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00:00:11I will talk to you of art, for there is nothing else to talk about, for there is nothing else.
00:00:19Life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on the omnibus of art.
00:00:24Burn gas, buggies, and whip your sour cream of circumstance, and hope, and go ahead and sleep your bloody heads
00:00:34off.
00:00:36Creation is. All else is not.
00:00:40What is not creation is graham cracker. Let it all crumble to feed the creator.
00:00:49The artist is. All others are not. A canvas is a candle, or a paper. A rock is a rock,
00:01:02or a statue.
00:01:03A sound is a sound, or is music. A creature is a creature, or an artist.
00:01:22Where are John, Joe, Jake, Jim, Jerk? Dead, dead, dead.
00:01:30They were not born before they were born. They were not born.
00:01:35Where are Leonardo, Rembrandt, Ludwig? Alive. Alive. Alive. They were born.
00:01:48Bring on the multitude with a multitude of fishes. Feed them to the fishes for liver oil.
00:01:55To nourish the artist. Stretch their skins upon an easel to give him canvas.
00:02:03Crush their bones into a paste that he might mold them.
00:02:09Let them die.
00:02:13And by their miserable deaths become the clay within his hands.
00:02:17That he might form an ashtray. Or an art.
00:02:23For all that is comes through the eye of the artist.
00:02:28The rest are blind fish swimming in the cave of aloneness.
00:02:33Swim on, you maudlin, muddling, maddened fool.
00:02:38And breathe that one bright and sunny night...
00:02:43Some artist will bait a hook and let you bite upon it.
00:02:49Bite hard and die.
00:02:53In his stomach, you are very close to immortality.
00:03:05Walter?
00:03:07Walter, what are you doing there?
00:03:08How are you looking at Carla's picture?
00:03:10Do I pay you to look at pictures?
00:03:11I'll get to work.
00:03:12I was just looking.
00:03:14There are empty cups all over the place.
00:03:15Clear them out.
00:03:18You shouldn't be so rough on him one night.
00:03:26How you say Walter?
00:03:27All right.
00:03:39I think I'll cut.
00:03:52I'm fine, Walter.
00:03:53I'm fine.
00:03:53How you making?
00:03:53I'm fine, man.
00:03:54How about you?
00:03:54I'm fine, man.
00:03:56I'll get you.
00:04:05Come on, Walter.
00:04:07Where's Vice?
00:04:08Yeah, LaCroix checking in.
00:04:10Lou took over a couple of minutes ago.
00:04:11Anything new at the door?
00:04:13Well, nothing you can pound nails in.
00:04:14A couple of hustlers.
00:04:16One of them short, fat, brunette, name Skinny.
00:04:19The other one was short also.
00:04:20She was bleached and skinny.
00:04:23Name of fat?
00:04:24Probably, I didn't get it.
00:04:25They didn't give any pictures, though.
00:04:27Guess you can keep an eye on them.
00:04:29Okay, any heads?
00:04:30Well, Jerry Sacks looked like he was straight.
00:04:33I'm sure he's on it anyway.
00:04:35Didn't see any pushes around the place.
00:04:36Lou said he'd check out on Jerry.
00:04:38He'd sound him out later if he gets any higher.
00:04:40I guess that's about it.
00:04:42Okay, Art.
00:04:43Go on home and get a good night's sleep, you think?
00:04:47Okay, so long.
00:04:51Everyone listen to my new poem.
00:04:53Do you think they really heard it?
00:04:54I heard it, Mr. Brock.
00:04:56Thank you, Walter. I'm sure you did.
00:04:58Bring on the multitude with a multitude of fishes.
00:05:01Feed them to the fishes for liberal to nourish the artist.
00:05:05That was word for word.
00:05:06Is it? I've forgotten.
00:05:08You mean you don't remember your own poem?
00:05:10I refuse to say anything twice.
00:05:12Repetition is death.
00:05:13I don't get it.
00:05:15When you repeat something, you are reliving a moment,
00:05:17wasting it, severing it from the other end of your life.
00:05:20I believe only in new impressions, new stimuli, new life.
00:05:24I thought you believed that life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on a...
00:05:27I do believe that, Walter, but I also believe creative living.
00:05:30To be uncreative, you might as well be in your grave.
00:05:33Or in the army.
00:05:35They tried to draft me once.
00:05:38I couldn't pass the test.
00:05:41Walter?
00:05:43Leonard's looking at you.
00:05:47He's just about gone.
00:05:49Walter has a clear mind.
00:05:51One day something will enter it, feel lonely and leave again.
00:05:55That's too much.
00:05:56Yes, cats, yes.
00:05:58If you want to know how beatniks live,
00:06:00William and me will show you.
00:06:02We'll introduce you to some wild one.
00:06:04You may even discover an artist of your own.
00:06:07And how much is that going to cost us?
00:06:09What cost? A couple of bucks.
00:06:11You want to meet some beatniks, don't you?
00:06:12Oh, no, it's the artist. I'm just crazy about artists.
00:06:15All that is comes through the eye of the artist.
00:06:17The rest are just blind fish swimming in a cave of aloneness.
00:06:20Oh, you must be an artist.
00:06:22And working as a busboy, too.
00:06:24Feed him that he will be satisfied.
00:06:26The artist is. All others are not.
00:06:28That's most intriguing.
00:06:30Are you a painter?
00:06:31Well, no, I work...
00:06:33I'm working on something that's not ready yet.
00:06:35What is it, man? Finger painting?
00:06:37Draw me a picture of a house wolf.
00:06:39Make some smoke coming out of the chimney.
00:06:41I am working on something. I'll show you soon.
00:06:43Walter?
00:06:49Is he here?
00:06:53Is he here?
00:06:59Is he here?
00:07:02Is he here?
00:07:04I'm here.
00:07:09I'm here.
00:07:12I'm here.
00:07:13To get to a good look, kid.
00:07:16You know.
00:07:16Come on, hoe.
00:07:44Come on, Mrs. Switker.
00:07:47Oh, Walter, you look awful pale.
00:07:49What'd you have to eat tonight?
