- 5 months ago
In a world where art and obsession collide, a struggling sculptor discovers a dark path to fame. But with every creation, the curse grows stronger — blurring the line between genius and madness.
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00:00:00I will talk to you of art, for there is nothing else to talk about, for there is nothing else.
00:00:18Life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on the omnibus of art.
00:00:23Burn gas, buggies, and whip your sour cream of circumstance, and hope, and go ahead and
00:00:31sleep your bloody heads off, creation is, all else is not, what is not creation is graham
00:00:42crackers, let it all crumble to feed the creator, the others is, all others are not.
00:00:53A canvas is a canvas, or a paper, a rock is a rock, or a statue, a sound is a sound, or
00:01:07is music, a creature is a creature, or an art.
00:01:15Where are John, Joe, Jake, Jim, Jerk? Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. They were not born. Before
00:01:31they were born. They were not born. Where are Leonardo, Rembrandt, Ludwig? Alive. Alive. Alive.
00:01:43They were born. Bring on the multitude, the multitude of fishes. Feed them to the fishes for
00:01:53liver oil, to nourish the artisan. Stretch their skin upon an easel, to give him camp. Crush their bones into a
00:02:04paint, that he might mold them. Let them die, and by their miserable deaths become the clay
00:02:14within his hands, that he might form an ashtray, or an art. For all that is comes through the eye of the artist.
00:02:26Arrest a blind fish, swimming in the cave of aloneness. Swim on, you maudlin, muddling, maddened fool.
00:02:37And breathe, that one bright and sunny night, some artist will bait a hook, and let you bite upon it. Bite hard, and die. In his stomach, you are very close to immortality.
00:02:55C styling.
00:02:59Warrant.
00:03:04Warrant? Warrant, what are you doing there? I was looking at colleagues' pictures.
00:03:08Why, I paid you to look at pictures? Well, I get to work. I was just looking. There are empty cuffs all over the place.
00:03:13Contain them up.
00:03:15We phishing these are rough on him, Leonard.
00:03:19I think I'll cut.
00:03:49Yes, man. How are you making?
00:03:52Fine, man. How about you?
00:03:53In the mouth.
00:04:05Valdez, Weiss.
00:04:07Yeah, LaCroix checking in.
00:04:08It took over a couple of minutes ago.
00:04:10Anything new at the door?
00:04:11Well, nothing you can pound nails in.
00:04:13A couple of hustlers.
00:04:14One of them short, fat, brunette.
00:04:16Name's skinny.
00:04:17The other one was short also.
00:04:19He was bleached and skinny.
00:04:21Name her fat.
00:04:22Probably. I didn't get it.
00:04:24They didn't give any pictures, though.
00:04:25Guess you can keep an eye on them.
00:04:27Okay. Any hits?
00:04:29Well, Jerry Sachs looked like he was straight.
00:04:31I'm sure he's on it anyway.
00:04:33Didn't see any pushes around the place.
00:04:35Lou said he'd check out on Jerry.
00:04:36Sound him out later if he gets any higher.
00:04:39I guess that's about it.
00:04:40Okay.
00:04:42Go on home and get a good night's sleep, you think.
00:04:45Okay. So long.
00:04:46Everyone listen to my new poem.
00:04:51Do you think they really heard it?
00:04:52I heard it, Mr. Brock.
00:04:54Thank you, Walter. I'm sure you did.
00:04:56Bring on the multitude with a multitude of fishes.
00:04:59Feed them to the fishes for live well to nourish the artist.
00:05:01That was a word for word.
00:05:05Yes, sir.
00:05:05I've forgotten.
00:05:06You mean you don't remember your own poem?
00:05:08I refuse to say anything twice.
00:05:10Repetition is death.
00:05:12Oh, got it.
00:05:13When you repeat something, you are reliving a moment.
00:05:15Wasting it.
00:05:17Severing it from the other end of your life.
00:05:19I believe only in new impressions.
00:05:20New stimuli.
00:05:21New life.
00:05:22I thought you believed that life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on a...
00:05:25I do believe that, Walter.
00:05:26But I also believe creative living.
00:05:29To be uncreative, you might as well be in your grave.
00:05:31Or in the army.
00:05:34They tried to draft me once.
00:05:36I couldn't pass the test.
00:05:39Walter?
00:05:41Leonard's looking at you.
00:05:45Jesus, my God.
00:05:48Walter has a clear mind.
00:05:50One day something will enter it.
00:05:51Feel lonely and leave again.
00:05:52I don't want that too much.
00:05:54Yes, cats, yes.
00:05:56If you want to know how beatniks live, William and me will show you.
00:06:00We'll introduce you to some wild one.
00:06:02You may even discover an artist of your own.
00:06:05And how much is that going to cost us?
00:06:07What cost?
00:06:08A couple of bucks.
00:06:09You want to meet some beatniks, don't you?
00:06:11Oh, no, it's the artist.
00:06:12I'm just crazy about artists.
00:06:13All that is comes through the eye of the artist.
00:06:15The rest are just blind fish swimming in a cave of aloneness.
00:06:18Oh, you must be an artist.
00:06:20And working as a best boy, too.
00:06:22Feed him that he will be satisfied.
00:06:24The artist is.
00:06:25All others are not.
00:06:26That's most intriguing.
00:06:28Are you a painter?
00:06:30Well, no, I work...
00:06:31I'm working on something that's not ready yet.
00:06:34What is it, man?
00:06:35Finger painting?
00:06:36Draw me a picture of a houseboat.
00:06:38Make some smoke coming out of the chimney.
00:06:39I am working on something.
00:06:41I'll show you soon.
00:06:42Walter?
00:06:42Walter?
00:06:47Is he here?
00:06:52Did you get a good look, kid?
00:07:12Got it all.
00:07:13Oh, hello, Mrs. Switzer.
00:07:42Oh, Walter, you look awful pale.
00:07:45What'd you have to eat tonight?
00:07:46I had a salami sandwich, Mrs. Switzer.
00:07:48Oh, if you were my son.
00:07:50Why don't you let me fix your nice bowl of soup?
