Next thing we know, the police are breaking down his door and ripping the place apart. They won't tell him what they want and they take him downtown for questioning. They lock him in an interview room and let him stew until, finally, a detective begins asking him questions that don't reveal much about the nature of his inquiry. The camera scans slowly through various closed rooms, as if looking for evidence. It follows cords and wires attached to microphones and cameras designed to record everything that happens.
Gargoyles literally decorate the interview room.
The characters sometimes are filmed moving in slow motion, as if they were already condemned and starting their way down the green mile to their doom. He gets our sympathies at the start, thanks to the heavyhanded tactics of the police and the quaking fear in his voice as he tries to figure out what they're after. Imagine being in this poor soul's shoes. After a while, though, we begin to wonder whether the cops might be on to something. But his performance is razor-sharp.