00:07:50I had a salami sandwich, Mrs. Swickett.
00:07:53Oh, if you were my son.
00:07:54Why don't you let me fix you a nice bowl of soup?
00:07:56Won't take but a minute.
00:07:57No, it's okay. I can fix myself something.
00:08:00Besides, I got something important to do.
00:08:02Oh, say, Walter, did you see anything of Frankie's tonight when you went out?
00:08:05I didn't see him at all.
00:08:07Well, if you do, tell him I got a nice, fresh piece of halibut for him.
00:08:10Tell him that?
00:08:11I mean, do you think he'll understand? He's only a cat.
00:08:15Good night, Walter.
00:08:19Good night.
00:08:52Good night.
00:08:59Good night.
00:09:02Good night.
00:09:06Good night.
00:10:03Frankie?
00:10:13A canvas is a canvas or a painting.
00:10:17A rock is a rock or a statue.
00:10:20A sound is a sound or it's music.
00:10:38Come on. Be a nose.
00:10:44Be a nose.
00:11:13Frankie, shut up!
00:11:17Oh, what's the matter, Frankie?
00:11:18How'd you get yourself stuck in a wall?
00:11:22Wait a minute.
00:11:22I'll get you out.
00:11:37Frankie?
00:11:39Frankie?
00:11:43You all right, Frankie?
00:11:55Frankie?
00:11:59Frankie?
00:12:02Oh, Frankie.
00:12:09I'm sorry.
00:12:19Poor Mrs. Swickard.
00:12:25She had a nice fresh piece of halibut for you.
00:12:33I'll give you to her in the morning.
00:12:44Repetition is death, Frankie.
00:12:45You're in the morning.
00:12:46You can turn the glass of tôm.
00:12:48You're in the morning.
00:12:53You're in the morning.
00:13:01I'm sorry.
00:13:14I should've toured you in the morning.
00:13:41The lost lion's here.
00:13:42Let them die.
00:13:43And by their miserable deliverance,
00:13:45become the clay within his hands that he might form an ashtray or an ark.
00:13:53Pray that you might be his diadem, gold, glory, paint, clay,
00:14:00that he might take you in his magic hands and wring from your marrow wonders.
00:14:08We're a John Joe gym jerk.
00:14:23Dead, dead, dead.
00:14:38Hi, Carla.
00:14:41Walter, what are you doing here so early?
00:14:43Well, I've brought something. I think you'll like it.
00:14:45Take that stuff to the laundromat, Walter.
00:14:47Huh?
00:14:48Don't mind him.
00:14:49What have you got?
00:14:50It's a thing I made.
00:14:59Walter.
00:15:01You like it?
00:15:02What you got?
00:15:02Oh, come look at this letter.
00:15:05Where'd you get that, auction?
00:15:06I made it.
00:15:08You made that?
00:15:09I said I did, didn't I?
00:15:11Very good.
00:15:13Honest?
00:15:13Honest.
00:15:14What's it called?
00:15:16Dead cat?
00:15:17Dead cat?
00:15:18That's its name?
00:15:20Sure.
00:15:21Well, it sure looks dead enough.
00:15:24You want to buy it?
00:15:25Buy it?
00:15:26That thing?
00:15:27It'll scare people out of the place.
00:15:29Don't be silly.
00:15:31It's tremendous.
00:15:32Look at the detail.
00:15:33The anatomy's perfect.
00:15:36Look at the expression on its face.
00:15:39How come you put a knife into it?
00:15:41I didn't mean to.
00:15:43Just got carried away, huh?
00:15:46Well, all right.
00:15:49I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:15:50I'll put it in the corner of the alcove.
00:15:51If it sells, we'll split 50-50, okay?
00:15:54Sure.
00:15:55Does this mean I'm an artist?
00:15:57Maybe so.
00:15:58You can do other things as well.
00:16:00All that is comes through the eye of the artist.
00:16:02Yeah, you're a real artist now.
00:16:05I go in back and scrub down those garbage cans.
00:16:08Much now.
00:16:11You really like it?
00:16:14We like it.
00:16:15Now go on.
00:16:27Did you see my cat?
00:16:29What's the matter?
00:16:30Are you losing?
00:16:38How do you like my cat?
00:16:40You make this thing mad?
00:16:42Uh-huh.
00:16:43It's crazy.
00:16:45It's crazy.
00:16:47You want to buy it?
00:16:49For me, Matt?
00:16:50I'm tapping.
00:16:58I love the cat.
00:16:59He likes my cat.
00:16:59You've got to work.
00:17:11Hey, Hey, Walter.
00:17:12Give me a minute.
00:17:17Hey, congratulations, man.
00:17:19Walter, you're famous.
00:17:21I saw your cat.
00:17:22Did you like it, Mr. Brock?
00:17:24You may call me Maxwell.
00:17:25How'd you do it, Walter?
00:17:27Oh, I just took some clay and fixed it up.
00:17:33Attention.
00:17:34Attention, everyone.
00:17:36As you pass through these yellow portals,
00:17:38I am sure you noticed on your right a small clay figure.
00:17:40And assume this transfixed effigy
00:17:43to be the work of a master sculptor.
00:17:45And indeed, so it is.
00:17:48That master sculptor is in our midst.
00:17:51He is none other than Walter Paisley,
00:17:54our very own busboy,
00:17:56whose hands of genius have been carrying away
00:17:58the empty cups of your frustrations.
00:18:01Mark well, this lad.
00:18:04His is the silent voice of creation.
00:18:07Within the dark, rich soil of humility,
00:18:10he blossoms as the hope of our nearly sterile century.
00:18:16Beautiful, Maxwell.
00:18:18Bring me an espresso, Walter.
00:18:20Hey, Maxwell, really beautiful.
00:18:22Man, you are in.
00:18:24Oh, Walter, it was wonderful.
00:18:26Hey, that's the end of the cat's cut.
00:18:27Yeah.
00:18:28This is my man.
00:18:30Took a little bit.
00:18:30Yeah, yeah.
00:18:31Listen, man, you got a pen?
00:18:33Huh?
