Liquid Sky (1982)

Otto von Wernherr: Johann

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• Johann : The most interesting fact we found, these killings occur during sexual intercourse

• Johann : I'm sorry, but duty is more important than shrimps.

  Sylvia : Oh.

  [laughs] 

  Sylvia : Well, the duty is yours, the house is mine. And in my house, shrimps are more important than duty.

• Johann : In the beginning, aliens where spotted near places with large amounts of heroin. Later aliens appeared in specific subcultures, punk circles, still around heroin. And in this punk circles many more strange deaths have occurred.

  Owen : What's so strange about death in punk circles?

  Owen : They kill each other by shooting too much dope.

• Johann : Well, it seems to be strange that the alien was interested in heroin. But there could be a lot of reasons for that. We know now for example because of the research of a few American scientists in the late 70s. There are special receptors, opiate receptors in the human brain.

• Johann : Heroin, codeine, morphine all belong to the same family derived from the poppy. They are called opiates. They have special receptors in the brain to receive opiate molecules.

  Johann : Some physicians think there's a naturally occurring molecule in the human body that's nearly the same molecular structure as opiates.

• Johann : Opium users have said that the drug creates a similar feeling than what people experience during orgasm.

  Johann : It could be that this molecule is released into the brain during orgasm