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1 00:01:39 There's obviously a mistake.
2 00:01:41 We were notified the passeswould be waiting in our names.
3 00:01:43 I'm sorry, but that's incorrect.
4 00:01:45 - Morf Vandewalt, Artweb.- No. It's today...
5 00:01:48 Hey, Morf.
6 00:01:50 Okay, I wanna speakto someone in charge, please.
7 00:01:52 - Lovely to see you again.- This is ridiculous.
8 00:01:54 We bought Shogrun's Ultraworldlast month in New York.
9 00:02:33 Have you ever felt invisible?
10 00:02:44 Once, I built a railroad.
11 00:02:52 - There he is. Morf.- Cloudio.
12 00:02:56 It's Kenji, you probably know.It's titled Hoboman.
13 00:02:59 The response is amazing.
14 00:03:00 - Arguably, the hit of the show.- Hmm.
15 00:03:03 Wolfson, Female Figure, four years ago.
16 00:03:05 No, it's new.Vastly different themes.
17 00:03:07 It's an iteration.
18 00:03:09 No originality. No courage.My opinion.
19 00:03:12 Well, I absolutely respectthe power of your point of view,
20 00:03:14 but this encompasses on a global scale.
21 00:03:16 There's just such a sense of nowand in your face,
22 00:03:18 which speaks to pop and cinemaand economics.
23 00:03:20 I mean, you can feel the windsof the apocalypse.
24 00:03:23 I can't save you.
25 00:03:25 We have a four-million-dollar hold,a major buyer in Shanghai.
26 00:03:28 Will you be running your review today?
27 00:03:46 - Hey.- Do you have a minute?
28 00:03:47 No, I'm just heading inside now.
29 00:03:49 - I have to tell you something about Ricky.- What?
30 00:03:51 - Josephina, he's cheating on you.- Are you serious?
31 00:03:54 - I saw him with this girl.- When?
32 00:03:57 Last night at a bar.
33 00:03:58 - What?- They were both pretty drunk.
34 00:04:01 - Wha... What time?- I don't know. Ten?
35 00:04:03 - They were all over each other.- Right at the fucking bar.
36 00:04:06 - I'm so sorry, Josephina.- Are you sure it was him?
37 00:04:08 They were standing right next to me.
38 00:04:10 I gotta go.
39 00:04:11 - Anything I can do?- No.
40 00:04:13 Uh, thank you, seriously. Bye.
41 00:04:16 - Howzit, Morf?- Hello, Jon.
42 00:04:19 Really something, eh?
43 00:04:22 Is Piers sleeping with Dorothy?
44 00:04:23 Oh, I'm certainyou'd have to ask him that.
45 00:04:27 Excuse me.
46 00:04:32 - Morf, love.- Oh, Gretchen.
47 00:04:34 We bid on it for the museum.Jon wants three point seven.
48 00:04:37 Rhodora would neversell a Piers for under five,
49 00:04:39 so it's a nice opportunity for us.
50 00:04:41 I'm quite curious to know what you think.
51 00:04:43 I think sober hasn't been good for him.
52 00:04:45 Well, this was done fifteen years ago.
53 00:04:47 Piers was in the full bloomof alcoholism here.
54 00:04:50 Exactly.
55 00:04:51 So, you're saying it is a good buyfor the museum, then?
56 00:04:54 Excuse me.
57 00:04:57 Josephina.
58 00:04:59 Are you okay?
59 00:05:00 Literally, the worst fucking day.
60 00:05:03 Ugh, your makeup.
61 00:05:05 God, I'm late.They texted, like, twenty times.
62 00:05:08 I'm headed there, too.
63 00:05:10 God, fucking people.
64 00:05:11 - Who?- Everyone.
65 00:05:14 Is Piers switching galleries?
66 00:05:17 I answer phones and get coffee.I'd literally be, like, the last to know.
67 00:05:22 You're too late.Rhodora already got her coffee.
68 00:05:27 Are you where you wanna be?
69 00:05:30 I'm not taking shit from the installer.
70 00:05:35 What did you think?
71 00:05:37 I haven't felt that in years.
72 00:05:39 - Morf is here.- Oh, thank you. Excuse me.
73 00:05:48 Well?
74 00:05:49 Color. Life.
75 00:05:52 I love it.
76 00:05:54 I'm sick of white spaces.
77 00:05:55 That is so strange.
78 00:05:57 I've been drawn to a bolder booth presencein terms of work and palette lately.
79 00:06:01 Mm-hmm. This adherence to showingin sterile, monochrome cubes.
80 00:06:04 It's just laziness.I wanted to get some juxtaposition going.
81 00:06:08 I'm actually, I mean right now,writing something exactly about this.
82 00:06:14 - This wasn't in the catalog.- Mm-mm.
83 00:06:17 It's Minkins.
84 00:06:20 It's called Sphere.
85 00:06:22 It creates this unique sensation,
86 00:06:26 depending on each personand whatever hole they decide to explore.
87 00:06:30 Just like life.
88 00:06:32 It uses all sorts of sensors and gizmos.
89 00:06:35 Ooh!
90 00:06:36 It's about choice, desire, sex.
91 00:06:40 The whole enchilada.
92 00:06:42 - It's groundbreaking.- Hmm, it's yours to break.
93 00:06:44 Debuted ten minutes ago.
94 00:06:46 I'm posting a review. How much is it?
95 00:06:49 So much easier to talk aboutmoney than art.
96 00:06:52 Funny.
97 00:06:53 Speaking of, is Piers leaving youfor Jon Dondon?