00:18:34This is my man.
00:18:36Hey, Pops, what's happening?
00:18:38Making a big scene for Walter.
00:18:41Who'd he shoot?
00:18:42He made a cat.
00:18:44Out of clay.
00:18:47See you around.
00:18:48Yeah, later.
00:18:58Listen, man, you got a pen.
00:18:59Will somebody clear this table, please?
00:19:01This is my man.
00:19:03Will somebody clear this table?
00:19:06Cat's cut.
00:19:07Hey, what's your cat?
00:19:08Oh, don't you lose all your cat?
00:19:10Did you hear them, Mr. DeSantis?
00:19:11They all like my cat.
00:19:13Yeah, very good.
00:19:14Now, look, Walter, you must be tired.
00:19:17Why don't you take the rest of the night off, huh?
00:19:19No, no, no, no, you got it coming.
00:19:21Besides, you're creating an incident.
00:19:22When people are applauding, they don't order coffee.
00:19:25So go on home and work on something.
00:19:28Make another cat.
00:19:29Oh, I haven't got another cat.
00:19:32Just go to the movies.
00:19:33Please, Walter, go.
00:19:35All right, Mr. DeSantis.
00:19:37Good night.
00:19:37Good night, Walter.
00:19:40Walter?
00:19:41Walter, wait a minute.
00:19:42Oh, hello, Maolia.
00:19:44Walter, I dug it.
00:19:46My cat?
00:19:47It was the most wonderful, wildest,
00:19:51like, wiggiest thing I've ever seen.
00:19:54Walter, you've done something to me.
00:19:56Something deep down inside of my prana.
00:19:59I have?
00:20:01Oh, Walter, I want to be with you.
00:20:04You're creative.
00:20:06You've got a hot light bulb glowing inside of you,
00:20:09and I want to be warmed by it.
00:20:13Gee, that's nice of you, Naolia.
00:20:15Walter, take me away from here.
00:20:18Take me away to some cool blue place.
00:20:21And gas me.
00:20:22I can't, but I gotta go home.
00:20:24Oh, then I'll go home with you.
00:20:26Oh, no, Mrs. Swickard wouldn't like that.
00:20:28She's my landlady.
00:20:30Isn't there anything I can do for you?
00:20:33I don't think so, Naolia.
00:20:36Walter, I can't let you just split like this.
00:20:39I've gotta do something.
00:20:40I've gotta contribute.
00:20:43You don't have to do anything.
00:20:45Wait.
00:20:47Wait.
00:20:48Wait, there is one thing I can do.
00:20:50One little thing.
00:20:52Don't leave, Walter.
00:20:55I want to give you something.
00:20:57Something that'll make you remember me.
00:21:04Put it in your pocket.
00:21:07Now go, Walter.
00:21:09Don't look back.
00:21:10Just go.
00:21:11No.
00:21:41No.
00:21:41Oh, my God.
00:22:10Can I have your autograph, Mr. Paisley?
00:22:12Why, he's certainly my good woman.
00:22:16Everybody likes my cat.
00:22:20You wanna buy my statue, mister?
00:22:23Ten thousand dollars?
00:22:25Okay.
00:22:29See, I'll be famous.
00:22:32And then I can ask Carla, and she'll say, yes, I know she will.
00:22:54Hello, Walter.
00:22:55Oh, hi. A yellow, ain't you?
00:22:57I seen you down the yellow door plenty. Come on in.
00:23:00I was just making some pancakes. You can have some if you like.
00:23:03Did you see my cat?
00:23:04Yeah, I saw your cat. I also saw that chick like these on you.
00:23:07Oh, that was Naolia. She's a nice girl.
00:23:10She's kinda strange, though.
00:23:12I guess she figures I get headaches or something.
00:23:15Okay, Walter, who's your connection?
00:23:16Connection?
00:23:17Yeah, connection. Who do you score from?
00:23:19Where do you buy your horse?
00:23:21Horse?
00:23:22Horse, junk, white stuff, heroin.
00:23:25Is that what that is?
00:23:26I've never seen any of that before.
00:23:28I always thought that was expensive.
00:23:30Yeah, Walter, that can be real expensive.
00:23:32Gee.
00:23:33Wasn't that nice of Naolia to give me that expensive horse?
00:23:35Walter.
00:23:36Huh?
00:23:38Police officer.
00:23:41You're like an undercover man.
00:23:42You're under arrest, Walter.
00:23:44Under arrest for what?
00:23:45Possession of narcotics.
00:23:47Who, me?
00:23:47What are you talking about?
00:23:49Walter, I got you cold.
00:23:51Now, you just come along quietly.
00:23:52I didn't do nothing.
00:23:54A Naolia give me those.
00:23:55I didn't ask her for it.
00:23:56I didn't even know what was in that.
00:23:57All right, you can tell them that downtown.
00:23:58Now, let's go.
00:23:59I ain't going no place with you.
00:24:00Walter, do I have to point this at you?
00:24:02Walter.
00:24:02You're going to shoot me.
00:24:03No, don't shoot me.
00:24:05Walter, just relax.
00:24:06No, you're going to shoot me.
00:24:07Now, just relax.
00:24:07No, don't shoot me.
00:24:08Just shut up, Walter.
00:24:09No, you're going to shoot me.
00:24:10Don't shoot.
00:24:18Walter.
00:24:23Walter.
00:24:27Walter.
00:24:29Are you all right?
00:24:31I thought I heard you shouting a minute ago?
00:24:37Walter.
00:24:38I thought I heard you shouting a minute ago.
00:24:47What's all the noise in here?
00:24:48Noise, Mrs. Swickert?
00:24:49What noise?
00:24:50Don't tell me I didn't hear a racket.
00:24:53Are you sure you're all alone?
00:24:54I'm always alone, Mrs. Swickert.
00:24:57Walter, have you been talking to yourself again?
00:24:59Well, I guess maybe I have, Mrs. Swickert.
00:25:02Somebody's got to.
00:25:03Walter, you know, what you need is a girl.
00:25:06But she doesn't have to be pretty.