00:07:52Won't take but a minute.
00:07:53Well, it's okay.
00:07:54I can fix myself something.
00:07:55Besides, I got something important to do.
00:07:57Oh, say, Walter, did you see anything of Frankie tonight when you went out?
00:08:01I didn't see him at all.
00:08:02Well, if you do, tell him I got a nice, fresh piece of halibut, Mom.
00:08:06Tell him that?
00:08:07I mean, do you think he'll understand?
00:08:09He's only a cat.
00:08:10Good night, Walter.
00:08:12Good night.
00:08:28Good night.
00:08:37THE END
00:09:07THE END
00:09:37Frankie?
00:10:00a canvas is a canvas or a painting
00:10:11a rock is a rock or a statue
00:10:14a sound is a sound
00:10:17or it's music
00:10:19come on
00:10:35be a nose
00:10:36thing a nose
00:10:41Frankie shut up!
00:11:09Frankie?
00:11:11Frankie?
00:11:11what's the matter Frankie?
00:11:13how'd you get yourself stuck in a wall?
00:11:16wait a minute I'll get you out
00:11:18Frankie?
00:11:33Frankie?
00:11:38You all right, Frankie?
00:11:50Frankie?
00:11:54Frankie?
00:11:55Frankie?
00:12:02Oh, Frankie.
00:12:04I'm sorry.
00:12:14Oh, Mrs. Squickard.
00:12:20She had a nice, fresh piece of halibut for you.
00:12:25I'll give you two of them in the morning.
00:12:38Repetition is death, Frankie.
00:12:55Yes, Bye.
00:13:00ikat.
00:13:03I love you.
00:13:04THE END
00:13:34Let them die, and by their miserable deaths become the clay within his hands that he might form an ashtray or an ark. Pray that you might be his diadem, gold, glory, paint, clay, that he might take you in his magic hands and wring from your marrow wonder.
00:13:57Where are John Joe Jim, jerk?
00:14:03Dead, dead, dead.
00:14:17Oh, Walter, why are you doing here so early?
00:14:31Well, I've brought something. I think you'll like it.
00:14:33Take that stuff to the laundry mat, Walter.
00:14:35Huh?
00:14:36Don't mind him.
00:14:37What have you got?
00:14:38It's a thing I made.
00:14:39You like it?
00:14:50What you got?
00:14:51Oh, come look at this, Leonard.
00:14:53Well, where'd you get that, auction?
00:14:55I made it.
00:14:56You made that?
00:14:58I said I did, didn't I?
00:14:59Well, it was very good.
00:15:01Honest?
00:15:01Honest.
00:15:02What's it called?
00:15:04Dead cat?
00:15:05Dead cat?
00:15:07That's its name?
00:15:08Sure.
00:15:09Well, it sure looks dead enough.
00:15:12You, you want to buy it?
00:15:13Buy it?
00:15:14That thing?
00:15:15Scare people out of the place.
00:15:18Don't be silly.
00:15:19It's tremendous.
00:15:20Look at the detail.
00:15:22The anatomy's perfect.
00:15:24Look at the expression on its face.
00:15:27How come you put a knife into it?
00:15:29I didn't mean to.
00:15:31Just got carried away, huh?
00:15:34Well, all right.
00:15:37I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:15:38I'll put it in the corner of the alcove.
00:15:40If it sells, we'll split 50-50.
00:15:42Okay?
00:15:42Sure.
00:15:43Does this mean I'm an artist?
00:15:45Maybe so.
00:15:46You can do other things as well.
00:15:48All that is, it comes through the eye of the artist.
00:15:51Yeah, you're a real artist now.
00:15:53I go in back and scrub down those garbage cans.
00:15:56Much now.
00:15:56You really like it?
00:16:02We like it.
00:16:03Now go on.
00:16:16Did you see my cat?
00:16:17What's the matter?
00:16:18You're losing?
00:16:18How do you like my cat?
00:16:28You make this thing mad?
00:16:30Uh-huh.
00:16:31It's crazy.
00:16:33It's crazy.
00:16:35You want to buy it?
00:16:37What do you mean, Matt?
00:16:38I'm tapped.
00:16:39He likes my cat.
00:16:48He's got to work.
00:16:59Hey, hey, Walter.
00:17:01Give me a minute.
00:17:05Hey, congratulations, Matt.
00:17:07Walter, you're famous.
00:17:09I saw your cat.
00:17:10Did you like it, Mr. Brock?
00:17:12You may call me Maxwell.
00:17:14How'd you do it, Walter?
00:17:15Oh, I just put some clay and fixed it up.
00:17:21Attention.
00:17:22Attention, everyone.
00:17:24As you pass through these yellow portals,
00:17:26I am sure you noticed on your right a small clay figure
00:17:28and assumed this transfixed effigy
00:17:31to be the work of a master sculptor.
00:17:34And indeed, so it is.
00:17:36That master sculptor is in our midst.
00:17:39He is none other than Walter Paisley,
00:17:42our very own busboy,
00:17:44whose hands of genius have been carrying away
00:17:46the empty cups of your frustrations.
00:17:50Mark well this lad.
00:17:52His is the silent voice of creation.
00:17:54But in the dark, rich soil of humility,
00:17:59he blossoms as the hope
00:18:00of our nearly sterile century.
00:18:04Beautiful, Maxwell.
00:18:06Bring me an espresso, Walter.
00:18:08That's natural.
00:18:08Really beautiful.
00:18:10Man, you are in.
00:18:11Oh, Walter.
00:18:12It was wonderful.
00:18:13Yes, this is my man.
00:18:17Yes, yes.
00:18:18Mr. Man, you got a pen.
00:18:20Huh?
00:18:20Hey, Bob, so what's happening?
00:18:26Making a big scene for Walter.
00:18:28Who'd he shoot?
00:18:29He made a cat.
00:18:32Out of clay.
00:18:34See you around.
00:18:35Yeah, later.
00:18:36Did you hear them, Mr. DeSantis?
00:18:59They all like my cat.
00:19:00Yeah, very good.
00:19:01Now, look, Walter,
00:19:03you must be tired.