98 00:06:57 I've represented Piersfor seventeen years.
99 00:07:00 That's not an answer.
100 00:07:02 Well, why don't you put your hand in?
101 00:07:05 See what you feel.
102 00:07:17 - It's just not worth my investment.- You're mistaken.
103 00:07:20 This is gonna be an uncommonevent experience,
104 00:07:22 not to mention the tax incentive.
105 00:07:24 - Is there water in Miami?- At the bar, sir.
106 00:07:26 - I don't know.- Fuck.
107 00:07:28 I can guarantee your positionas co-chair-- Oh, excuse me.
108 00:07:31 Piers.
109 00:07:32 I was floating in the ocean,and, for this incredible moment,
110 00:07:36 it felt like I had tapped intoa primal consciousness.
111 00:07:41 A connection to the worldin its purest form.
112 00:07:48 Ricky's still denying it.
113 00:07:50 "Please, baby, let me explain."I swear to God, I want to hurt him.
114 00:07:53 Maybe it will free you up for new things.
115 00:07:56 This was a new thing. He'd just moved in.
116 00:07:59 I have to say, I'm having my ownmajor second thoughts about Ed.
117 00:08:04 He actually has some fantasyabout us getting married.
118 00:08:08 I'm through dating artists.
119 00:08:10 They're already in a relationship.
120 00:08:12 Look, Damrish,
121 00:08:13 your website doesn't givea sense of scale or texture.
122 00:08:17 But seeing your work in personat the new-artists fair,
123 00:08:20 I had that "Oh, my God" moment.
124 00:08:24 It charges and mauls and devours.
125 00:08:28 Six months ago,I was living on the street,
126 00:08:31 showing on the sidewalk.So, that's where I'm coming from, right?
127 00:08:35 Let me fill you in.
128 00:08:36 All this... it's just a safari to huntthe next new thing and eat it.
129 00:08:41 I heard you were the one to watch out for.
130 00:08:43 Oh, I'm easy-peasy.
131 00:08:45 Pussycat, really.
132 00:08:47 I know all about you,going back to your punk days.
133 00:08:50 Oof, that was many moons ago.
134 00:08:52 - Velvet Buzzsaw.- Yeah, well, the name was catchy.
135 00:08:55 Yeah, the early stuff was great.
136 00:08:57 Then it became, what? Like, self-parody?
137 00:08:59 I mean, after Polly left,
138 00:09:01 why'd you split up?
139 00:09:03 Who remembers throughall the booze and pills.
140 00:09:05 But the point is,
141 00:09:07 I've gone from anarchistto purveyor of good taste.
142 00:09:11 So, I get the joke.
143 00:09:14 None of this is new.It's all been done since
144 00:09:16 someone charged a boneto see the first cave painting.
145 00:09:20 Here you are.
146 00:09:22 So... Thank you.
147 00:09:24 What cave are you showing in?
148 00:09:26 Me and my dudes started a collective.
149 00:09:28 Mmm. Well, cheers to that.
150 00:09:34 Well, hell knows, I love loyalty,
151 00:09:39 but I would kill to exhibit you.
152 00:09:42 I just turned down an offerfor a full show from Jon Dondon.
153 00:09:45 Ugh. And on and on.
154 00:09:46 He's inside right nowtrying to poach Piers.
155 00:09:49 You know where I am, Damrish?
156 00:09:51 I'm here doing shots with you.
157 00:09:56 Club soda. Lime.
158 00:09:58 The market always tiers up for you, Piers.
159 00:10:01 Listen, my intolerancefor your bullshit is zero.
160 00:10:04 Lekker, no bullshit.
161 00:10:06 Look, Rhodora overpriced you.
162 00:10:08 She's lost it.She's completely out of touch.
163 00:10:10 I sold Cranial todayfor three point seven,
164 00:10:13 exactly what I said I'd get.
165 00:10:14 If you come with me,our gallery has cutting-edge analytics
166 00:10:17 to maximize deal flow and global demand.
167 00:10:20 I am fighting to get back to creation,
168 00:10:23 to revelation, the billion years of energysparking through our brain.
169 00:10:27 I'm not jetting around,hawking fucking tickets.
170 00:10:31 In an attention economy,celebrity is art form.
171 00:10:33 Do you understandthat I only commission new work?
172 00:10:36 Repros, prints, replicas are all marketedunder my own brand.
173 00:10:40 My boet, I'm more than ecstatic to partneryou exclusively on your future work.
174 00:10:44 I hear Rhodora sold Spherefor seven million.
175 00:10:48 Ugh. Man, it's a carnival attraction.
176 00:10:51 It's brilliant.
177 00:10:53 I never should've quit drinking.
178 00:11:04 Josephina.
179 00:11:06 Are you going to SLS?
180 00:11:08 I'm going to a satellite showoutside of town.
181 00:11:12 Well, I'll come.
182 00:11:16 What's going on with you?
183 00:11:18 What do you mean?
184 00:11:20 You're Morf fucking Vandewalt.
185 00:11:22 What are you doingcoming to a grant show with me?
186 00:11:25 I like being with you.
187 00:11:27 We have a taste relationship.
188 00:11:30 Is that tobacco?
189 00:11:33 Hash oil.
190 00:11:35 Maybe I'll have one little puff.
191 00:11:50 Okay, that was the worst showI've seen in years.
192 00:11:54 - And who was that angry guy when we left?- You don't know?
193 00:11:58 That was Imeldus Vanderhorst.You panned him last year.
194 00:12:02 Grab two Tito's from the fridge.
195 00:12:06 You know,you're in much better shape than Ricky.