00:25:08Just so long she takes good care of you.
00:25:10Well, I can take real good care of myself, Mrs. Swickert.
00:25:12Yeah, I can see that.
00:25:13Look at this pad.
00:25:15It's terrible.
00:25:16When did you ever clean it up?
00:25:17And when did you change these sheets last?
00:25:19They look like they're alive.
00:25:22Mrs. Swickert, I've got to meet some friends in a little while.
00:25:24And I've got to take a shower.
00:25:25Well, why did you clean up this stuff?
00:25:27If you don't mind.
00:25:27Oh, please, Mrs. Swickert.
00:25:29What's the matter?
00:25:52I didn't mean to hurt you, Lou.
00:25:55But if you'd have shot me, you'd be mopping up my blood now.
00:26:00I can't help it if I got scared and hit you.
00:26:03I didn't mean it.
00:26:11It's crazy.
00:26:13It's crazy.
00:26:17I didn't know you had it in you, Walter.
00:26:22How'd you do it?
00:26:25Well, I just took some clay and fixed it up.
00:26:31Go home and make something, Walter.
00:26:34Make another cat.
00:26:46But I haven't got another cat.
00:26:50Well, I reported in here around midnight.
00:26:52Lou had already been gone over an hour.
00:26:55No, nobody seems to know where he went.
00:26:57Why don't you put an alert out on him and I'll check on him from here.
00:27:00All right.
00:27:01OK, all right.
00:27:52A little fraud.
00:28:10Lewis Raby, age 29, 5 foot 11 inches tall, dark complexion, hair black and curly, last seen wearing blue jeans
00:28:19and gray sweater.
00:28:24Tim Evans was a murderer, all in his prison cell.
00:28:30And those who read about his crimes, they damned a soul to hell, saying, go down, you murderer, go down.
00:28:43For the murder of his own true wife and the killing of his own child, the jury found him guilty
00:28:52and the hanging judge, he smiled.
00:28:55And dig the fuzz.
00:28:58What do you suppose they want?
00:29:00You, man. You.
00:29:03Hey, maybe they're looking for old Walter. He's a criminal type.
00:29:08Ain't you, Walter?
00:29:10I'm sorry, Mr. DeSantis.
00:29:12That's all right, Walter. Sit down.
00:29:14Me? Sit down.
00:29:17Greetings, man.
00:29:19I'm not supposed to sit with the customers.
00:29:22Greetings.
00:29:23Now, why shouldn't you sit at the table, Walter?
00:29:25After all, you're a big artist now.
00:29:27A true creator above mere mortals.
00:29:31What's the big idea?
00:29:32Idea?
00:29:35I was just telling Walter the truth.
00:29:37Man wanted to pay me $100 for the cap.
00:29:40In fact, he's taken it home to show to his wife.
00:29:44Proves that I underestimated Walter's ability.
00:29:47His work.
00:29:48There's enormous realism.
00:29:50You can hardly tell it from the real thing.
00:29:51Boy, that sounds like a real put-down.
00:29:54Get off Walter's back, Leonard.
00:29:56Why on his back?
00:29:58You're not very funny.
00:30:00I'm not trying to be.
00:30:02Walter, what are you going to make next?
00:30:06A dog, maybe.
00:30:08Or a bird.
00:30:10How about a few dozen cockroaches from your room?
00:30:14Hey, man, why don't you make an elephant?
00:30:16I got a new one.
00:30:18Great.
00:30:19What is it?
00:30:20It's a full-length, life-size figure.
00:30:24Crazy.
00:30:25What is it called?
00:30:27A murdered man.
00:30:29When do we get to see it?
00:30:30Oh, any time.
00:30:32Hey, that's a pretty far-out name for a statue.
00:30:35I saw a statue once.
00:30:36It was called the third time Phyllis saw me, she exploded.
00:30:39Now, what kind of a statue was that?
00:30:42I don't know.
00:30:42It was made out of driftwood and dipped in fluoric acid.
00:30:45Very wild.
00:30:48What's wrong, Leonard?
00:30:51Nothing.
00:30:52Nothing at all.
00:30:53It's the food in this dump.
00:30:55Oh, man, you should try the Sorel sewer.
00:30:57They got wheat germ bagels.
00:30:59Too much.
00:31:01Excuse me, please.
00:31:04I think he really is sick.
00:31:06So who isn't?
00:31:11Santos.
00:31:12I've been trying to get to you all evening.
00:31:15Got to make a call.
00:31:16Got to call Lieutenant Valdez.
00:31:17Listen, I was wrong about my wife.
00:31:19She wants that cat after all.
00:31:21Do you hear me?
00:31:21I'll give you that $100 for the cat.
00:31:23I can't talk to you just now.
00:31:25All right, then.
00:31:25And $200.
00:31:26No.
00:31:28No.
00:31:30$300, and that's top.
00:31:34$300 for the cat?
00:31:38I know I'm going out of my mind,
00:31:39but I've been collecting art pieces all over Europe for years.
00:31:43And this boy, Walter Paisley, has got it.
00:31:45I want to buy his first work.
00:31:47And to make very sure that I get it,
00:31:49I'll pay you $500.
00:31:51$500 for the cat and a first look at his next stuff.
00:32:01Someone has the cat just now, but I'll have him back in a few days.
00:32:06Then you can have it for the $500.
00:32:08Oh, thank you, sir.
00:32:10I think I've made a bargain.
00:32:11Call me when you're ready.
00:32:13Good night.
00:32:17Leonard.
00:32:20You feel better?
00:32:21Listen, I'm going over to Walter's later
00:32:24after the place closes to see murdered man.
00:32:26You feel up to coming along?
00:32:28The rope was fixed around
00:32:30And a can of washer behind his ear
00:32:34And the prison bell was tolling
00:32:37But Tim Evans didn't hear
00:32:39Saying go down
00:32:41You murderer, go down
00:32:52Look at the size of it.
00:32:54Well, it's not really that big.
00:32:55I got it on a kind of a stamp.
00:32:57Well, let's see it.
00:32:59I'm a little nervous.
00:33:00I never did a person before.