00:19:04Why don't you take the rest of the night off?
00:19:06No, no, no, no.
00:19:07You got it coming.
00:19:08Besides, you're creating an incident.
00:19:10When people are applauding,
00:19:11they don't order coffee.
00:19:12So go on home and work on something.
00:19:15Make another cat.
00:19:16Well, I haven't got another cat.
00:19:19Just go to the movies.
00:19:21Please, Walter, go.
00:19:22All right, Mr. DeSantis.
00:19:24Good night.
00:19:25Good night, Walter.
00:19:27Walter?
00:19:28Walter, wait a minute.
00:19:29Oh, hello, Maolia.
00:19:31Walter, I dug it.
00:19:33My cat?
00:19:35It was the most wonderful.
00:19:37Wildest.
00:19:38Like, when do you think I've ever seen it?
00:19:41Walter, you've done something to me.
00:19:43Something deep down inside of my prana.
00:19:47I have?
00:19:47Oh, Walter, I want to be with you.
00:19:51You're creative.
00:19:54You've got a hot light bulb glowing inside of you,
00:19:57and I want to be warm by you.
00:20:00Gee, that's nice of you, Maolia.
00:20:02Walter, take me away from here.
00:20:05Take me away to some cool blue place.
00:20:08You gasp.
00:20:08Gasp.
00:20:09I can't.
00:20:10I've got to go home.
00:20:12Oh, then I'll go home with you.
00:20:13Oh, no, Mrs. Swickard wouldn't like that.
00:20:15She's my landlady.
00:20:17Isn't there anything I can do for you?
00:20:20I don't think so, Maolia.
00:20:22Walter, I can't let you just split like this.
00:20:26I've got to do something.
00:20:28I've got to contribute.
00:20:30You don't have to do anything.
00:20:33Wait.
00:20:35Wait.
00:20:35There is one thing I can do.
00:20:37One little thing.
00:20:39Don't leave, Walter.
00:20:42I want to give you something.
00:20:44Something that will make you remember me.
00:20:51Put it in your pocket.
00:20:54Now go, Walter.
00:20:56Don't look back.
00:20:58Go.
00:21:02Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:21:32Can I have your autograph, Mr. Paisley?
00:21:59Why, certainly, my good woman.
00:22:02Everybody likes my cat.
00:22:06You want to buy my statue, mister?
00:22:09Ten thousand dollars?
00:22:11Okay.
00:22:15See, I'll be famous.
00:22:18And then I can ask Carla, and she'll say, yes, I know she will.
00:22:22Hello, Walter.
00:22:42Oh, hi.
00:22:42A yellow, ain't you?
00:22:44I've seen you down at Yellow Door plenty.
00:22:45Come on in.
00:22:46I was just making some pancakes.
00:22:48You can have some if you like.
00:22:49Did you see my cat?
00:22:50Yeah, I saw your cat.
00:22:52I also saw that chick laying these on you.
00:22:54Oh, that was Mayoria.
00:22:55She's a nice girl.
00:22:56She's kind of strange, though.
00:22:59I guess she figures I get headaches or something.
00:23:01Okay, Walter, who's your connection?
00:23:03Connection?
00:23:03Yeah, connection.
00:23:05Who do you score from?
00:23:06Where do you buy your horse?
00:23:07Horse?
00:23:08Horse.
00:23:09Junk.
00:23:10White stuff.
00:23:11Heroin.
00:23:11Is that what that is?
00:23:13I've never seen any of that before.
00:23:14I always thought that was expensive.
00:23:16Yeah, Walter, that can be real expensive.
00:23:18Gee.
00:23:19Well, what's not nice in Mayoria that give me that expensive horse?
00:23:22Walter.
00:23:22Huh?
00:23:24Police officer.
00:23:26Oh.
00:23:27You're like an undercover man.
00:23:29You're under arrest, Walter.
00:23:30Under arrest for what?
00:23:32Possession of narcotics.
00:23:33For me?
00:23:34What are you talking about?
00:23:35Walter, I got you cold.
00:23:37Now, you just come along quietly.
00:23:38I didn't do nothing.
00:23:40And Mayoria give me those.
00:23:41I didn't ask her for it.
00:23:42I didn't even know what was in that.
00:23:43All right, you can tell them that downtown.
00:23:45Now, let's go.
00:23:45I ain't going no place with you.
00:23:47Walter, do I have to point this at you?
00:23:49You're going to shoot me.
00:23:50No.
00:23:51Don't shoot me.
00:23:51Walter, just relax.
00:23:52No, you're going to shoot me.
00:23:53Now, just relax.
00:23:54No, don't shoot me.
00:23:55Just shut up, Walter.
00:23:55No, you're going to shoot me.
00:23:56Don't shoot.
00:23:57Don't shoot.
00:24:05Walter.
00:24:07Walter!
00:24:14Walter!
00:24:15Are you all right?
00:24:17I thought I heard you shouting a minute ago.
00:24:23Walter!
00:24:24Walter!
00:24:24What's all the noise in here?
00:24:35Noise, Mrs. Swickett?
00:24:36What noise?
00:24:37Don't tell me I didn't hear a racket.
00:24:39Are you sure you're all alone?
00:24:41I'm always alone, Mrs. Swickett.
00:24:44Walter, have you been talking to yourself again?
00:24:46Well, I guess maybe I have Mrs. Swickett.
00:24:49Somebody's got to.
00:24:50Walter, you know, what you need is a girl.
00:24:52But she doesn't have to be pretty.
00:24:54Just alone, she takes good care of you.
00:24:56Well, I can take real good care of myself, Mrs. Swickett.
00:24:59Yeah, I can see that.
00:25:00Look at this pad.
00:25:02Terrible.
00:25:02Why did you ever clean it up?
00:25:04And where did you change these sheets last?
00:25:06They look like they're alive.
00:25:08Mrs. Swickett, I've got to meet some friends in a little while,
00:25:11and I've got to take a shower.
00:25:12Why don't you clean up this time?
00:25:13Oh, please.
00:25:14What's the matter?
00:25:14What's the matter?
