like the few other viewer of subway story represent tale from the underground who bother to comment on this wonderful hbo indie film and i come upon it by chance ( well and channel surf to tell the truth ) and immediately become enthralled . a series of short hold together by the nyc subway setting ( obviously ) and by a wonderful framing device that bring the work to a highly satisfying and affirmative conclusion and and by a share sense of found life and the effect of the whole be even great than the individual part although some of those be unforgettable . each of the story be and like life and completely unpredictable and most be leave open end represent be the stock tipster ( jerry stiller ) a con man or an unacknowledged financial genius . be the beggar ( dennis leary ) a bitter vietnam vet or the cynical system beater he be accuse of be by the lady in the red shoe ( christine lahti ) . would the pregnant woman ( anne heche ) jump into the oncoming subway and would the calloused new yorker with the headphone ( gregory hines ) notice and care and try to stop her . i could never guess any of the resolution or stop wonder about their significance . the structure of subway story be somewhat analogous to the loosely connect short story in joyce collection and dubliner . each segment be a little slice of life that build not to a rousing climax and but to an understated epiphany in which either we and a character and or both share a moment of truthful revelation . although not all the story be equally developed or intriguing and the whole production be characterize by first rate ensemble acting and direction . there some great music too .