00:33:03You can do anything if you set your mind to it.
00:33:05It's hard in here.
00:33:06You want me to open a window?
00:33:07Come on, Walter.
00:33:09Take off the sheet.
00:33:20Don't you like it?
00:33:25Walter, it's a masterpiece.
00:33:28I've never seen anything like it before.
00:33:33And I hope I never see anything like it again.
00:33:37Neither do I.
00:33:40It's hideous.
00:33:42And it's eloquent.
00:33:44It expresses modern man
00:33:47In all his self-pity.
00:33:49How did you ever find that in yourself, Walter?
00:33:52Well, it wasn't easy.
00:33:56What's the matter with you?
00:33:58Nothing.
00:33:59Nothing at all.
00:34:01I've never seen anyone so squeamish.
00:34:03What's your opinion, Leonard?
00:34:05Don't ask me.
00:34:06Oh, come on.
00:34:08Now, even you must see its value.
00:34:10Do you think that you or I could have conceived of such a thing, much less executed it?
00:34:16Well, then admit it.
00:34:17It's a work of genius.
00:34:19I admit it.
00:34:21Then let's take it down to the yellow door.
00:34:24No.
00:34:25Why not?
00:34:26I'll tell you.
00:34:28But you...
00:34:29Cover it up again, please, huh?
00:34:30Please.
00:34:37What is all this nonsense?
00:34:39Why do you want to hide it?
00:34:42Well, I've been thinking.
00:34:45I didn't realize how much talent Walter actually had.
00:34:50It would be wrong to show his pieces one at a time.
00:34:52Dead wrong.
00:34:54You're right.
00:34:55He should build a collection first.
00:34:59Leonard.
00:35:00That's the idea.
00:35:02Maybe when it's big enough, we're going to have a show.
00:35:03A show?
00:35:04Just for me?
00:35:05No.
00:35:05Well, not exactly.
00:35:06I mean, you can take years and years.
00:35:10It's getting hot again.
00:35:13Well, it would take you years to make that many statues.
00:35:16But your work would be featured.
00:35:18It's a wonderful idea, Walter.
00:35:20It's the only way to gain recognition.
00:35:22All the big art critics and art dealers will be there.
00:35:24It'll be an event.
00:35:25Yes, then we can unload.
00:35:26We can sell this stuff for a lot more.
00:35:28But a show?
00:35:30How soon can we go?
00:35:31Don't rush things.
00:35:32It takes time.
00:35:33But first of all, you've got to stop making these horrible statues.
00:35:38Carla and I will guide you.
00:35:40Maybe you can turn to Freeform.
00:35:42Freeform?
00:35:42Well, that's the movement today.
00:35:43With his talent for realism?
00:35:45But you can see the direction his realism takes.
00:35:47It's unhealthy.
00:35:47But you said I was a genius.
00:35:49I don't want to be a busboy anymore.
00:35:51Yes.
00:35:52Maybe you've got a point there.
00:35:53You shouldn't keep working at the yellow door.
00:35:56Look, I'm sure that man is going to buy you a dead cat.
00:35:59So here.
00:35:59Here's your fee in advance.
00:36:01$50.
00:36:01And if you need more, I've got it.
00:36:04So don't worry.
00:36:05I've got great faith in you, Walter.
00:36:08Gee, $50 for something I made.
00:36:11Now you're a professional.
00:36:12Let's go.
00:36:14Okay.
00:36:16Good night, Walter.
00:36:18Keep up the good work.
00:36:20Yeah, but don't rush things.
00:36:22You've got all the time in the world.
00:36:24Come on, Carla.
00:36:26Good night.
00:36:37Did you holler, Walter?
00:36:39I'm an artist, Mrs. Swickett.
00:36:41Yeah.
00:36:42Oh, sure you are, Walter.
00:36:43I am.
00:36:45Look.
00:36:50Come on.
00:37:08One of the greatest advances in modern poetry is the elimination of cleric.
00:37:12I am proud to say my poetry is only understood by that minority which is aware.
00:37:17Well, of what?
00:37:18We're not of anything stupid, just aware.
00:37:23Man, this place is beginning to feel like a lineup.
00:37:26Yeah, baby.
00:37:28But don't cool out pretty soon.
00:37:29I'm going to haunt somebody else's joint.
00:37:31We may have to start drinking.
00:37:40Yes, man, yes, yes, that's my man.
00:37:46Yes.
00:37:49Yes, man, yes.
00:37:53Good evening, Walter.
00:37:54Good evening, Carla.
00:37:59Sylvia, didn't you see me wave my Zen stick?
00:38:03Oh, it's Walter Paisley.
00:38:05You can bring me a cappuccino and a piece of papaya cheesecake and a bottle of Yugoslavian white wine.
00:38:10Yes, sir, Mr. Paisley.
00:38:12Good evening, Walter.
00:38:13Maxwell, how have you been?
00:38:15I see the rewards of achievement have come your way.
00:38:17Well, after all, I'm a successful sculptor now.
00:38:21Indeed.
00:38:23Hey, man, dig Walter the wigger.
00:38:25It's coming out like he just cured cancer.
00:38:28Let us make the scene.
00:38:30Crazy.
00:38:31I was just suggesting to Walter that he try his hand at Freeform.
00:38:35Why do you suggest anything to Walter?
00:38:37Are you the spokesman for society come to put your stifling finger in his eye?
00:38:41Good evening, gentlemen.
00:38:43Oh, now, who invited these two down from the clouds?
00:38:46Maxwell, yoo-hoo!
00:38:47Through the table, bring a bowl.
00:38:49I may be sick.
00:38:50It's Alice the Awful.
00:38:51Comes to spread cheer and cholera.
00:38:54Look at my sun pan, everybody.
00:38:56Do we have to?
00:38:56Where have you been, Alice?
00:38:58I went up to Big Sur to look for Henry Miller.
00:39:01You didn't find him, I hope.
00:39:02No, he's in Europe.
00:39:03Good.
00:39:05Why is the busboy sitting here?
00:39:07I'm not the busboy anymore.
00:39:09That's right.
