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Mediocre artist Alec Harringay is trying to depict St Catherine for a submission to the Royal Academy but he is never satisfied with his work. His painting becomes suddenly alive and lures him into a dreadful pact, being able to paint a masterpiece in exchange of his soul. This event radically transforms Harringay, who eventually kills his wife Isabel and suffers the consequences.
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00:00If love is an emotional necessity, then perhaps art is a spiritual compulsion.
00:18Mr. Alec Haringey, artist, a painter, possessed of that most frustrating blessing, a moderate talent.
00:30Alec intended to submit a canvas to the academy, yet he had spent the best part of a week failing to get any sort of spirit into a portrait of St Catherine.
00:43Rubbish.
00:55Alec?
00:56Mm-hmm?
00:57I'm going to bed.
00:59Bed?
01:00Goodness, I had no idea it was getting so late.
01:05Well, you, my love, are working far too hard.
01:11Hmm.
01:12Who was she?
01:14I mean, who is she?
01:17St Catherine, patron saint of artists.
01:20What happened to her?
01:22She fell.
01:24What?
01:25She fell short of what was required.
01:28A submission to the academy should be original.
01:30It should be dazzling, not this.
01:33But Alec, it looks very fine.
01:35No, it doesn't.
01:36It lacks the creative spirit.
01:37I want to take canvas and pigment and make a woman, as God made Adam out of red ochre.
01:42But this thing, if you met her walking about the streets, you'd know she was fashioned in a studio.
01:47Alec, you're becoming positively bilious.
01:50I know, I'm sorry.
01:57Oh, well.
01:58You're right.
01:59When you said I was working too hard.
02:03Come to bed?
02:04Come to bed, come to bed, come to bed, come to bed.
02:34Come to bed.
02:35Come to bed.
02:41Darling, what's the matter?
02:50Over the next few days, Alec made several further attempts at the portrait.
02:56Let me see if I can catch you this time.
02:58Your grace and your sublime beauty shall dazzle the academy.
03:28Sadly, St. Catherine's true face remained stubbornly out of reach.
03:51You are being deliberately elusive, Catherine.
03:57You're teasing me.
03:59Don't think.
04:01I don't know that you're laughing at me.
04:04I shall make you mine yet.
04:11Alec?
04:15Do you know the time?
04:17It's nearly midnight.
04:19Alec?
04:25Are you going to paint all night?
04:27Yes, if I have to.
04:30I only wanted to spend some time...
04:32An artist doesn't choose his working hours, they choose him.
04:36And for all of the hours lost to work, when was the last time you sold one of your paintings?
04:41What?
04:42Your art does not seem to improve our coffers.
04:46No more than it improves your humour.
04:49Meanwhile, our debts are mounting and...
04:51Will you please just let me get on?
04:53We are going to work properly.
05:09What?
05:10Oh, no, no, no, no.
05:40Damn it all. She's no more a saint than I am.
05:46Such strong manly hands.
05:49What is this?
05:59I've been wanting to talk to you for an age.
06:03We've been staring at each other for so long.
06:07I couldn't bear the silence any longer.
06:14Who are you?
06:18Who are you trying to capture?
06:28Saint Catherine.
06:30I've watched you struggle.
06:34I've come to inspire you.
06:49It must be difficult for you, living with Isabel.
06:52I've seen how she treats you.
06:59She doesn't appreciate what it takes to be an artist.
07:07It's true.
07:09Isabel has little passion for art.
07:11The fact of the matter is, she doesn't seem to appreciate that I'm...
07:17A genius?
07:24Well, possibly.
07:25That's the risk all retards run.
07:29That their genius will not be recognized.
07:33And yet...
07:35I have the power to help you.
07:40Help me? How?
07:42I can bestow upon you the ability to create an undisputed masterpiece.
07:49It would be globally recognized.
07:52A true addition to the canon of great works.
07:56Nobody would ever question your genius.
08:01Not even simply little Isabel.
08:03Isabel.
08:07Your name would echo down the ages.
08:12And all I ask in exchange...
08:16Is your soul.
08:22My...
08:24My...
08:26My soul, I...
08:28Isabel does not deserve you.
08:30She doesn't deserve your kisses.
08:40Oh, Alec.
08:59What is it, my lord?
09:13What?
09:19Wait!
09:21Wait!
09:23No, wait!
09:24Wait!
09:25Get me gone!
09:26You're all famous!
09:28Alec!
09:29No, please!
09:30Please, stop it!
09:36Enamel?
09:38No, you wouldn't dare!
09:43Alec!
09:45Alec!
09:47Alec!
09:49Have you been up all night again?
09:50You're gonna make yourself ill.
09:51Alec!
09:53Alec!
09:55You need to get some rest.
09:57Oh, Isabel.
09:59Alec!
10:00Alec!
10:03Come.
10:21It would be another two days before Alec felt ready to re-enter his studio.
10:34It would be another two days before Alec felt ready to re-enter his studio.
11:04start from scratch.
11:14You...
11:16But...
11:18Yes.
11:19Yes.
11:27I do love an optimist.
11:31You start with the vagus of presentiment of an idea.
11:35Then you hope inspiration will strike.
11:39It always does.
11:43Does it?
11:46Eventually.
11:50Can you really face another blank canvas?
11:55It's true.
11:57It becomes more difficult each time.
12:00Remember my offer?
12:04You could paint an undeniable masterpiece.
12:08And a masterpiece would command a high price.
12:12You could easily clear those depths.
12:15The price that you ask is high in...
12:20Give me your soul.
12:23And your artistic spirit will live forever.
12:26Your masterwork would exert an influence on future generations.
12:32Yeah.
12:34Yeah.
12:36Yes.