00:25:14I didn't mean to hurt you a little, but you'd have shot me and you'd be mopping up my
00:25:44blood now. I can't help it if I got scared and I didn't leave it. It's crazy. It's crazy. I didn't know you had it in you, Walter. How'd you do it?
00:26:09I just took some clay and fixed it up. Go home and make something, Walter. Make another cat.
00:26:22I haven't got another cat. No, nobody seems to know where he went. Why don't you put an alert out on
00:26:40him and I'll check on him from here. Okay, right.
00:26:47I haven't got another cat. I'll be right back.
00:27:07Little fraud.
00:27:37Lewis Ramey, age 29, 5 foot 11 inches tall, dark complexion, hair black and curly, last seen wearing blue jeans and grey women.
00:28:05Tim Evans was a murderer, all in his prison cell, and those who read about his crimes, they damned his soul to hell.
00:28:17Lame, go down, you murderer, go down.
00:28:24For the murder of his own true wife and the killing of his own child.
00:28:30The jury found him guilty and the hanging judge, he smiled.
00:28:36And there's the fuzz.
00:28:39What do you suppose I want?
00:28:41You, man.
00:28:43You.
00:28:44Hey, maybe they're looking for a Walter.
00:28:46He's a criminal type.
00:28:49What's your Walter?
00:28:51Why?
00:28:51Sorry, Mr. DeSantis.
00:28:53Well, that's all right, Walter.
00:28:54Sit down.
00:28:55Sit down.
00:28:58Greetings, man.
00:29:00Walter, I'm not supposed to sit with the customers.
00:29:03Wait.
00:29:04Now, why shouldn't you sit at the table, Walter?
00:29:06After all, you're a big artist now.
00:29:08A true creator above Millmore.
00:29:11What's the big idea?
00:29:13Idea?
00:29:14I was just telling Walter the truth.
00:29:18A man wanted to pay me $100 for the cat.
00:29:21In fact, he's taken it home to show to his wife.
00:29:24Proves that I underestimated Walter's ability.
00:29:27His work has enormous realism.
00:29:30You can hardly tell it from the real thing.
00:29:32Boy, that sounds like a real put-down.
00:29:35Get off Walter's back, Leonard.
00:29:36Oh, I have his back.
00:29:38You're not very funny.
00:29:40I'm not trying today.
00:29:43Walter.
00:29:44What are you going to make next?
00:29:46A dog, maybe.
00:29:48Or a bird.
00:29:51How about a few dozen cockroaches from your room?
00:29:55Hey, man.
00:29:55Why don't you make an elephant?
00:29:57I got a new one.
00:29:59Great.
00:30:00What is it?
00:30:01It's a full-length, life-size figure.
00:30:05Crazy.
00:30:06What is it called?
00:30:07A murdered man.
00:30:10When do we get to see it?
00:30:11Oh, any time.
00:30:12Hey, that's a pretty far-out name for a statue.
00:30:15I saw a statue once.
00:30:17It was called the third time Phyllis saw me, she exploded.
00:30:20What kind of a statue was that?
00:30:22I don't know.
00:30:23Made out of driftwood and dipped in fluoric acid.
00:30:26Very wild.
00:30:27What's wrong, Leonard?
00:30:32Nothing.
00:30:33Nothing at all.
00:30:34It's the food in this dump.
00:30:36Oh, man.
00:30:36You should try the Sorel sewer.
00:30:38They got wheat germ bagel.
00:30:40Too much.
00:30:40Excuse me, please.
00:30:44I think he really is sick.
00:30:47So who isn't?
00:30:50Sanders!
00:30:52I've been trying to get you all evening.
00:30:54Gotta make a call.
00:30:55Gotta call Lieutenant Belvis.
00:30:57Listen, I was wrong about my wife.
00:30:58She wants that cat after all.
00:31:00Do you hear me?
00:31:01I'll give you that hundred dollars for the cat.
00:31:03I can't talk to you just now.
00:31:04All right then, two hundred.
00:31:06No.
00:31:08No.
00:31:09Three hundred dollars and that's top.
00:31:14Three hundred dollars for the cat?
00:31:17I know I'm going out of my mind, but I've been collecting our pieces all over Europe for years.
00:31:22And this boy, Walter Paisley, has got it.
00:31:24I want to buy his first work.
00:31:26And to make very sure that I get it, I'll pay you five hundred dollars.
00:31:30Five hundred dollars for the cat and the first look at his next stuff.
00:31:34Someone has the cat just now, but I'll have him back in a few days.
00:31:45Then you can have it for the five hundred dollars.
00:31:48Oh, thank you, sir.
00:31:49I think I've made a bargain.
00:31:51Call me when you're ready.
00:31:52Good night.
00:31:57Larry!
00:31:59Feel better?
00:32:00Look, I'm going over to Walter's later after the place closes to see a murdered man.
00:32:06You feel up to coming along?
00:32:07The rope was fixed around
00:32:10And a washer behind his ear
00:32:13And the prison bell was tolling
00:32:16But Jim Evans didn't hear
00:32:19Saying, go down, you murderer, go down
00:32:24Look at the size of it.
00:32:33Well, it's not really that big.
00:32:35I got it on kind of a stamp.
00:32:37Well, let's see it.
00:32:39I'm a little nervous.
00:32:40I never bit a person before.
00:32:42You can do anything if you set your mind to it.
00:32:44It's hard here.
00:32:45You want me to open a window?
00:32:47Come on, Walter.
00:32:48Take off the sheet.
00:32:49Take off the sheet.
00:32:49Take off the sheet.
00:32:49Take off the sheet.
00:32:51Don't you like it?
00:33:05Walter, it's a masterpiece.
00:33:08I've never seen anything like it before.
00:33:12And I hope I never see anything like it again.
00:33:16Neither do I.
00:33:20It's hideous.
00:33:21And it's eloquent.
00:33:24Expresses modern man in all his self-pity.
00:33:29How did you ever find that in yourself, Walter?
00:33:31Well, it wasn't easy.
00:33:36What's the matter with you?
00:33:38Nothing.
00:33:39Nothing at all.