00:39:10Walter has become a sculptor.
00:39:11Oh, really?
00:39:13I'm a model, you know.
00:39:15I only charge $25 an hour.
00:39:17Would you like to do me?
00:39:20I just might.
00:39:21Never mind that.
00:39:22Walter's going to try freeform.
00:39:24There you go again.
00:39:25I may take my business to the Sorrel Sewer.
00:39:28As a matter of fact, I was going to suggest to Walter that he try a female figure.
00:39:33As a change from the violent death theme.
00:39:35You really should, Walter.
00:39:37You know what?
00:39:39If you like, I'll be your model for free.
00:39:41I couldn't.
00:39:42Not you.
00:39:43Man, if you're going to be an artist, you've got to do nudes and nudes.
00:39:48Right, right, right.
00:39:50Ain't nobody an artist unless he does nudes.
00:39:54Will you get them out of here before we wind up in night court?
00:39:57Oh, let's change the subject.
00:39:59I'm sick of hearing about sculpture.
00:40:01Nobody knows how to do that anymore.
00:40:02Much less the busboy from the yellow door.
00:40:05Who do you think you're talking about?
00:40:07Don't shout at me.
00:40:09I don't like you.
00:40:12Nobody asked for your opinion, Walter.
00:40:14You're just a simple little farm boy,
00:40:16and the rest of us are all sophisticated beekniks.
00:40:18Let's split.
00:40:20Yeah, man.
00:40:23I've got to make me some air.
00:40:26See, you made them leave.
00:40:28What did I do?
00:40:29The first beneficial service of your benighted life.
00:40:33It proves we're all good for something.
00:40:35Are you saying that this busboy is better than I?
00:40:38Yes.
00:40:39I think this whole bit about him being a sculptor is just a big put-on for my benefit.
00:40:43That's not true.
00:40:44I am a sculptor.
00:40:45Oh, yeah?
00:40:47Prove it.
00:40:47Make something out of this.
00:40:49There.
00:40:50Hand.
00:40:52That isn't a real hand.
00:40:53If you were a sculptor, you'd create something for me.
00:40:56A harpoon would be very nice.
00:40:58Please, I'm going home.
00:41:03Alice, you're obnoxious.
00:41:06But he's such an idiot.
00:41:53Alice, what are you doing here?
00:41:55I wanted to apologize for being nasty to you this evening.
00:41:59So you're apologizing.
00:42:00Good night.
00:42:10Listen, twerp.
00:42:11Why don't you get out of here and let me go to bed?
00:42:13I didn't finish talking to you.
00:42:15I decided to make that female figure after all.
00:42:18Oh?
00:42:18And I'd like you to pose for it.
00:42:20Remember what I said about my price?
00:42:23$25 an hour.
00:42:25If you want to pay it, I don't mind posing.
00:42:27When do you want to start work?
00:42:29Tonight.
00:42:31You mean right now?
00:42:32Uh-huh.
00:42:34Wait till I get my sweater.
00:42:35What?
00:42:35Then you.
00:42:47Bye.
00:42:48Bye.
00:42:48Bye.
00:42:51Bye.
00:42:55Bye.
00:42:58Bye.
00:43:00Bye.
00:43:02Bye.
00:43:10You could use a little more heat around this place.
00:43:13It's bad for the clay.
00:43:15You'll get used to it.
00:43:21Well, I'm almost ready.
00:43:27Here.
00:43:29Sit in this chair and I'll pose you.
00:43:39Come on.
00:43:42Kind of rickety.
00:43:44How's this pose?
00:43:46That's fine.
00:43:47It's very good.
00:43:49Just stay like that.
00:43:52It doesn't look like very much clay.
00:43:55Oh, it's enough.
00:43:58Put this around your neck.
00:44:05Look.
00:44:25Watch it, the plate's hot.
00:44:27Are these fertile eggs?
00:44:29Are these eggs fertile?
00:44:30Naturally.
00:44:31What did you fry them in?
00:44:33We ran out of the safflower seed oil,
00:44:35but I found a bottle of peanut oil on the shelf.
00:44:38Don't worry, it's not hydrogenated.
00:44:40Is that the cold-pressed stuff
00:44:41or the junk Hilda bought by mistake?
00:44:44Yes, man, yes.
00:44:47Hi.
00:44:47Good morning, Walter.
00:44:48Hi, Walter. What brings you here?
00:44:50Have some breakfast.
00:44:51What are you having?
00:44:52Soy and wheat germ pancakes,
00:44:54organic guava nectar,
00:44:56calcium lactate and tomato juice,
00:44:58and garbanzo omelette sprinkled with smoked yeast.
00:45:00Join us?
00:45:01No, thanks.
00:45:02Sounds great, though.
00:45:04I brought something to show you.
00:45:06Could I have some of the guys help me?
00:45:07Is it murdered, man?
00:45:08It's better.
00:45:09Come on.
00:45:10Warters!
00:45:17Put it in the middle of the room.
00:45:19When did you do this, Walter?
00:45:20Last night.
00:45:21It doesn't take me very long.
00:45:22I should say not.
00:45:24Well, let's see it, man.
00:45:41Walter, I can't believe it.
00:45:44I'm honored to know this man.
00:45:46Do you think it's nice?
00:45:47Hey, she's beautiful.
00:45:49Do you think it's nicer than a murdered man?
00:45:50Oh, I don't know, Walter.
00:45:51It's impossible to choose.
00:45:53They're both great.
00:45:55Walter, I'm deeply moved.
00:45:57To show my appreciation,
00:45:58I'm going to give a party tonight at the Yellow Door.
00:46:00In your honor.
00:46:01And I shall compose a poem.
00:46:20In my honor.
00:46:21Some more champagne, Your Majesty?
00:46:23Yeah, yeah.
00:46:23Where, where?
00:46:24There, there.
00:46:27That's fine.
00:46:29All right, just having another little kiss.
00:46:31Walter, you're all right.
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:38Here they go.
00:46:47All right, all right.
00:46:50Walter.
00:46:52The bird that flies now pays later through the nose of Amadextra's apathy.
