Blue Velvet (1986) · 55 quotes
Sandy
There are a couple of cases I get mixed up on...but one thing that keeps coming up is this woman singer. She lives in an apartment building that is real close to your house. It's also close to the field where you found the ear.
Jeffrey
It's a strange world, isn't it?
Sandy
Yeah.
Jeffrey
Man, I like Heineken! You like Heineken?
Sandy
Uh- Well, I've never really had a Heineken before.
Jeffrey
You never had a Heineken before?
Sandy
My dad drinks Bud.
Jeffrey
King of beers.
Jeffrey
I used to know a kid who lived there...he had the biggest tongue in the world. [They laugh together]
Sandy
What happened to him?
Jeffrey
I don't know. He moved away. All my old friends are gone.
Jeffrey
There are opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience. Sometimes, it's necessary to take a risk. I got to thinking. I'll bet someone could learn alot by getting into that woman's apartment. You know, sneak in, hide, and observe.
Sandy
Sneak into her apartment?
Jeffrey
Yeah.
Sandy
Are you crazy? Jeffrey, she's possibly involved in murder. This is givin' me the creeps.
Sandy
I don't know. I mean, it sounds like a good daydream, but actually doing it is too weird. It's too dangerous.
Jeffrey
Sandy, let's just try the first part. No one will suspect us. Because no one would think two people like us would be crazy enough to do something like this.
Sandy
You have a point there.
Sandy
I don't know if you're a detective or a pervert.
Jeffrey
Well, that's for me to know and you to find out.
Sandy
Well, aren't you going to tell me about it?
Jeffrey
OK. It's a strange world Sandy. Dorothy Vallens is married to a man named Don. They have a son. I think the son and the husband have been kidnapped by a man named Frank. Frank has done this to force Dorothy to do things for him. I think she wants to die. I think Frank cut the ear I found off her husband as a warning for him to stay alive. Frank, is, uh, a very dangerous man.
Sandy
My god. Shouldn't you tell my father?
Jeffrey
No. I can't do that. I can't prove any of this. I found out my information illegally. You could get into a lot of trouble.
Sandy
You saw a lot in one night. It's a strange world.
Jeffrey
Why are there people like Frank? Why is there so much trouble in this world?
Sandy
I don't know. I had a dream. In fact, it was the night I met you. In the dream, there was our world and the world was dark because there weren't any robins, and the robins represented love. And for the longest time, there was just this darkness. And all of a sudden, thousands of robins were set free, and they flew down and brought this Blinding Light of Love. And it seemed like that love would be the only thing that would make any difference. And it did. So I guess it means there is trouble 'til the robins come.
Jeffrey
You're a neat girl.
Sandy
So are you. [laughs] I mean, you're a neat guy.
Jeffrey
See that clock on the wall...Five minutes from now, you're not going to believe what I've told you. Number One. Today, I staked out Frank's place with a camera. Now, there's another man involved in all this. I call him the 'Yellow Man'. You saw his back the other day at Dorothy's apartment. Today, I saw the Yellow Man go into Frank's building, laughing with Frank. Now, the only trouble is, what does that prove?
Sandy
Nothing really, but it's interesting.
Jeffrey
Number Two. I saw the Yellow Man come out and meet up with a well-dressed man carrying an alligator briefcase. They went to this factory building downtown, stood on a staircase and looked off into the distance. Now get this. In the distance, there was a murder - this drug dealer was shot to death and a woman had her legs broken.
Sandy
Jeffrey!
Jeffrey
And these two guys told me that the police would find a huge amount of drugs in the dead dealer's place.
Sandy
I can't believe what you're finding out. Are you gonna continue with this?
Jeffrey
Yeah.
Sandy
Until when? I mean, what are you going to do with this stuff?
Jeffrey
Well, I don't know.
Sandy
You're not going back to her apartment. [Jeffrey nods] Jeffrey why?
Jeffrey
I'm seeing something that was always hidden. I'm involved in a mystery. I'm in the middle of a mystery and it's all secret.
Sandy
You like mysteries that much?
Jeffrey
Yeah. You're a mystery. I like you, very much.
Sandy
Oh yeah?
Sandy
Jeffrey. Don't. Please.
Jeffrey
You worry about me really?
Sandy
Yeah. Is that so surprising? Yeah, I worry. A lot. I got you into this.
Dorothy
Oh God, they hurt him. Jeffrey, Jeffrey, Jeffrey. Hold me. Hold me. Hold me. Oh God. My secret love.
I called for an ambulance and the police are on their way.
Dorothy
Don't get the police. STOP IT. I LOVE YOU. LOVE ME. He put his disease in me. Tell me it's all right. I opened myself to you. Tell me it's all right, all right.
Jeffrey
Sandy...please. Sandy.
I'll get a coat to put on her.
Sandy
Jeffrey, what's going on here?
Jeffrey
I'll tell you.
Dorothy
They have hurt his head.
Jeffrey
Who, Dorothy?
Dorothy
Don. Help him. Help him. Promise me you'll HELP HIM. He put his disease in me.
Jeffrey
I should go.
Sandy
Go.
Jeffrey
...Sandy? [She slaps him in the face]
Sandy
You lied to me.
Jeffrey
Sandy please. Forgive me. I love you.
Sandy
I forgive you Jeffrey. I loved you. I love you. And I, I couldn't watch that. Is she OK?
Jeffrey
Yeah, she's OK. Listen, get ahold of your father. Tell him to send the police over to Dorothy's apartment right away. Tell him to hurry. I'm leaving right now.
Sandy
Jeffrey don't.
Jeffrey
I have to. I love you.
Sandy
Oh god. Be careful.
Jeffrey
I will, believe me.
Sandy
It hurts my dream.
Sandy
Look. [She points to a robin on the kitchen's window ledge]
Jeffrey
Yeah, I saw him outside. Maybe the robins are here.
I don't see how they could do that. I could never eat a bug.
Sandy
It's a strange world, isn't it? [Jeffrey nods in agreement]
