Watch and wonder in the scene, about the middle of the film, where Brooks Hadlin has decided "not to stay" on the outside. He climbs on a chair, then onto a table and proceeds, without much effort or "tip-toeing", to carve the phrase "Brooks Was Here" on the beam in his apartment. Below the beam there is a type of railing where he ties the noose that he will eventually hang himself with. Notice as Brooks carves that his head is well above the railing and that, in fact, the railing stops just below his shoulders. Remember, his feet, for the most part, are flat on the table while he does this. Brooks finishes, puts his knife away and admires his work. The very next scene shows Brooks feet, planted squarely on the table. He then proceeds to rock the table a couple of times until it falls out from under him. Based on the distance of Brooks' neck to the railing and the noose that is now tied to it, he should have dropped at least two feet, but, amazingly his feet remain at about the same place the table was. The next shot is a pull back shot of Brooks, indeed, hanging a good two feet below the beam where he carved "Brooks Was Here."