00:46:57Necrophiles may dance upon the placemats in an orgy of togetherness.
00:47:01The highway of life cuts sharply through the shady ghettos and the ivy-covered tombs
00:47:07And laughter rings from every time capsule in the star-spangled firmament
00:47:11And in the deep freeze it is the children's hour
00:47:15And no one knows that Duncan is murdered
00:47:18And no one knows that Walter Paisley is born
00:47:23Duncan knows, Tuesday sunrise knows
00:47:27Alley cats and garbage cans and steaming pavements
00:47:31And you and I and the nude descending the staircase
00:47:34And all such things with souls
00:47:36We know that Walter Paisley is born
00:47:40Ring rubber bells, beat cotton gongs, strike silken cymbals, play leathern flutes
00:47:47The cats and cans and you and I and all such things with souls
00:47:52We shall hear, Walter Paisley is born
00:47:56And the souls become flesh
00:47:58Walter Paisley is born
00:48:10Marvelous darling, Marvelous
00:48:14Man, like that was the greatest gas I ever heard
00:48:17Crazy, what did he say?
00:48:18Didn't you hear him?
00:48:20No man, I'm too far out
00:48:28Maxwell, that was magnificent
00:48:30I feel so elegant
00:48:32Walter deserved every word of it
00:48:34He makes me so glad I'm aware
00:48:38Did you hear what he said?
00:48:40Yes, Walter
00:48:41All about me
00:48:44It's true, isn't it?
00:48:47Every word
00:48:51You better hold off on the bubbly, artist
00:48:53Yeah, why?
00:48:56We might talk too much
00:48:57What would I say?
00:49:00Most anything I expect
00:49:01Are you two trying to ignore the rest of us?
00:49:04Oh, not me, Maxwell
00:49:06I wouldn't ignore you
00:49:08I know what it is to be ignored
00:49:10Tell us what you're going to do next, Walter
00:49:13I'm gonna make the most wonderful, wildest, wiggiest things you've ever seen
00:49:18I'm gonna make big statues and little statues
00:49:21Tall statues and short statues
00:49:25I'm gonna make statues of nobodies
00:49:27And statues of famous people
00:49:30Statues of actors
00:49:32And poets
00:49:34And people who sell things on television
00:49:37And a statue of the mayor
00:49:39And some opera singers and their intimate friends
00:49:42And everybody will say
00:49:44Walter, let me shake your hand
00:49:47It's been a real pleasure to have known you
00:49:56Alley cats and garbage cans
00:49:58They know that Walter Paisley is born
00:50:01Ring rubber bells
00:50:03Beat cotton gongs
00:50:05Strike silk and cymbals
00:50:07Play leather flutes
00:50:11Tell us what you're gonna do next, Walter
00:50:15I'm gonna make big statues and little statues
00:50:19Movie stars and poets
00:50:22And guys who sell things on television
00:50:25And the mayor and some opera singers
00:50:30Tell us what you're gonna do next, Walter
00:50:36What am I gonna do next?
00:50:40What am I gonna do next?
00:50:44I gotta do something before they forget
00:50:49I know what it's like to be ignored
00:51:05Who are you? What do you want?
00:51:07Life is an obscure hobo
00:51:08Bumming a ride on the omnibus of art
00:51:10Huh? What'd you say?
00:51:12What is not creation is graham crackers
00:51:14Let them all crumble to feed the creator
00:51:16Beat it, you must be nuts
00:51:22Oh!
00:51:22Oh!
00:51:30Oh!
00:51:33No!
00:51:35No!
00:51:36No!
00:51:36No!
00:51:37No!
00:51:37No!
00:51:38Ah!
00:51:50Oh, Leonard. Beautiful morning, isn't it?
00:51:53It was. What's that you got in the box?
00:51:57Just wait till you see this.
00:52:00Extra, extra, horrible murder in front of your factory.
00:52:04Read about the man who got cut in half.
00:52:06Extra, extra.
00:52:09Police can only find part of it.
00:52:11Leonard.
00:52:16What's the matter, Leonard?
00:52:20You made a bust.
00:52:22Yeah, isn't it wonderful?
00:52:25What's the matter, Leonard?
00:52:27Put it down, Walter, please.
00:52:35Walter.
00:52:36Walter, listen to me carefully.
00:52:38I don't want you to make any more statues.
00:52:41Do you understand?
00:52:42No more statues.
00:52:43Why not?
00:52:45I gotta make statues, Leonard.
00:52:47You heard Brock.
00:52:47They want me to make them.
00:52:49If I stop making them, I'll just be a busboy again.
00:52:52Brock, he's behind all of this with his stupid, bitter poetry.
00:52:55Listen, you've got to stop him right away.
00:52:58I'm beginning to feel responsible.
00:53:01Why?
00:53:01Well, what did you do?
00:53:03Never mind.
00:53:06Walter, I've decided to have that show for you right away.
00:53:10Yes.
00:53:11When Carla comes, we'll have her work up some nice invitations.
00:53:15We'll have them printed up.
00:53:16We'll invite the critics and the art collectors.
00:53:20We'll tell them.
00:53:25Well, I don't see why we can't go.
00:53:27Mr. Leonard DeSantis is afraid to have you come.
00:53:30You who buy his coffee, lure his tourists.
00:53:33You are the heart and soul and meat of the Yellow Door.
00:53:36He slighted you.
00:53:38Did you get an invitation?
00:53:39I did not.
00:53:40But I'm going anyway.
00:53:42Not to drink his champagne, but to see Walter's triumph.
00:53:45After that, we go no more.
00:53:47Hi, Maxwell.
00:53:49I won't say good luck, Walter.
00:53:51Why not?
00:53:52It would imply you could not succeed on your ability alone.
00:53:58Do you look so handsome?
00:54:00I do.
00:54:01So do you.
00:54:03I mean, you look so pretty.
00:54:06Are you ready?
00:54:07Oh, we've got plenty of time.
00:54:09I know, but I wanted to talk to you.
00:54:11Okay.
00:54:12We can go now, if you like.
