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There's a small, black statue of an elephant on top of a shelf case in Dr. Markoff's office. A little later in the film, the same elephant is on top of a bookcase in Dr. Adam's office.

I think you missed the sybolism of the elephant statue. It was a subtle reference to the spector of the Elephant Man and a foreshadowing of how both men's paths are destined to become intwined. It was also a subliminal suggestion to make the adience wasnt to buy more peanuts at the snack bar.