In the street, the device reverted to its original metallic form.Neo was driven o meet Morpheus in a large room on the upper 13th floor of a dilapidated, dark and rotting hotel, the Hotel Lafayette.Thank God for the rain which has helped wash away the garbage and the trash off the sidewalks.I""m workin"" long hours now.6:00 in the afternoon to 6:00 in the morning, sometimes even 8:00 in the morning.Six days a week, sometimes seven days a week.It""s a long hustle, but it keeps me real busy.I can take in 300, 350 a week, sometimes even more when I do it off the meter.The camera cuts to a front fender view of his Checker cab cruising the seedy, slick, wet, night streets past a movie theatre marquee advertisingThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre(andReturn of the Dragon- also a view of Clint Eastwood""sThe Eiger Sanction)." As he ascends to the stage, Laurie circles around behind him like a wild animal, sizing him up and eyeing him from head to toe.In Laughton""s words, it was "a nightmarish sort of Mother Goose tale." It also resembled the fairy-tale of the Big Bad Wolf""s pursuit of the little pigs.From its start, the film is designed to have the special feeling of a child""s nightmare, including the difficult keeping of a secret, and a magical journey to safety - all told from a child""s point of view.