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On the surface its pointless. Totally self contained scene that goes nowhere; however each main characters are paired against a woman. The women are symbolically the same thing. Perhaps with him his killing of them implies a man who's thrown away the notion of balancing the two worlds all together. In that scene she seems to anathema to him. More over he fails to function in either world. He's rejected professionally and he rejects the prostitutes affection...but like in all cases in this film it is the man rejecting the woman/personal life.
I didnt give him much thought but that is really interesting. He rejects her more emphatically and has less outside of the work than anyone else and still fails the hardest of all. He isnt presented with an inability to balance the two. Maybe thats the message there. You do have to try. To be a complete actualization of the self.
Juxtapose that over DeNiro's character who has this great line "Im alone; im not lonely." Which is a total lie. So while this possible serial killer truly rejects finding the balance DeNiro internally has yearned for it but not pursued it. Deprived himself of it.
Dunno. Very interesting
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