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