In Jocelyn’s memory, the abusive side of their relationship becomes clear. Lou makes a spectacle of their sex life as a way to demonstrate his power and sexual potency. The pain of the sun in Jocelyn’s eyes is a reminder of Scotty (who stared into the sun for too long) and suggests the pain caused by the passage of time and the losses she has experienced. Lou already feels dead because his identity as a powerful record executive is gone. The person he was in the past is, in fact, dead.