196 00:12:10 I... do a lot of Pilates and Peloton.
197 00:12:16 I remember your body.
198 00:12:19 I remember yours.
199 00:12:22 Ever since Berlin, I find myselfthinking all the time about you.
200 00:12:26 We were wasted.
201 00:12:27 I keep telling myself that.
202 00:12:30 Your skin.
203 00:12:32 It's the most beautiful crossbetween almond and saddle brown.
204 00:12:40 I make you hard, huh?
205 00:12:42 You make me confused.
206 00:12:45 Tough headspace for a critic.
207 00:13:09 Got back to LA late last nightand looked at the numbers.
208 00:13:12 My God.
209 00:13:14 Aside from the peachy Minkins sale,
210 00:13:16 Miami was reallynot a very great thriving market.
211 00:13:19 Brass tacks, we didn't move one Rubek.
212 00:13:22 I know the London officehas a hard-on for him, but to my mind,
213 00:13:26 the last thing we need to waste time onis trying to flog some pop-art revival.
214 00:13:34 Pop-art.
215 00:13:37 Pop-art.
216 00:13:38 Fuck me.
217 00:14:02 Hey.
218 00:14:05 "Star of the Nova sectionwas Mertilla Splude's Go-Pro Kindergarten,
219 00:14:09 an inspired disquisitionof early-age experience."
220 00:14:13 Hmm.
221 00:14:16 Well, get inspiredand come join me in the pool.
222 00:15:23 Is he all right?
223 00:15:25 Call 911.
224 00:15:41 Who's supposed to be here?
225 00:15:42 Josephina. She's late... again.
226 00:15:47 You, Rococo.Take the reception desk.
227 00:15:50 It's... It's Coco, actually. Um...
228 00:15:55 Haze Gallery. Can I help you?
229 00:15:58 Hello?
230 00:16:03 Hang up, right?Yeah, rich people are impatient.
231 00:16:09 I'm really an artist, you know?
232 00:16:11 I did, um, Bandini's Froot Loop Hippo,you know that?
233 00:16:16 And I glued on all the Froot Loops.
234 00:16:19 Yeah.
235 00:16:21 It's at The Broad right now.
236 00:16:23 Not broad.People confuse it with Broad.
237 00:16:26 - Broad, brode, yeah.- Right.
238 00:16:27 But I can get us tickets if you want.
239 00:16:30 They know me there.
240 00:16:32 - When did you get back?- Last night.
241 00:16:35 I have solid confirmationPiers has left you for Jon Dondon.
242 00:16:38 I'm going to get bored now.
243 00:16:40 This feels huge to me.Why would he leave?
244 00:16:42 Why, why why. Why anything?
245 00:16:45 Maybe I wanted him to leave.
246 00:16:47 Meanwhile, I'm signing new talent.
247 00:16:50 Heard you got Damrish. He's fierce.
248 00:16:52 And this morning, Mertilla Splude.
249 00:16:54 We are on the same frequency, I swear.
250 00:16:58 - Go-Pro Kindergarten's gonna break big.- Your lips, God's ear.
251 00:17:02 Oh, wait. In our world, you are God.
252 00:17:06 And I'm running late. Gotta go.
253 00:17:08 Okay.
254 00:17:11 I'm sorry.
255 00:17:14 Some random guy just, like,died in my building.
256 00:17:17 I really am so surprised.
257 00:17:19 Rhodora, I'm not kidding.
258 00:17:21 A neighbor actually died.I found the body.
259 00:17:23 Bryson keeps me up to speedon everything that goes on around here.
260 00:17:27 Your chronic lateness--
261 00:17:28 Bryson's pissed because...
262 00:17:31 he came on to meand I shut him down.
263 00:17:33 He's a flat-out creeper.
264 00:17:35 Well, I can say the interestI had in you has waned.
265 00:17:38 I thought I was grooming a protégé.
266 00:17:40 All our long talks about your strugglesand grand ambitions.
267 00:17:44 And then you insult my intelligent mind.I'm moving you off the front.
268 00:17:48 No client contact until you raisethe quality bar in your performance.
269 00:17:54 - Morning.- Good morning.
270 00:17:56 Do we have Berlin?Singapore? London? Oh, we do.
271 00:17:59 So, I have two new favorite artistsI am all kinds of happy to tell you about.
272 00:18:30 I'm from Perlack.
273 00:18:32 We own the building.
274 00:18:36 Did you know him?
275 00:18:38 The guy who died?
276 00:18:40 Some sorta artist, I guess.
277 00:18:43 No.
278 00:18:45 I found his body.
279 00:18:47 He liked his privacy.
280 00:18:49 - He had a cat.- It's up there. We'll find it tomorrow.
281 00:18:52 Jesus, the stuff inside...
282 00:18:54 And it all gets tossed.The old man wanted everything thrown away.
283 00:18:58 No trace, his instructions.
284 00:19:00 Looks like he started to do it himself,
285 00:19:02 but he diedbefore he could finish the job.
286 00:19:07 Well, good night.
287 00:19:49 Hey, kitty, kitty.
288 00:21:47 Hey, little guy.
289 00:21:52 Hey.
290 00:22:21 Hey.
291 00:22:23 Ah, so glad you called.
292 00:22:25 I'd hug, but I'm all sweaty.
293 00:22:27 Love the jumper.Cornsilk's a great color for you.
294 00:22:31 Miami was a revelation.
295 00:22:34 Let me just start with that.
296 00:22:37 I don't know where I am with anything elsein my life, other than that I feel...
297 00:22:42 good with you.