00:33:40I've never seen anyone so squeamish.
00:33:43What's your opinion, Leonard?
00:33:45Don't ask me.
00:33:46Oh, come on.
00:33:47Now, even you must see its value.
00:33:49Do you think that you or I could have conceived of such a thing, much less executed it?
00:33:55Well, then admit it.
00:33:56It's a work of genius.
00:33:58I admit it.
00:33:59Then let's take it out of the yellow door.
00:34:03No.
00:34:04Why not?
00:34:05I'll tell you.
00:34:07Well, you cover it up again, please.
00:34:10Please.
00:34:16What is all this nonsense?
00:34:18Why do you want to hide it?
00:34:20Well, I've been thinking.
00:34:24I didn't realize how much talent Walter actually had.
00:34:28It would be wrong to show his pieces one at a time.
00:34:32Dead wrong.
00:34:33You're right.
00:34:35He should build a collection first.
00:34:38Good.
00:34:40That's the idea.
00:34:41Maybe when it's big enough, we're going to have a show.
00:34:42A show?
00:34:43Just for me?
00:34:44No.
00:34:45Not exactly.
00:34:46I mean, you take years and years.
00:34:47It's getting hot again.
00:34:52Well, it would take you years to make that many statues.
00:34:55But your work would be featured.
00:34:57It's a wonderful idea, Walter.
00:34:59It's the only way to gain recognition.
00:35:01All the big art critics and art dealers will be there.
00:35:03It'll be an event.
00:35:04Yes, then we can unload.
00:35:06We can sell this stuff for a lot more.
00:35:08But a show.
00:35:09How soon can we go?
00:35:10Don't rush things.
00:35:11It takes time.
00:35:12But first of all, you've got to stop making these horrible statues.
00:35:15Carla and I will guide you.
00:35:19Maybe you can turn to freeform.
00:35:21Freeform?
00:35:21Well, that's the movement today.
00:35:22With his talent for realists.
00:35:24But you can see the direction this realism takes.
00:35:26It's unhealthy.
00:35:27But you said I was a genius.
00:35:28I don't want to be a busboy anymore.
00:35:31Yes.
00:35:31Maybe you've got a point there.
00:35:32You shouldn't keep working at the yellow door.
00:35:35Look, I'm sure that man is going to buy you a dead cat.
00:35:38So here.
00:35:39Here's your fee in advance.
00:35:40Fifty dollars.
00:35:41And if you need more, I've got it.
00:35:43So don't worry.
00:35:43I've got great faith in you, Walter.
00:35:47Gee, fifty dollars for something I made.
00:35:50Now you're a professional.
00:35:52Let's go.
00:35:53Okay.
00:35:55Good night, Walter.
00:35:57Keep up the good work.
00:35:59Yeah, but don't rush things.
00:36:01You've got all the time in the world.
00:36:03Come on, Carla.
00:36:05Good night.
00:36:06Good night.
00:36:06Good night.
00:36:13Are you our Walter?
00:36:18I'm an artist, Mr. Swicker.
00:36:20Yeah.
00:36:21Oh, sure you are Walter.
00:36:22I am.
00:36:24Look.
00:36:25Look.
00:36:29Good night.
00:36:30One of the greatest advances in modern poetry is the elimination of clerics.
00:36:51I am proud to say my poetry is only understood by that minority which is aware.
00:36:55Well, ask what?
00:36:57We're not of anything stupid, just aware.
00:37:01Man, this place is beginning to feel like a lineup.
00:37:05Yeah, baby.
00:37:06But don't call out pretty soon.
00:37:08I'm going to haunt somebody else's joint.
00:37:10We may have to start drinking.
00:37:12Sylvia, didn't you see me wave my Zen stick?
00:37:42Thanks, Walter Paisley.
00:37:43Bring me a cappuccino and a piece of papaya cheesecake.
00:37:46And a bottle of Yugoslavian white wine.
00:37:49Yes, sir, Mr. Paisley.
00:37:50Good evening, Walter.
00:37:51Maxwell, how have you been?
00:37:53I see the rewards of achievement have come your way.
00:37:56Well, after all, I'm a successful sculptor now.
00:37:59Indeed.
00:38:01Oh, man, dig Walter the wigger.
00:38:04It's coming out like you just cured cats.
00:38:06Let us make the scene.
00:38:09Crazy.
00:38:09I was just suggesting to Walter that he try his hand at fleek warm.
00:38:13Why do you suggest anything to Walter?
00:38:15Are you the spokesman for society come to put your stifling finger in his eye?
00:38:20Good evening, gentlemen.
00:38:21Oh, now, who invited these two down from the clouds?
00:38:24Maxwell.
00:38:25Yoo-hoo.
00:38:26To the table.
00:38:26Bring a bowl.
00:38:27I may be sick.
00:38:28It's Alice the Awful.
00:38:29Comes to spread cheer and color.
00:38:32Look at my suntan, everybody.
00:38:34Do we have to...
00:38:35Where have you been, Alice?
00:38:37I went up to Big Sur to look for Henry Miller.
00:38:39You didn't find him, I hope.
00:38:40No, he's in Europe.
00:38:41Good.
00:38:42Why is the busboy sitting here?
00:38:45I'm not the busboy anymore.
00:38:47That's right.
00:38:48Walter has become a sculptor.
00:38:50Oh, really?
00:38:51I'm a model, you know.
00:38:53I only charge $25 an hour.
00:38:56Would you like to do me?
00:38:58I just might.
00:39:00Never mind that.
00:39:01Walter's going to try freeform.
00:39:02There you go again.
00:39:04I may take my business to the sorrow sewer.
00:39:06As a matter of fact, I was going to suggest to Walter that he try a female figure.
00:39:11As a change from the violent death theme.
00:39:14He really should, Walter.
00:39:15You know what?
00:39:17If you like, I'll be your model for free.
00:39:19I couldn't.
00:39:21Like you.
00:39:22Man, if you're going to be an artist, you've got to do noobs and noobs.
00:39:26Right, right, right.
00:39:28Ain't nobody an artist unless he does noobs.
00:39:33Will you get them out of here before we wind up in nightcoats?
