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Dead dog. The dog, named Jesse, had been with the Blind Man since the war and used to be a seeing eye dog, until he died recently, or so the Blind Man would have us think.
| When talking Bobby into getting him a soda, the Blind Man angrily exclaims, 'I fought the war and lost my eyes just so I could give you my ...?' What did Bobby want the blind man to give him? | 'U-Turn' Blind Wisdom
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His change. Bobby ends up paying for the Blind Man's soda.
They're nothing but flavored water.. He actually says: 'Get me a Dr. Peppa! I don't want no Colas. Colas ain't nothing but flavored water.'
He's part Indian and believes in providing for Mother Earth.. He splashes some on the ground and says: 'A little for Mother Earth. I'm about fifty percent Indian, you know. To all our relations.'
The desert. He says: 'It's the desert that makes you crazy.' Then he tells of a scorpion he saw sting itself to death and a coyote that killed itself, all because of the desert, or so the Blind Man would have us think.
| According to the Blind Man, 'Nothing makes the Great Spirit laugh harder than (what?)' | 'U-Turn' Blind Wisdom
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a man's plans. That's right. 'Nothing makes the Great Spirit laugh harder than a man's plans. We all got plans. I planned on seeing all my life. I know you didn't plan on straying into town.'
| According to the Blind Man, what do human beings have living inside of them that keeps them from always being human? | 'U-Turn' Blind Wisdom
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animals. He tells Bobby, 'You know human beings ain't always just human -- they got animals living inside 'em too.'
| What was done to Bobby because he didn't pay back the money in time (this is shown in flashbacks)? | 'U-Turn' Basics
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His finger was cut off. They cut off his finger with a pair of gardening shears.
drapes. Bobby kindly volunteered to carry those boxes, and then to help put up the drapes.
He believes Bobby is making moves on his girlfriend.. Claire Danes plays the woman in question, and she instigates any relationship between herself and Bobby that exists.
a mechanic. He plays the mechanic who is less than helpful in repairing Bobby's car.
Harlin's. The garage is called Harlin's, so when Bobby finds a lone mechanic working there, he assumes it's Harlin. In fact it's Darrell, who explains to Bobby (in the brief and somewhat coy words of a six-year-old) that Harlin is a) the former owner of the garage, after whom it was named; and b) deceased. Darrell is the current owner, and apparently the entire staff.
replace a radiator hose. Darrell grossly overcharges Bobby for a minor repair (replacing a blown radiator hose) on the grounds that his car is a 1964-and-a-half Ford Mustang. This, Bobby contends, is of little import as long as it is a Ford. However Harlin insists that the car's vintage make and model make it a harder, therefore pricier job. Darrell apparently does not feel the need to provide any further justification.
Bobby: "What's that got to do with the radiator hose?"
Darrell: "I dunno, but it's the reason I live here and you're just passing through."
Movado. Since Bobby just got robbed for his bag of cash (which is shortly blown to shreds by an angry old woman with a shotgun), he has no money to pay Darrell and get his car back. His last resort is to offer up his watch, a $7800 Movado, telling Darrell he can sell it. Darrell fails to see the value in it, however, because there are no numbers on it and because there are no extra functions. Darrell makes it clear in showing off his cheap plastic digital watch that exchange value is far behind functionality in his book:
"No day? No date? (Shoot), far as I can tell this ain't worth a duck's fart. Lookey here, got that one for $3.75, it's got every doodad you can ever imagine on it. I believe I'll just stick with this."
Just one of the many unresolvable "Darrell moments" Bobby experiences throughout the movie.
"If ya think bad, the bad's whatcha git". When Bobby returns to the garage later in the day, both he and Darrell seem to have simmered down from their previous antagonism, and engage in a brief discussion on life. Darrell tells Bobby that when you feel as though you're running around in circles getting nowhere, the best thing to do is just tough it out, his logic being contained in the above-mentioned quote.
Approximately five seconds later, their quasi-civil banter disintegrates into complete chaos. Such is the dance of Bobby and Darrell.
scratches the hood. After yet another impasse in negotiations (the watch thing), Bobby tries to blindside Darrell in desperation. The latter sees him coming a mile away and confronts him with a crowbar, Bobby instantly backs down. This does not appease Darrell, who colorfully tells him he has run out of patience and proceeds to crowbar (as opposed to keying) Bobby's hood. This scene is to a car-lover what "Hostel" is to the rest of us: unbearable to watch.
Cash preferred. Darrell justifies his billing practices by pointing to positively the most filthy and unintelligible store policy sign ever to not be noticed, until pointed out. At the top of the list one can vaguely make out: "Garage rules: cash preferred." Among other things, the sign also includes what appears to be a scribbled price list, and the aforementioned "I break it/you break it" mantra.
Twister. When Bobby comes around in the evening, he finds Darrell in his grimy little abode, dressed in a parka and matching short shorts, playing a one-man game of Twister. Not a pretty sight. But at least he appears to have bathed by then. The background is laden with a genre of music I can only describe as hick twang, and Darrell says he is expecting a waitress to stop by shortly. No doubt she is in snow pants and a bikini top, ready for a rowdy night of Twister, although this is never confirmed.
his gun. By the end of the movie, Bobby has the money to pay Darrell and get his car back. Darrell tosses him his keys, then pulls Bobby's trunk lock (which he had popped by force) out of his underwear and gives it back to him. Darrell also mentions he filled up the gas tank ("no charge"). The one item Bobby never gets back is the gun he had hidden in the trunk, which he suspects was sold by Darrell.
die every day. Despite the relatively happy ending to their standoff, Bobby is clearly in no danger of becoming a Darrell fan, as evidenced by the above statement. Before leaving him to his game of solo Twister, Bobby reminds Darrell that the missing gun from the trunk (which Darrell has probably sold) has the latter's fingerprints all over it. Darrell's only response is a blank, idiotic stare. Score one for Bobby (at long last).
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