298 00:22:45 So much better, and beyond good.
299 00:22:48 I found something.
300 00:22:50 That's what I'm saying.
301 00:23:26 Who did these?
302 00:23:28 What do you think of them?
303 00:23:32 They're visionary.
304 00:23:38 Mesmeric. An absolute incredible...
305 00:23:43 mix of mediums.
306 00:23:49 I'm ensorcelled.
307 00:23:52 - Do you think there's a market for it?- Massive.
308 00:23:56 Beyond.
309 00:24:01 Who represents them?
310 00:24:05 I do.
311 00:24:07 I'm dying with suspense.
312 00:24:10 Who is it?
313 00:24:13 Tonight's jackpot is 400 million dollars.
314 00:24:16 To win that jackpot,you must match these five white balls.
315 00:24:20 The first winning number tonight is 54.That's followed by 32.
316 00:24:24 Up next we have 52.Your next number is 34.
317 00:24:29 Your final white ballfor this Friday evening is 25.
318 00:24:33 If no one matches the five numbers--
319 00:24:35 It just seemed edgier at the Biennale.
320 00:24:41 Oh, is this the exact lighting?
321 00:24:43 I think so.
322 00:24:45 Okay, well, go check the specs.
323 00:25:05 I run the collective Damrish belongs to.
324 00:25:08 Oh. I didn't thinkcollectives had people in charge.
325 00:25:12 Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose?
326 00:25:14 I represent him.
327 00:25:16 Used to.
328 00:25:17 We're building something awayfrom all this commercial bullshit.
329 00:25:21 It's not just about the fucking money.
330 00:25:22 Stealing Damrish away would end us.
331 00:25:25 Okay. Well, you know what?He's not a child.
332 00:25:27 It's his choice, not mine.
333 00:25:31 - You think this is done?- Back the fuck up!
334 00:25:35 I tried to stop him.
335 00:25:39 Okay, well, you failed.
336 00:25:43 Unbelievable.
337 00:25:46 - It will... never happen again.- Go!
338 00:26:03 Coco! Didn't you tell meyou wanted to get a cat?
339 00:26:07 Um...
340 00:26:09 can we talk about it later?
341 00:26:12 Sure.
342 00:26:16 Hey!
343 00:26:18 - What the fuck do you think you're doing?- What is this? Who is this?
344 00:26:21 That was under my desk.
345 00:26:22 I was looking for tape and I saw this.
346 00:26:25 - This is harassment.- Tell me who the artist is.
347 00:26:27 - What the fuck is wrong with you?- I do more than maintenance and packing.
348 00:26:32 I'm not just a man of primitive skills.
349 00:26:35 This shit... talks to me.
350 00:26:50 Hey, you.I heard you were coming by.
351 00:26:52 I'm reviewing your Purlfoy exhibit.
352 00:26:54 Oh, be kind.Our membership is plummeting.
353 00:26:57 Tell me something. Have you ever heardof an artist named Vetril Dease?
354 00:27:01 D-E-A-S-E.
355 00:27:04 No.
356 00:27:05 Can you check?
357 00:27:11 No. Not in our records,and we have everyone.
358 00:27:16 Morf, honey, I, uh...
359 00:27:20 - I need to bend your ear.- Mmm?
360 00:27:23 I am leaving to become an art adviser.
361 00:27:28 I know, I know.I can't say for whom.
362 00:27:31 But I will be making enough to afforda terribly lovely car and garden.
363 00:27:35 Oh, hello, Morf.
364 00:27:37 Hello, Jim.
365 00:27:41 Look, I came to the museum
366 00:27:42 because I wanted to changethe world through art.
367 00:27:45 But the wealthy vacuum up everything,except crumbs.
368 00:27:49 The best work is only enjoyedby a tiny few.
369 00:27:51 And they buy what they're told.So, why not join the party?
370 00:27:54 Mmm. It's everywhere, the money question.
371 00:27:57 In advance of my move, I am...
372 00:27:59 actively looking for purchasesfor my new client.
373 00:28:02 You might be interested to know
374 00:28:06 that I can provide to you a generous,
375 00:28:09 untraceable reward for anythingyou steer me to in the realm of
376 00:28:13 undervalued, pre-review, perhaps.
377 00:28:18 I don't do that.
378 00:28:21 What's your arrangement with Rhodora?
379 00:28:25 None.
380 00:28:27 Then her buys prior to your favorablereviews are utterly prescient?
381 00:28:32 This is my life.
382 00:28:33 How I connect with some sortof spirituality at actual present.
383 00:28:37 Mm-hmm, of course.
384 00:28:38 I assess out of adoration.
385 00:28:41 I further the realm I analyze.
386 00:28:44 Forgive me, I...
387 00:28:46 Fuck.
388 00:28:50 Kisses.
389 00:29:15 Hey. What's going on?
390 00:29:18 You tell me.
391 00:29:24 What are you doing here?
392 00:29:28 Hell's bells.
393 00:29:31 Bryson.
394 00:29:33 - Incredible.- I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
395 00:29:37 Not if you had a gun.
396 00:29:39 It's none of your business.
397 00:29:41 Oh, actually it is.
398 00:29:45 You signed a non-compete clause,which, if you read, you might remember is
399 00:29:49 very much quite a lot broader than that.
400 00:29:53 Tell me all about Vetril Dease.
401 00:29:58 Hmm.His name is the tinsel on the tree.
402 00:30:03 Don't make me pullsome sort of heavy interrogation.
403 00:30:08 Right now, it's just you and me,
404 00:30:11 with all our active friendshipand love for each other.
