Dream or hallucination? Rampling's character does not appear real. She appears out of darkness, then disappears without trace. On a realistic view, this could be product of the stimulants catching up with him and some type of DTs common from lack of REM sleep. Further, as he's driving towards bull dozers, he's again from sleep deprivation, dreaming while awake, attention and judgement impaired, crashing and burning. On more ethereal view, she is the Angel of Death waiting to eventually take him, with her .
'I don't feel very social...not meaning to be rude' comment indicating she has little necessary to say. This is in stark contrast, with the nude motorcyclist, who entered Kowalski's arc, in light of day and had her boyfriend also help out, which were very real incidents. Some people with near death experiences, describe the 'light', going into it means death of mortal body. Kowalski, readily drives into
the bright light between bull dozers, calm and accepting, due to the Angel of Death preparing him. I've seen movie many times since finding a VHS copy at a garage sale almost a couple of decades ago. One bio of film states Rampling's part was cut to get the film a PG rating rather than R, thus able to play in more places at time. This is first time I've seen this scene. It's actually deeper than I had
thought, thinking scene was merely cut for more graphic sex and nudity draw, but was pleasantly surprised to see it was not cheaply exploitive, but rather thought provoking. Drug use obviously caused potential R rating.