Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)

Mark Arnott: Jeff

Quotes 

• [Jeff is detailing his previous arrests to a booking policeman] 

  Jeff Andrews : And that was for conspiracy to riot. Charges dropped. September 12, '69 for criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. Charges dropped. December 24, '69, inciting to riot. Charges dropped. August of '70 for lobbying in Kentucky. Charges dropped. Five arrests, all in Kentucky, in '71, for possession, "suspicion" of possession of a controlled substance. Charges dropped. Want the dates? And then March 5, '73, indicted for destruction of federal property, criminal trespassing, and conspiracy. Charges dropped. That's it.

  Booking Officer : Next. Name?

  Maura Tolliver : Maura Tolliver. That M-A-U-R-A.

  Booking Officer : Address?

  Maura Tolliver : Same as his.

  Booking Officer : Previous arrests?

  Maura Tolliver : Same as his. Except for the three days in Washington. We got separated.

• Norman : [looks around at the 7 people sitting in the police station when he arrives]  You people together?

  J.T. : Uh-huh. We're in for, uh... What do you call deer murder?

  Jeff Andrews : Bambicide.

  J.T. : Right. Bambicide, right. And conspiracy to deprive a furry woodland creature of its civil rights.

  Norman : Jacking deer, eh?

  J.T. : What's your beef?

  Norman : Drunk.

  J.T. : [sarcastic]  No!

  Norman : Drunk. Second time this week. Drunk.

  Jeff Andrews : Is that a crime?

  Norman : Tourist season, it is. Rest of the year you can lay out on the sidewalks for all they care.

• Jeff Andrews : My problem is the repetitiveness. Y'know... wine, women, and whiteline fever, over and over. Whereas, progressive is existential. You got these chromatic melodies, right? To use for, like, a springboard into all kinds of experiments. Even the backbeat is full of nuances. You know that there's a central rhythmic idea going on, but you're never quite sure when it's going to pop up. Now, you-you put your, ah, your-your counterpoint on top of that, your passing tones, your arpeggios, your polyrhythms, your parallel scales, your focal harmonies... and it's uncertain, right? It's exploratory. It's like life.

  Lee : Right. Exactly. I mean, with country, it's like you're being told a story that you've heard before. But with progressive, it's like you're going into unknown territory. Exactly.

  Amy : [to Jeff]  Are you in music, too?

  Jeff Andrews : Drugs.