405 00:30:16 Now, how did you get all of these?
406 00:30:21 A guy upstairs. He died.
407 00:30:24 And you just took them?
408 00:30:27 He had no family or friends.
409 00:30:32 Well, I won't botherwith the obvious questions,
410 00:30:34 but, oh, you must have some giant plans.
411 00:30:38 I invented do-it-yourself.
412 00:30:40 And you're in way over your head, babe.
413 00:30:44 You have to archive and catalogand establish ownership.
414 00:30:50 And monetize.
415 00:30:53 I'm willing to do all of thatfor... a reasonable percentage.
416 00:30:59 You can engage mein an endless lawsuit, or...
417 00:31:02 you can become rich
418 00:31:04 and famous and successful.
419 00:31:07 Which is what we both knowyou've always wanted.
420 00:31:09 Hmm?
421 00:31:25 We can claim the property was abandonedif she says she found it in the dumpster.
422 00:31:28 - And took steps to find a rightful owner.- Well, first reports are he had no heirs.
423 00:31:31 She's just a tenant.Could the building owner make a claim?
424 00:31:34 The salvage guy saidthat they were junking everything.
425 00:31:36 I mean, it took hours to carry it all downinto my apartment.
426 00:31:39 There was just so much of it.
427 00:31:40 No, you found the art in the trash,not in his apartment.
428 00:31:44 This is very important.
429 00:31:45 Now, remembering back,you found it in the dumpster.
430 00:31:49 Isn't that what happened?
431 00:31:52 The dumpster.
432 00:31:54 Yeah, I remember now.
433 00:32:10 Critique is so limitingand emotionally draining.
434 00:32:14 I've always wanted to do somethinglong-form, beyond opinion.
435 00:32:19 Dip my toe into an explorationof origin and essence.
436 00:32:23 A metamorphosis of spirit into reality.
437 00:32:28 I've... I've never had the vehicleuntil now.
438 00:32:32 An artist toiling in the recesses,
439 00:32:34 discovered in death.I wanna start researching immediately.
440 00:32:37 Well, there's timing. Meshing withour extensive marketing plans,
441 00:32:40 which we haven't gotten to yet.
442 00:32:41 Well, I'm willing to writethe exhibit brochure.
443 00:32:43 That will give immediate weightto the launch.
444 00:32:46 And in return,I want exclusive rights to a book
445 00:32:49 and several pieces.
446 00:32:54 Well, that sounds swell.
447 00:33:13 Hi, Rhodora.
448 00:33:16 Well, I'm archiving his material,then running spectrums on his paint.
449 00:33:22 And it's the damnedest thing.
450 00:33:24 I don't even know how to account for it.
451 00:33:28 I couldn't hazard a guess.
452 00:33:32 Haze Gallery, please hold.
453 00:33:34 Haze Gallery, please hold.
454 00:33:36 Haze Gallery, please hold.
455 00:33:39 Yes, Josephina's unavailable right now,but I can take a message.
456 00:33:43 Okay, please hold.
457 00:33:45 Haze Gallery.
458 00:33:46 Uh, yes. Rhodora is aware of the meeting,but she's on a call right now.
459 00:33:52 You're positive it's the same Dease?
460 00:33:54 - Yeah.- Well, how can you be sure?
461 00:33:56 I visited the institution.I found his records.
462 00:33:59 - Dear God.- I wouldn't worry.
463 00:34:02 The file's so old, there's no backup.I took the only copy.
464 00:34:05 Okay, send it over.And wash your hands of it.
465 00:34:08 - And add a zero to your bill.- Thanks.
466 00:34:17 Vetril Dease first appearsin a 1930 Los Angeles census,
467 00:34:22 living in a low-income home withhis father, mother and younger sister.
468 00:34:27 Nine years later,Vetril is listed with his father
469 00:34:30 as the only survivors of a suspicious firewhich swept their house.
470 00:34:34 Shortly after the fire,Vetril's named in a court document.
471 00:34:37 Citing crueltybeyond the bounds of humanity,
472 00:34:40 child protection services remove Vetrilfrom his abusive father
473 00:34:43 and place him in the Good TemplarsOrphanage in South Vallejo.
474 00:34:48 His time there is a mystery,
475 00:34:50 the only record being his departure at 18.
476 00:34:55 But the real mystery is what follows.
477 00:34:57 Dease disappears for three decades,vanishing like a ghost.
478 00:35:02 He suddenly resurfaces on the payrollof the Sawtelle veterans administration,
479 00:35:07 where he was employed as a janitorfor 42 years.
480 00:35:11 Dease lived alone and isolated,
481 00:35:15 using his art to dive deepinto his own psyche.
482 00:35:19 The artist battled for decadeswith his personal demons.
483 00:35:23 The result is an epic sagaof violence and madness.
484 00:35:27 A howl for answersand a resolution that never comes.
485 00:35:35 My ex-boyfriend, Ricky,has an exhibition Friday.
486 00:35:40 He's a hack.
487 00:35:42 A bearded, downtown poser.
488 00:35:48 You know, he hasn't had, like,an original idea in his whole life.
489 00:35:55 On top of which, he steals from everyone.
490 00:35:58 But you know that, right?
491 00:36:00 I'm very familiar with his work.
492 00:36:06 You should go to his show,
493 00:36:09 see for yourself how much he sucks.
494 00:36:13 - Then do what you do.- Are you serious?
495 00:36:17 For me.
496 00:36:31 Hello, Morf.
497 00:36:34 Right.
498 00:36:35 Is it contemporary?