00:54:14Bye.
00:54:17Later, man.
00:54:18Later.
00:54:18Swing.
00:54:20Man, why do you suppose Walter wants to get her alone?
00:54:24Do you suppose he could be physically attracted to her?
00:54:26No, man.
00:54:27He ain't the type.
00:54:28He don't get enough vitamin to eat.
00:54:30Maxwell gave him a bottle of wheat germ oil once.
00:54:33Maybe he just started taking it.
00:54:43What did you want to talk to me about, Walter?
00:54:46Well, what kind of people do you like, Carla?
00:54:50Oh, thinking people.
00:54:54Artistic people, I guess.
00:54:56You think I'm artistic?
00:54:57Of course I do.
00:54:59That means you like me.
00:55:00I like you very much, Walter.
00:55:02I thought you did on account how you kissed me the other night.
00:55:07Oh, that was for your sculptor of the girl.
00:55:09Your nude in the chair.
00:55:13Carla, I've been alone for a long time.
00:55:15And I know you've been alone.
00:55:16Because you never seem to go out with anybody.
00:55:18Even though Leonard's always asking you to go out with him.
00:55:20And I just...
00:55:23What are you trying to say?
00:55:24Oh.
00:55:34Carla, I don't want to make statues anymore.
00:55:37I want to get married.
00:55:38To you.
00:55:44How long have you been thinking about this, Walter?
00:55:46Oh, for a long time.
00:55:48Ever since you first came to work at the club.
00:55:52You were the only one who was ever nice to me.
00:55:54I didn't know you loved me until you kissed me.
00:56:00Walter, I do like you.
00:56:03And I did kiss you.
00:56:06But that was because of your work.
00:56:11There's more to being in love with someone than just that.
00:56:16You mean you don't love me?
00:56:20I'm afraid that's what I mean.
00:56:24But...
00:56:26But you've got to love me.
00:56:27Why do you think I made that statue of Alice?
00:56:30Walter, I'm sorry, but...
00:56:31You just can't be sorry.
00:56:33I want to marry you.
00:56:35Now calm down, Walter.
00:56:37And let's go in there.
00:56:38And then maybe when the show's over, we can talk about it.
00:56:42Well, I don't want to talk about it.
00:56:46I get it.
00:56:48I see the whole thing now.
00:56:52Nobody knows that Walter Paisley is born.
00:56:57Carla.
00:57:00Will you do one favor for me?
00:57:04Just about anything, Walter.
00:57:08Would you let me make a statue of you?
00:57:12Would you really like to?
00:57:15That'd make me very happy.
00:57:22Well, I don't want to make a statue of you tonight.
00:57:22I'll make a statue of you tonight.
00:57:24Okay?
00:57:29I'll make a statue of you tonight.
00:57:30Come on.
00:57:45I'll make a statue of you tonight.
00:57:46Okay?
00:58:00Walter?
00:58:02No, thanks.
00:58:04This could bring about a return to realism.
00:58:07Yes.
00:58:08A one-man return.
00:58:09We have many artists about, but no craftsman.
00:58:13This man knows his anatomy.
00:58:15I'd give $1,500 for this.
00:58:17After you read my review, it'll probably cost you $5,000.
00:58:24So what's the trouble?
00:58:27Why should you be so depressed?
00:58:29Have you heard the things they're saying?
00:58:31You can make $25,000 on these pieces alone.
00:58:34I thought you put money down.
00:58:35I do, but $25,000?
00:58:38Leave me alone.
00:58:51Come on.
00:58:52Out!
00:58:52Man, we have come to make this scene.
00:58:55Want some cappuccino, man? We got the bread.
00:58:57We're not open for business. This is an art exhibit.
00:58:59No bumps. Get out of here.
00:59:00That art is above man.
00:59:02And he's sober.
00:59:03Yeah, well, that's his problem.
00:59:05All right, man. All right. We'll wait outside.
00:59:06Yeah, you wait outside.
00:59:12Let's go.
00:59:12What about that?
00:59:12I don't know if I can't, I don't know if I can.
00:59:19I can't.
00:59:19I can't.
00:59:40Where are you going, Carla?
00:59:43What's the matter?
00:59:44Walter, there's a body inside that statue.
00:59:49What?
00:59:49What?
00:59:49What?
00:59:49Well, that's Alice.
00:59:52It's all right, Carla.
00:59:54Maxwell says it's all right.
00:59:56Let them become clay in his hands that he might mold them.
01:00:00Walter, you stay away from me.
01:00:04Don't you see, Carla?
01:00:05I made them immortal.
01:00:07Don't you see?
01:00:08I can do the same for you.
01:00:44Hey, man, what is the score?
01:00:46Walter Paisley's a murderer.
01:00:47I saw him chasing Carla down the street.
01:01:40What was that?
01:01:43Nobody knows I'm here.
01:01:46Walter...
01:01:47No. They couldn't know. They're dead.
01:01:55How could they know?
01:01:57Did you see him?
01:01:59He's hiding around here someplace.
01:02:01He can't hide just because we're in clay and he isn't.
01:02:14Walter, go home.
01:02:17He won't know where else to go.
01:02:20Walter, go home.
01:02:25Where is he?
01:02:32What's going on?
01:02:45Oh.
01:02:47No, no, no.
01:02:55I don't know what to do.
01:02:56Let's go.
01:03:53What's the matter with you?
01:04:01Walter, Walter, we'll find him.
01:04:09We'll have him soon, Lou.
01:04:12We'll teach him he can't murder us and get away with it, won't we?
01:04:23Walter, Walter, what you're going to do now, Walter?
01:04:38I'll hide where they'll never find me.
01:04:51There's his room. He's gone crazy.
01:04:53Crazley! Crazley, open up!
01:04:56Crazley!
01:05:08I suppose he would have called it Hanging Man.
01:05:13His greatest work.
01:05:14Crazley!
01:05:21I suppose he would have voted for you.
01:05:24Constabin' habÃa Platinum Wars.
01:05:25He should have taken away with me.
01:05:25And I'm sure you'll don't think about this week.
01:05:25You
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