Winter (Kinesthetic Imagery)
Bill: “I spent a whole winter reading him once.”
By specifying the season that he read Faulkner, Bill is telling a story about his past that creates an image, of being inside cozily reading a book during the cold winter months.
Betty’s monologue (Kinesthetic and Auditory Imagery)
Betty describes a terrible one-night stand in great detail, with a lot of auditory and kinesthetic imagery of what she hears and feels:
“Maybe you’re only interested for the sake of making small talk long enough to ask me back to your place to listen to some music, or maybe you’ve just rented this great tape for your VCR, or because you’ve got some terrific unknown Django Reinhardt record, only all you really want to do is fuck—which you won’t do very well—after which you’ll go to the bathroom and pee very loudly, then pad into the kitchen and get yourself a beer from the refrigerator without asking me if I’d like anything, and then you’ll proceed to lie back down beside me and confess that you’ve got a girlfriend named Stephanie who’s away at medical school in Belgium for a year…”
Passing each other (Visual Imagery)
Bill: “We probably pass each other on the street. Right in front of this place, probably.”
Bill imagines a moment of missed connection. The specificity of the action and place makes it visual.
Cappuccino (Multi-sensory Imagery)
“Cappuccino, great literature, rainy night…”
The sensory detail of Betty’s comment creates an inviting combination through kinesthetic imagery.
Bill's Body (Visual Imagery)
Bill: “So what if I had total body liposuction? (Bell). “So what if I don’t have a penis?”
Sudden surprising references to Bill’s body bring images of it to mind.
Woody Allen Festival (Visual Imagery)
“The Woody Allen festival?” “Just up the street.”
The description of proximity of the film festival generates an image of the possibility of the the two of them walking there together.
Cake (Kinesthetic, Visual imagery)
Bill: “Last night I went out at two in the morning to get one.”
By choosing the exact time of morning, when most are asleep, Bill conjures an image of his experience, and shows how much he desires that cake.
Brussels Sprouts (Kinesthetic Imagery)
“They are disgusting!”
When Bill and Betty agree on their disgust for Brussels sprouts, they are syncing up their physical responses as a step towards falling in love.