499 00:36:36 It cuts through the bullshitand gives form to true emotion.
500 00:36:39 - What does it say?- What do you feel?
501 00:36:42 They're using tech in a whole new way.
502 00:36:45 The idea is aiming for a platformthat includes all media.
503 00:36:48 Everything's interruptive now.
504 00:36:51 He came from nowhere, knew no one,
505 00:36:53 and if our industrious Josephina herehadn't been so observant,
506 00:36:57 his genius work would've been thrown away.
507 00:36:59 And, um, he would've beenconsigned to oblivion.
508 00:37:04 I spotted it by a streetlightover a dumpster.
509 00:37:08 Approximately,how many pieces are there?
510 00:37:11 Well, unfortunately,
511 00:37:12 Mr. Dease's output was the oppositefrom what one would call prolific.
512 00:37:17 And he's certainly not making any more.
513 00:37:18 There's one we're very interested in.
514 00:37:21 Well, just know demandhas people ready to kill.
515 00:37:24 Ya!
516 00:37:26 Fetchin'.
517 00:37:27 Before the sublime,the whole body quivers.
518 00:37:29 Mm-hmm. Well, at these prices,your museum's locked out.
519 00:37:32 Well, I just yesterday left the museum,so I can speak freely now.
520 00:37:36 - I'm an adviser for a private buyer.- Whom?
521 00:37:38 Our friend who bought Sphere.
522 00:37:41 Well, how hilarious for you.
523 00:37:43 In that capacity,
524 00:37:44 I do have my eye on severalof the large-format product for him.
525 00:37:47 Mmm. Well, the sales staffhave been busy beavers.
526 00:37:50 Everything's on reserve.
527 00:37:52 Perhaps we'd pay a premium.
528 00:37:54 - That doesn't butter the biscuit.- Well, what the fuck would?
529 00:37:57 I'll sell you two Dease
530 00:37:59 if you buy three piecesat Damrish's opening next month.
531 00:38:01 What if my clientdoesn't respond to Damrish?
532 00:38:04 Well, you're the adviser. Advise.
533 00:38:08 Hey.
534 00:38:47 Damn.
535 00:38:54 Next month, it's your show.
536 00:38:56 I gotta-- I gotta go.
537 00:38:58 Okay.
538 00:39:24 Isn't it exhilaratingto see something substantial?
539 00:39:29 I mean, other than celebritytattoo artists and
540 00:39:32 balloons for painting tools.I'm writing a book about him.
541 00:39:35 I just loathed your Ricky Blanereview yesterday.
542 00:39:38 I thought his show was inspired.
543 00:39:41 Well, I didn't get it, I suppose.
544 00:39:43 I felt that we sawtotally different exhibits.
545 00:39:46 Mmm. A bad review is better thansinking into the great glut of anonymity.
546 00:39:52 Was that a joke?
547 00:39:54 Not that I'm aware of.
548 00:39:57 Ricky got drunkand crashed his car last night.
549 00:40:00 He's in coma.
550 00:40:01 I heard he was crushed.
551 00:40:04 By the car?
552 00:40:05 Your review. Arschloch.
553 00:40:17 What do you mean, Bryson'smoving some of the art to storage?
554 00:40:20 Well, if De Beers releasedall their diamonds,
555 00:40:23 they'd be cheap as cut glass.
556 00:40:24 Didn't they teachany of this in art school?
557 00:40:26 How many are we saying he made?
558 00:40:28 Well, their value's their scarcity,so it's not what we say. It's the reality.
559 00:40:32 The reality is we have overone thousand pieces stored upstairs.
560 00:40:36 Well, that's nonsense.
561 00:40:37 Why, I doubt if it's evenhalf that number.
562 00:40:40 What have you done?
563 00:40:41 Removed them from circulation.Locking them away for a rainy day.
564 00:42:35 Fuck.
565 00:42:36 Fuck! Fuck!
566 00:42:38 Fuck!
567 00:43:21 Oh! Shit. Shit!
568 00:43:33 Oh, shit.
569 00:43:41 Hello?
570 00:44:59 Howzit? It's Dondon.
571 00:45:10 {Piers] Easy, boy. Not yet.
572 00:45:16 Studio visit. I'm excited.
573 00:45:19 I can't stomach cheery or upbeat.
574 00:45:22 I'm not an idiot. Remember that.
575 00:45:24 Hey, I'm honoredto be your new representative
576 00:45:26 and see what you've been up to.
577 00:45:27 I just bet you are.
578 00:45:28 So, this is where the magic happens?
579 00:45:32 Is that a joke?
580 00:45:34 Sorry?
581 00:45:36 This is repros and replicas.
582 00:45:39 Studio's upstairs.
583 00:45:41 Rupert, up.
584 00:46:00 This is remarkable.
585 00:46:04 It's not art.
586 00:46:31 Well?
587 00:46:34 Well, I...
588 00:46:35 I'm just soaking it in.It's thrilling to see a work in progress.
589 00:46:39 Just give me an honest goddamn opinionabout what you're looking at.
590 00:46:44 I can see a linewith your body of work. So...
591 00:46:47 So, I'm copying myself?
592 00:46:49 It's not copying if it's your canon.
593 00:46:53 I thought your studio was downtown.
594 00:46:56 Too many addiction triggers.
595 00:46:59 - I worked here the last year.- Well, I--
596 00:47:02 I'd love to see all the new workyou've done since moving,
597 00:47:04 because the team is geared up and readyto sell every new piece you have.
598 00:47:21 Right.
599 00:47:26 Sure, of course.
