrast o the exteriors were the interior dark recesses of the labyrinthine cave-shaft sequences (shot in a studio) that were particularly allegorical - signifying the impenetrable blackness of the twisted mind of the self-destructive protagonist, as he schemed and descended further and further into his own entrapped existential state - literally a hole from which he couldn""t escape." Deeds has already noticed he annoyances: "The strangest kind of people - salesmen, politicians, moochers, all want something.In the film""s poignant closing with Nellie, Eva honestly expressed her loneliness, her slight fear and emptiness, and her loss of love.When a rock crashes through their front window, Stark is motivated even more to run: "I""m gonna run even if I don""t get a single vote.