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