600 00:47:29 No, you've... you've been gestating.
601 00:47:32 Gestation implies birth.
602 00:47:35 Ideas come, but they kill themselvesas soon as they appear.
603 00:47:40 This is a slaughterhouse.
604 00:47:42 Welcome aboard.
605 00:47:53 When we got the call,it took us a few days to locate you.
606 00:47:57 We've been busy.
607 00:47:58 Now, it looks he slidinto the side of a gas station
608 00:48:01 out in Angeles National Forest.
609 00:48:04 Place has been closed for years.
610 00:48:07 What caused the crash?
611 00:48:09 Don't know.
612 00:48:11 Think he may have hit his headand wandered off.
613 00:48:15 It's easy to get lost out there.
614 00:48:18 Was anything recovered?
615 00:48:19 Well, we put it in the back here.
616 00:48:21 We think the vehicle may have beenvandalized before we located it.
617 00:48:25 There's a big homeless camp near there.
618 00:48:27 They would've cleaned it outif they found it first.
619 00:48:29 Was there anything of valueyou know was inside?
620 00:48:33 No.
621 00:48:34 Not that I know of.
622 00:48:37 This is all you found?
623 00:48:39 Uh, no.
624 00:48:41 There was this.
625 00:48:46 Where did he go?
626 00:48:47 Where's the art?
627 00:48:49 Why would you trust himin the first place?
628 00:48:51 I didn't tell him what was in the crates.
629 00:48:52 All he had to do was deliver themto a warehouse in Lancaster.
630 00:48:56 This shit goes sideways,and I'm telling you straight up,
631 00:48:58 I will say this was all your idea.I had nothing to do with it.
632 00:49:07 This is Bryson's phone.Obviously, I didn't pick up.
633 00:49:10 Bryson, it's me.
634 00:49:14 Where the fuck are you?
635 00:49:17 You trying to strong-arm me,cash in on your own? What?
636 00:49:24 Don't fuck with me, Bryson. Call me.
637 00:49:29 I came at the right time.
638 00:49:31 No, no. Not now.
639 00:49:33 I have a lot to do.
640 00:49:35 - Wha... It's not for three hours.- It'll take me that long to get ready.
641 00:49:39 It's just a fundraiser.
642 00:49:41 There's going to be pictures.
643 00:49:43 Our first time out.This is super important to me.
644 00:49:46 I wanna look good.
645 00:49:48 Mmm, I found a sick dress.
646 00:49:51 This sofa's completely too smallfor the ceiling height.
647 00:49:54 It swims in here.
648 00:49:59 So, I've been catalogingpaintings for the book.
649 00:50:04 Something doesn't add up.
650 00:50:06 What's that?
651 00:50:09 There's almost no studies or sketches.They seem to be missing.
652 00:50:13 As well as large gapsfrom different periods of his work.
653 00:50:19 He dated them, you know.
654 00:50:22 No, everything I found is there.
655 00:50:24 Trust me, I'd know.
656 00:50:26 Hey, I've got somegreat champagne in the fridge.
657 00:50:29 Open it while we get ready.
658 00:50:48 Stop by before you leave.
659 00:50:52 Your three o'clock is here.Interview for the archivist opening.
660 00:50:58 You're too young.
661 00:51:01 Uh...
662 00:51:03 I'm twenty-two.
663 00:51:05 The position requires someonewith years of experience.
664 00:51:08 Stop back when you're forty, eh?
665 00:51:11 That's it?
666 00:51:12 That is it.
667 00:51:21 You worked for Rhodora?
668 00:51:27 Just for a few weeks.
669 00:51:29 So, the non-compete clause doesn't apply.
670 00:51:32 - She fired you?- I was on a break.
671 00:51:34 A man walked in and talked to her,and she never let it go.
672 00:51:37 You were there for the Dease opening?
673 00:51:40 - It was a zoo.- You know how much she generated?
674 00:51:43 - I saw the numbers.- The buyers list?
675 00:51:46 Every name.
676 00:51:48 Your client bought two.
677 00:51:51 Very resourceful.
678 00:51:53 I've learned that you have to be.
679 00:51:59 Rhodora had, um, a file on Deasethat she kept locked away.
680 00:52:05 One day I found the key and...
681 00:52:09 it was a very interesting read.
682 00:52:13 You know what? I might have an opening.
683 00:52:16 Come back to my officeand tell me what else you heard.
684 00:52:32 Ah, I do miss it here.
685 00:52:36 The camaraderie, the purity of purpose,
686 00:52:41 the Tuesday meatloafas the cafe overlooking the tar pits.
687 00:52:44 Well, on to Vetril Dease.
688 00:52:49 In the united federation of the universe,
689 00:52:52 I doubt there is a hotter artistat the moment.
690 00:52:56 Do you know, since the exhibit opening,he's actually trending on Twitter.
691 00:52:59 We're interested in showing him.
692 00:53:01 How many pieces are we talking about?
693 00:53:02 I can supply two owned by my client.
694 00:53:05 And another ten on loanfrom the Haze Gallery.
695 00:53:09 Send dimensions and JPEGs for the group,and we'll aim for a spot next season.
696 00:53:15 I want them exhibited ASAP.
697 00:53:17 Main hall, new wing.
698 00:53:20 - Event marketing.- You know we have a process, Gretchen.
699 00:53:22 Ooh! I had a glorious conceptto support my former employer,
700 00:53:27 and supposed premiercontemporary art museum of Los Angeles,
701 00:53:30 with a first showing of a Dease!
702 00:53:33 We appreciate the significance,
703 00:53:35 but there is the issue of space.
