Psych-Out (1968)

Dean Stockwell: Dave

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• [last lines] 

  Dave : [after having been mortally hit by a car]  Reality is a deadly place. I hope this trip is a good one.

  [dies] 

• Stoney : Listen, we're lookin' for Jenny's brother, Steve Davis. Do you know him?

  Dave : Oh, The Seeker. Yeah, I know him.

  Stoney : Where is he?

  Dave : You seek The Seeker and The Seeker seeks God. Wouldn't you rather ask God?

• Stoney : David, the acid has curdled and turned you sour.

  Dave : No, I'm afraid it's the sight of my friend, who will soon be up to his eyes in dollars and self-importance. Maybe I should cultivate him.

  Stoney : It's real good to see you in the daylight, though. I know you just crawled out of your hole to save my soul.

  Dave : Games again, Stoney. Could be you're starting to need things and starting to want things. What you don't want too much, they can't take away from you.

  Stoney : I don't need anything.

• Stoney : Dave, where'd she go?

  Dave : She's far away.

  Stoney : Come on, tell me.

  Dave : She's on a trip, a long trip.

  Stoney : What are you saying?

  Dave : She's gone to the end of the universe.

• Stoney : [talking in Dave's rooftop crash pad]  Is love lesson number 1 over, man?

  Dave : All the games have to go, man. 'Cause it's all one big plastic hassle.

  Stoney : So live in a jelly jar.

  Dave : [gesturing]  You see this little beam of light?

  [blocks the beam with his hand] 

  Dave : Well, that's all there is. The rest is in your head.

  Stoney : Yeah, but, except we're in a box, on a roof, in San Francisco, in America.

  Dave : So it seems.

• [Stoney and his hippie band, Mumblin' Jim, have just left the stage] 

  Dave : [offers Stoney a marijuana joint]  Why so happy? Is it the fame or the fortune?

  Stoney : Oh man, Dave, you are relentless.

  Dave : Tell me your philosophy, Stoney. Let's talk about something important. What color Continental are you going to buy?

  Stoney : [putting Dave on]  Cantaloupe, man.

  Dave : That's interesting. Uh... let me ask you this. How do you stand on monogrammed shirts?

  Stoney : Love 'em, man, love 'em. Wear 'em for underwear all the time, you know. Anything with my initials on it. Individual against the collective conforming society and all that.

  Dave : Hmm. Well, I don't care what your bag is man, as long as you're honest about what you want.

  Stoney : Well, I'm honest, Dave, very honest.

• Dave : Well, pretty soon, that little girl you're pretending not to notice, that one standing right there with her eyes full of love, pretty soon, you'll start worrying about whether you can afford her. And then it's buy now, pay later. 9 to 5 the rest of your life.

  Stoney : [being sarcastic]  Pretty soon, the boogeyman'll get me.

  Dave : [to Jenny]  You're looking lovely this morning, Jenny. Tell him I'm right. You're not one to play games. Tell him how it is.

  Jenny Davis : I'm just catching a bus.

• Stoney : We need you to play with us.

  Dave : You still playin' games, Stoney?

  Stoney : Since when is music a game? Playin' makes me feel good.

  Dave : So does a paycheck.

  Stoney : Oh, yeah. The old bad thing. The root of all evil, right?

  Dave : No. Not bad or good. There's only the truth.

  Stoney : The truth. Old black and whitey.

• Stoney : This is Jenny. She's deaf.

  Dave : She's lovely, man. You know, I like sound, but sometimes I prefer silence. Is she your chick?

  Stoney : Not really.

  Dave : No big thing?

  Stoney : I like her.

  Dave : Then, you don't mind if she stays here with me then?

  Stoney : Well, you know, that'd be up to her, wouldn't it?

  Dave : Still games.

• Dave : Listen, Stoney, what you really want is that little broad that just groped you. The one you made the date upstairs with. What you really want to do is go and do that. But here comes Jenny, so, what are you going to do? Are you going to be honest and tell her the truth? Or, why don't you tell her you have a meeting with your agent and you have to slip away. Or, tell her you love her. She'll never know. It's done all the time in straight circles.

• Dave : Why do people play games like that? Whether you make it with me or not, that's not the important thing. It's facing your appetites and your curiosity.

• Dave : Where did you get this middle class morality? Listen to the great free thinker.

• Dave : Home of the truth and you go squares, Stoney.

  Stoney : Not at all, man! Not at all. Use the pad. Have a ball! I don't care and I'm sure the *bitch* doesn't mind. Do you, Jenny? Don't turn me off! I just want to tell you not to dirty the sheets until I get another chick to clean 'em, that's all.

  Dave : You're righteous, Stoney, but you're not very hip.

• Dave : Reality's a rotten place to be. Do you want a shot of this? There's enough in there for two trips.

• Dave : Reality is a deadly bore.