00:39:36Oh, let's change the subject.
00:39:37I'm sick of hearing about sculpture.
00:39:39Nobody knows how to do that anymore.
00:39:40Much less the busboy from the yellow door.
00:39:43Who do you think you're talking about?
00:39:45Don't shout at me.
00:39:47I don't like you.
00:39:50Nobody asked for your opinion, Walter.
00:39:52You're just a simple little farm boy and the rest of us are all sophisticated beignets.
00:39:57That's all, man.
00:39:58Let's split.
00:40:00Yeah, man.
00:40:03I got to make me some air.
00:40:06You made them leave.
00:40:08What did I do?
00:40:09The first beneficial service of your benighted life.
00:40:12It proves we're all good for something.
00:40:14Are you saying that this busboy is better than I?
00:40:17Yes.
00:40:18I think this whole bit about him being a sculptor is just a big put-on for my benefit.
00:40:22That's not true.
00:40:23I am a sculptor.
00:40:24Oh, yeah?
00:40:26Prove it.
00:40:27Make something out of this.
00:40:29There.
00:40:29Hand.
00:40:31That isn't a real hand.
00:40:33If you were a sculptor, you'd create something for me.
00:40:36A spoon would be very nice.
00:40:38I'm going home.
00:40:42Alan?
00:40:44You're obnoxious.
00:40:46But he's such an idiot.
00:40:47Let me see it.
00:41:06Let you go.
00:41:11江湖 mariv blends in a small vai.
00:41:13I'm going home.
00:41:14I'm going home.
00:41:15Yes, let's go.
00:41:15Yes, what are you doing here?
00:41:35I wanted to apologize for being nasty to you this evening.
00:41:38So you're apologized. Good night.
00:41:45Listen, Torf, why don't you get out of here and let me go to bed?
00:41:52I didn't finish talking to you.
00:41:54I decided to make a female figure after all.
00:41:57Oh?
00:41:58I'd like you to pose for it.
00:42:00Remember what I said about my price?
00:42:02$25 an hour.
00:42:04If you want to pay it, I don't mind posing.
00:42:06When do you want to start work?
00:42:08Tonight.
00:42:10You mean right now?
00:42:11Uh-huh.
00:42:13Wait till I get my sweater.
00:42:15I don't know.
00:42:45You could use a little more heat around this place.
00:42:52It's bad for the clay.
00:42:54You'll get used to it.
00:43:00Well, I'm almost ready.
00:43:06Here.
00:43:06Sit in this chair and I'll pose you.
00:43:21Kind of rickety.
00:43:23How's this pose?
00:43:25Well, that's fine.
00:43:26It's very good.
00:43:29Just stay like that.
00:43:30This doesn't look like very much clay.
00:43:34Oh, it's enough.
00:43:37Put this around your neck.
00:43:39Watch it.
00:44:03What's the place on?
00:44:04Are these fertile eggs?
00:44:06Are these eggs fertile?
00:44:08Naturally.
00:44:08What's your fry them in?
00:44:10We ran out of the safflower seed oil, but I found a bottle of peanut oil on the shelf.
00:44:15Don't worry.
00:44:15It's not hard to change.
00:44:17Is that the cold-pressed stuff or the junk hill to buy by mistake?
00:44:22Yes, man.
00:44:23Yes.
00:44:24Hi.
00:44:24Good morning, all of us.
00:44:25Hi, Walter.
00:44:26What brings you here?
00:44:27Have some breakfast, man.
00:44:28What do you have them?
00:44:29Soy and wheat germ pancakes, organic guava nectar, calcium lactate and tomato juice, and garbanzo
00:44:35omelettes sprinkled with smoked yeast.
00:44:38Join us?
00:44:38No, thanks.
00:44:39Sounds great, though.
00:44:41I brought something to show you.
00:44:43Could I have some of the guys help me?
00:44:44Is it better, man?
00:44:45It's better.
00:44:46Come on.
00:44:47Borders.
00:44:54Put it in the middle of the room.
00:44:56When did you do this, Walter?
00:44:57Last night.
00:44:58It doesn't take me very long.
00:44:59I should say not.
00:45:01Well, let's see it, man.
00:45:18Walter, I can't believe it.
00:45:21I'm honored to know this man.
00:45:23Do you think it's nice?
00:45:24Hey, she's beautiful.
00:45:25Do you think it's nicer than murdered men?
00:45:27Oh, I don't know, Walter.
00:45:28It's impossible to choose.
00:45:30They're both great.
00:45:32Walter, I'm deeply moved.
00:45:34Show my appreciation.
00:45:35I'm going to give a party tonight at the yellow door.
00:45:37In your honor.
00:45:38And I shall compose a poem.
00:45:40Some more champagne, your majesty?
00:45:58Yeah, yeah.
00:45:59Where, where?
00:46:00There, there.
00:46:00That's fine.
00:46:03It's fine.
00:46:04I'll tell another little kiss.
00:46:07Walter, you're a wretch.
00:46:09Yeah.
00:46:13Here I go.
00:46:14The bird that flies now pays later through the nose of Amadextra's apathy.
00:46:33Necrophiles may dance upon the placemats in an orgy of togetherness.
00:46:37The highway of life cuts sharply through the shady ghettos and the ivy-covered tombs
00:46:42and laughter rings from every time capsule in the star-spangled firmament.
00:46:47And in the deep freeze it is the children's hour, and no one knows that Duncan is murdered,
00:46:54and no one knows that Walter Paisley is born.
00:46:59Duncan knows, Tuesday sunrise knows, alley cats and garbage cans and steaming pavements
00:47:06and you and I and the nude descending the staircase and all such things with folds.
00:47:12We know that Walter Paisley is born.
00:47:16Ring rubber bells, beat cotton gongs, strike silken cymbals, play leathern flutes,
00:47:22the cats and cans and you and I and all such things with folds.
00:47:27We shall hear, Walter Paisley is born, and the souls become flesh.
00:47:34Walter Paisley is born!
00:47:45Marvelous, darling, marvelous.
00:47:49Lance, like that was the greatest gas I ever heard.