12:37I...
12:38I...
12:39I...
12:41I...
12:43I...
12:45I...
12:46I...
12:50So now...
12:52Are you not inspired?
12:53I've...
12:54I've...
12:55I've been approaching the composition completely wrong.
12:56I know exactly what to do now.
13:07I've been approaching the composition completely wrong.
13:12I know exactly what to do now.
13:16From the moment Alec Haringey sold his soul for the ability to paint a masterpiece,
13:39his mind was flooded with a multitude of dazzling ideas.
13:44He prepared painting combinations which had never previously occurred to him,
13:48and his technique advanced a thousandfold.
14:14Alec, I haven't seen you for days.
14:18Hmm?
14:20What is it you want?
14:22To see you, to hear your voice, to know that you're aware of my existence?
14:27I'm busy.
14:28I can see that.
14:29I can see that.
14:30I can see that.
14:31What is it you want?
14:32Alec.
14:33I haven't seen you for days.
14:36Hmm?
14:37What is it you want?
14:40What is it you want?
14:41It's...
14:42To see you.
14:43To hear your voice, to know that you're aware of my existence?
14:48I'm busy.
14:49I can see that.
14:51I can see that.
15:03This surpasses anything that you've ever done.
15:11It's almost like it's...
15:12Like it's what?
15:17Like it's the work of another painter.
15:21I have...developed.
15:24Now, please leave us.
15:28Us.
15:31Leave me.
15:33Don't you understand? This is my masterpiece.
15:37It's beautiful, Alec, but it is making you ill.
15:41The Academy's deadline for submission is one week away.
15:45I need every moment between now and then to complete this.
15:48I can't waste any time.
15:54Damn you, Alec.
15:56Can you not see what is happening to you?
16:00You're losing your reason.
16:04For pity's sake, can you just step away from the easel for just...
16:08just one hour?
16:10Please.
16:11Please, please leave me be.
16:24Leave me be.
16:29I don't know.
16:59Now, finally, Alec work undisturbed.
17:29As the days passed, he felt neither hunger nor thirst, and slept only fleetingly.
17:46But he knew now for certain that his immortality was assured.
17:53Take a dilly, please.
17:58Burlington House.
18:00Right on.
18:02Right on.
18:03On his way to the academy, and thrilled by his own genius, Alec could not resist just one
18:09more look.
18:11It's the wrong one.
18:12It's the wrong one.
18:13Beg pardon, sir?
18:14Nothing.
18:15Look, we must turn around and go back.
18:20Oh.
18:21Right on.
18:22How could I have wrapped the wrong canvas?
18:27You didn't.
18:28Why?
18:29There's only one canvas.
18:30You painted over it.
18:31Remember?
18:32You painted over it.
18:33Remember?
18:34You painted over me.
18:35My masterpiece.
18:36What happened to him?
18:37I came back for it.
18:38I came back for one.
18:39It's the wrong one.
18:40It's the wrong one.
18:41It's the wrong one.
18:42It's the wrong one.
18:43Beg pardon, sir?
18:44Nothing.
18:45Look, we must turn around and go back.
18:46Oh.
18:47Right on.
18:48How could I have wrapped the wrong canvas?
18:51You didn't.
18:53Why?
18:54There's only one canvas.
18:56You painted over it, remember?
18:59You painted over me.
19:01My masterpiece. What happened to it?
19:05I gave back for what is mine.
19:08No!
19:10No!
19:13No!
19:15Are you all right, Gav?
19:17We have to turn around.
19:19All right, all right.
19:21Wait, wait. It's fine.
19:25It's fine. We can go on to the academy.
19:27Oh, mate, you mind up, mate.
19:29Come on. Come on!
19:30Ah!
19:32Ah!
19:47How are we feeling?
19:49I...
19:50There you go.
20:03It's gone.
20:05It would have been no use to you anymore.
20:08But...
20:08But I...
20:10I'm a painter.
20:12Well, I suppose you'll just have to learn to paint with your other hand.
20:18Oh, God.
20:20Is there anybody you'd like us to contact?
20:27No.
20:31No.
20:31No one.
20:32Well, you just get plenty of rest, and I'll be long to check on you later.
20:36You still have to...
20:38You...
20:42A pity.
20:44A pity.
20:49A pity about your hand.
20:52You...
20:53You know who I am, of course.
20:56I am your inspiration.
20:58What do you want?
21:00We struck a bargain.
21:02But...
21:02You created a masterpiece, did you not?
21:05It's gone.
21:07No, it was rescued from the crash.
21:10At this very moment, it's being hung at the Royal Academy.
21:16There will be no doubt over the...
21:19genius of its creator.
21:22If there can be no more paintings now...
21:24That's not my concern.
21:26I've lost everything.
21:28Even poor Isabel.
21:29None of that is my concern.
21:30Please, no.
21:33All I sought was to create beauty.
21:35All you sought was glorification.
21:37No, no, it was all for art.
21:39You made your choice.
21:41Now your soul shall be mine.
21:43Please, no.
21:44The trick is to find it.
21:48I've looked in here...
21:50But did not find it.
21:53Please, leave me be.
21:55So now, now we must look...
21:58Leave me be.
21:58...at a deeper.
22:00Sometimes an artist paints a form with no soul to it.
22:09He paints aimlessly and recklessly and without inspiration.
22:13In the hope that some random spirit may be coaxed forth into his work.
22:18And sometimes...
22:19Sometimes a spirit does come.
22:23With big brother of God...
22:24I wouldASE?
22:29Have a Hi.
22:32Have a東西 day.
22:32Bye.
22:33Bye.
22:34Bye.
22:36Bye.
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22:38Bye.
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22:39Bye.
22:40You.
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