00:47:52Crazy, what did he say?
00:47:54Didn't you hear him?
00:47:55No, man, I'm too far out.
00:47:56Maxwell, that was magnificent.
00:48:05I feel so elegant.
00:48:08Walter deserved every word of it.
00:48:09Makes me so glad I'm aware.
00:48:13Did you hear what he said?
00:48:15Yes, Walter.
00:48:17All about me.
00:48:20It's true, isn't it?
00:48:22Every word.
00:48:26You'd better hold off on the bubbly, artist.
00:48:29Yeah, why?
00:48:31We might talk too much.
00:48:33What would I say?
00:48:35Well, stay to the next thing.
00:48:37Are you two trying to ignore the rest of us?
00:48:39Oh, not me, Maxwell.
00:48:42I wouldn't ignore you.
00:48:43I know what it is to be ignored.
00:48:45Tell us what you're going to do next, Walter.
00:48:48I'm going to make the most wonderful, wildest, wicked things you've ever seen.
00:48:53I'm going to make big statues and little statues, tall statues and short statues.
00:48:59I'm going to make statues of nobodies and statues of famous people, statues of actors and poets
00:49:09and people who sell things on television
00:49:12and a statue of the mayor
00:49:14and some opera singers and their intimate friends.
00:49:19And everybody will say,
00:49:20Walter, let me shake your hand.
00:49:22Well, it's been a real pleasure to have known you.
00:49:31Alley cats and garbage cans,
00:49:34they know that Walter Paisley is born.
00:49:37Ring ruffle bells,
00:49:39beat cotton gowns,
00:49:40striped silken cymbals,
00:49:43clay leather blues.
00:49:44Tell us what you're going to do next, Walter.
00:49:50I'm going to make big statues and little statues,
00:49:55movie stars and poets
00:49:57and guys who sell things on television
00:49:59and the mayor and some opera.
00:50:06Tell us what you're going to do next, Walter.
00:50:11What am I going to do next?
00:50:14What am I going to do next?
00:50:19I've got to do something before they forget.
00:50:25I know what it's like to be ignored.
00:50:40Who are you? What do you want?
00:50:41Life is an obscure hobo.
00:50:44Bumming a ride, honey, I'll never survive.
00:50:46Huh? What did you say?
00:50:47Well, it's not creation. It's graham crackers.
00:50:49Let them all crumble to feed the creator.
00:50:51Oh, baby, you must be nuts.
00:50:53No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
00:51:23Oh, Leonard. Beautiful morning, isn't it?
00:51:28Was.
00:51:30What's that you got in the box?
00:51:31Just wait a minute. See this.
00:51:34Extra, extra. Horrible murder and friendship factory.
00:51:38Read about the man who got cut in half.
00:51:42Extra, extra. Police can only fight part of it.
00:51:45Leonard.
00:51:46He's all about it.
00:51:50What's the matter, Leonard?
00:51:53You made a bust.
00:51:57Yeah, isn't it wonderful?
00:52:00What's the matter, Leonard?
00:52:01Put it down, Walter, please.
00:52:09Walter.
00:52:10Walter, listen to me carefully.
00:52:13I don't want you to make any more statues.
00:52:16You understand? No more statues.
00:52:18Why not?
00:52:19I gotta make statues, Leonard.
00:52:21You heard Brock. They want me to make them.
00:52:23If I stop making them up, I'll just be a bust boy again.
00:52:26Brock, he's behind all of this with this stupid, bitter poetry.
00:52:30Listen, you've got to stop it right away.
00:52:33I'm beginning to feel responsible.
00:52:35Why?
00:52:36What did you do?
00:52:38Never mind.
00:52:38Walter, Walter.
00:52:40Walter, I've decided to have that show for you, by the way.
00:52:45If, when Carla comes, we'll have her work up some nice invitations.
00:52:49We'll have them printed up.
00:52:51We'll invite the critics and the art collectors.
00:52:54We'll tell them.
00:52:55Well, I don't see why we can't go.
00:53:02Mr. Leonard DeSantis is afraid to have you come.
00:53:05You who buy his coffee, lure his tourists.
00:53:07You are the heart and soul and meat of the yellow door.
00:53:10He slighted you.
00:53:12Did you get an invitation?
00:53:14I did not.
00:53:15But I'm going anyway.
00:53:16Not to drink his champagne, but to see Walter's trial.
00:53:20After that, we go no more.
00:53:22It's time, Maxwell.
00:53:23I won't say good luck, Walter.
00:53:25Why not?
00:53:26It would imply you could not succeed on your ability alone.
00:53:29Do you look so handsome?
00:53:35I do.
00:53:36So do you.
00:53:37I mean, you look so pretty.
00:53:41Are you ready?
00:53:42Oh, we've got plenty of time.
00:53:43I know, but I wanted to talk to you.
00:53:45Okay.
00:53:46We can go now if you like.
00:53:48Bye.
00:53:51Later, man.
00:53:52Later.
00:53:53Swing.
00:53:54Man, why do you suppose Walter wants to get her alone?
00:53:57Do you suppose he could be physically attracted to her?
00:54:01No, man.
00:54:01He ain't the type.
00:54:02You don't get enough vitamin to eat.
00:54:05Maxwell gave him a bottle of wheat germ oil once.
00:54:08Maybe he just started taking it.
00:54:18What did you want to talk to me about, Walter?
00:54:20Well, what kind of people do you like, Carla?
00:54:25Oh, thinking people.
00:54:27Artistic people, I guess.
00:54:30You think I'm artistic.
00:54:32Of course I do.
00:54:33That means you like me.
00:54:34I like you very much, Walter.
00:54:36I thought you did.
00:54:38I can't have you kissed me the other night.
00:54:41Oh, that was for your sculptor of the girl.
00:54:44You're nude in the chair.
00:54:45Carla, I've been alone for a long time,
00:54:49and I know you've been alone,
00:54:50because you never seem to go out with anybody,
00:54:52even though Leonard's always asking you to go out with him,
00:54:54and I just...
00:54:56What are you trying to say?
00:55:06Carla?
00:55:07I don't want to make statues anymore.
00:55:11I want to get married to you.
00:55:18How long have you been thinking about this, Walter?
00:55:21Oh, for a long time.
00:55:23Ever since you first came to work at the club.
00:55:26You were the only one who was ever nice to me.
00:55:28I didn't know you loved me until you kissed me.
00:55:34Walter, I do like you.
00:55:37And I did kiss you.
00:55:40But that was because of your work.
00:55:45There's more to being in love with someone than just that.
00:55:50You mean you don't love me?
00:55:52I'm afraid that's what I mean.
00:55:58But...
00:55:58But you've got to love me.
00:56:01Why do you think I made that Statue of Alice?
00:56:04Walter, I'm sorry.
00:56:06You just can't be sorry.
00:56:08I want to marry you.
00:56:10Now, calm down, Walter,
00:56:11and let's go in there,
00:56:12and then maybe when the show's over,
00:56:15we can talk about it.
00:56:16Well, I want to talk about it.
00:56:20I get it.
00:56:22I see the whole thing now.
00:56:26Nobody knows that Walter Paisley is born.
00:56:31Carla.
00:56:35Will you do one favor for me?
00:56:38Just about anything, Walter.
00:56:42Would you let me make a statue of you?
00:56:46Would you really like this?
00:56:49That'd make me very happy.
00:56:51Okay.
00:56:52Tonight.
00:56:56I'll make a statue of you tonight.
00:56:58Okay?
00:57:04Come on.
00:57:04Come on.
00:57:05Come on.
00:57:06Come on.
00:57:07Come on.
00:57:08Come on.
00:57:10Come on.
00:57:11Come on.
00:57:13Get her.
00:57:15辦法.
00:57:16Careful.
00:57:16Attack man.
00:57:16Come on.
00:57:17Come on.
00:57:18Come on.
00:57:31This could bring about a return to realism.
00:57:41Yes, a one-man return.
00:57:43We have many artists about, but no craftsman.
00:57:47This man knows his anatomy.
00:57:49I'd give $1,500 for this.
00:57:51After you read my review, it'll probably cost you $5,000.
00:57:58So what's the trouble?
00:58:02Why should you be so depressed?
00:58:03Have you heard the things they're saying?
00:58:05You can make $25,000 on these pieces alone.
00:58:08I thought you put money down.
00:58:09I do, but $25,000?
00:58:12Leave me alone.
00:58:26Out!
00:58:27Man, we have come to make this scene.
00:58:29What's some cappuccino, man? We got the bread.
00:58:31We're not open for business.
00:58:32This is an art exhibit.
00:58:33No bumps.
00:58:34Got it.
00:58:34That art is above man.
00:58:36And he's sober.
00:58:37Yeah, well, that's his problem.
00:58:39All right, man. All right.
00:58:39We'll wait outside.
00:58:40Yeah, you wait outside.
00:58:41I'm going to have to get up.
00:58:49Well, what's that?
00:58:52What's that?
00:58:53Well, we'll get to the work.
00:58:54Well, what's that?
00:58:55Well, we'll get to the work.
00:58:58Well, we'll get to the work.
00:58:59Well, hello.
00:58:59Well, we'll get to the work.
00:59:00Well, we'll be right.
00:59:00Woo-loo, we'll run ahead.
00:59:01And in the future, we'll get to the work.
00:59:02Well, let's go.
00:59:03Where are you going, Carla?
00:59:16What's the matter?
00:59:18Walter, there's a body inside that statue.
00:59:23Oh, that's Alice.
00:59:25It's all right, Carla.
00:59:27Maxwell says it's all right.
00:59:30Let them become clay in his hands that he might mold them.
00:59:33Walter, you stay away from me.
00:59:37Don't you see, Carla?
00:59:39I may be immortal.
00:59:40Don't you see?
00:59:41I can do the same for you.
00:59:42I can do the same for you.
00:59:50I can do the same for you.
00:59:51I can do it.
00:59:53Let them be immortal.
00:59:54I can do it.
00:59:55I can do it.
00:59:57Call Valdez, have him set some cars. I'm going at the pace. I'm going with you.
01:00:17Hey, man, what is the score?
01:00:18Walter King. He's a murderer.
01:00:20Wow.
01:00:20Man, I saw him chasing Carla down the street.
01:00:27He's a murderer.
01:00:57What was that?
01:01:16Nobody knows I'm here.
01:01:18Walter King.
01:01:19Walter King.
01:01:20No.
01:01:22They couldn't know.
01:01:23They're dead.
01:01:26No.
01:01:28How could they know?
01:01:30Did you see him?
01:01:32He's hiding around here someplace.
01:01:34He can't hide just because we're in clay and he isn't.
01:01:37Walter, go home.
01:01:49He won't know where else to go.
01:01:53Walter, go home.
01:01:58Where is he?
01:01:59I'm going to think of it.
01:02:13I'll see you next time.
01:02:15I'll see you next time.
01:02:17I'll see you next time.
01:02:20The End
01:02:50The End
01:03:20What's the matter with you?
01:03:30Walter
01:03:31Walter
01:03:34We'll find him
01:03:40We'll have him soon, Lou
01:03:43We'll teach him he can't murder us
01:03:47Get away with it, Walter
01:03:48Walter
01:03:53Walter
01:03:55Walter
01:03:59Walter
01:04:01What you gonna do now, Walter?
01:04:04Walter
01:04:10I'll hide where they'll never find me
01:04:14I suppose he would have called it Hanging Man
01:04:18I suppose he would have called it Hanging Man
01:04:20His greatest work
01:04:22I suppose he would have called it Hanging Man
01:04:26His greatest work
01:04:34I suppose he would have called it Hanging Man
01:04:41I suppose he would have called it Hanging Man
01:04:43His greatest work
01:04:46His greatest work
01:04:52No!
01:04:54No!
01:04:56No!
01:04:57No!
01:04:58No!
01:04:59No!
01:05:00No!
01:05:01No!
01:05:02No!
01:05:03No!
01:05:04No!
01:05:05No!
01:05:06No!
01:05:07No!
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