704 00:53:37 Well, move Banyo's Horse Penisor the Jeweled Vagina.
705 00:53:41 Put one inside the other for all I care.
706 00:53:43 There is a tax issue, and my clientwants his Dease exhibited immediately.
707 00:53:47 Now, in return for my very generous offer,
708 00:53:51 I also want Minkins' Sphere to be shown.
709 00:53:54 Oh, come on, Gretchen,this isn't a rug bazaar.
710 00:53:56 No, it's an equationwith a solution at the end.
711 00:53:59 And if you can't grasp that,
712 00:54:00 there are other museums,I assure you, that will.
713 00:54:05 Ah.
714 00:54:09 Kisses.
715 00:55:03 Oh!
716 00:55:06 Sorry.
717 00:55:09 I didn't see you there.
718 00:55:13 Hi. I'm Morf Vandewalt.
719 00:55:15 I'm here researching Vetril Dease.
720 00:55:18 - I'm... writing a book about him.- What for?
721 00:55:26 He's... He's become a prominent artistin... in the outsider school.
722 00:55:30 Did... Did you work with him?
723 00:55:34 Eighteen years.
724 00:55:36 Well, it would be extremely helpful
725 00:55:38 if we could arrange a timeto talk in depth.
726 00:55:40 You see, I have so many questions,and there's so few people who knew him.
727 00:55:45 There was a vet you could've talked to.
728 00:55:48 He had a few medals and a loud mouth.
729 00:55:51 Liked to ride people,particularly Dease.
730 00:55:55 He wound up dead in a field.
731 00:55:58 Hands tied.
732 00:56:00 Never found who did it.
733 00:56:05 So, you're saying it was Dease?
734 00:56:08 - Damn it!- Oh! Jesus.
735 00:56:12 I'm saying you left him the fuck alone.
736 00:56:17 Look, I have nothing more to say.
737 00:56:19 And you can tellthat other damn fella that, too.
738 00:56:21 Who?
739 00:56:23 The one who came by here yesterday.
740 00:56:25 I don't know who that would be.
741 00:56:29 Here.
742 00:56:37 Well, we've corroboratedDease's twenty-year incarceration,
743 00:56:40 using court documents, police records,
744 00:56:43 and work history.
745 00:56:45 Dease leftthe Good Templars Orphanage at 18.
746 00:56:49 He was drafted.Served two years in the army.
747 00:56:53 And when he got out,
748 00:56:54 he suffered some sort of a breakdown.
749 00:56:58 At that point,
750 00:56:59 he tracked down his abusive fatherand murdered him.
751 00:57:03 He didn't kill him right away, though.
752 00:57:06 He dragged it out for days,
753 00:57:07 torturing him, then burning him alive.
754 00:57:11 Dease spent two decades in a psychiatrichospital for the criminally insane.
755 00:57:16 The facility used inmatesfor medical experiments.
756 00:57:20 Injections, shocks.
757 00:57:22 God knows what else.
758 00:57:26 They were human guinea pigs.
759 00:57:27 Dease got releasedwhen the courts closed it.
760 00:57:30 From there he goes to LA
761 00:57:31 and got a job at the veterans homeand lived off the grid.
762 00:57:35 No bank account, car, license.
763 00:57:39 Couldn't even find a usable photo.
764 00:57:41 And you verified all this?You're sure?
765 00:57:44 It all checked out.
766 00:57:46 Those are the facts.
767 00:57:48 All right, I'm gonna release thistomorrow. I'm gonna need you
768 00:57:50 to speak to the press,attesting to your credentials,
769 00:57:53 the authenticityof what's in the file, and...
770 00:57:55 and the atrocious and disturbing natureof what you found, et cetera, et cetera.
771 00:58:01 I thought this kind of stuffwould raise the value of his work.
772 00:58:04 Oh, no, no.
773 00:58:06 This is another level.
774 00:58:08 - Have a good night.- Nighty-night.
775 00:58:23 You've reached Morf. Leave a message.
776 00:58:25 Howzit, Morf? It's Jon.
777 00:58:27 Give me a call back as soon as you can.I have something regarding Dease.
778 00:58:30 I think might interest you greatly.
779 00:58:52 Hello?
780 01:00:04 Hello?
781 01:00:11 What the hell?
782 01:01:39 Jon?
783 01:02:06 Jon?
784 01:02:21 Oh, we are just stuck in here,aren't we?
785 01:02:25 What is with that cheesy organ music?
786 01:02:36 And that casket. What color is that?
787 01:02:37 Smog orange? Did he buy it on sale?
788 01:02:40 Not so loud.
789 01:02:43 Seriously, imagine having to spendan eternity in that.
790 01:02:47 Jesus.Nothing is ever good enough for you.
791 01:02:51 Well, it's my job. I'm selective.
792 01:02:54 What are you even saying?
793 01:02:56 Toss out taste and standards?
794 01:02:58 Whisper the truth?
795 01:03:01 What a tragic world that would be.
796 01:03:04 Oh, hi.
797 01:03:07 I'm Josephina.
798 01:03:09 I work with Rhodora.I'm a partner at the gallery.
799 01:03:11 - Oh, yeah. Damrish.- Oh, of course.
800 01:03:15 - I am just such a huge fan your work.- Thank you.
801 01:03:19 I do the Dease collection.
802 01:03:22 It's otherworldly.
803 01:03:24 - Thank you.- Your review of Hoboman killed the sale.
804 01:03:26 Instead of being seen,it's gathering dust at a storage facility.
805 01:03:29 I am not your mouthpiece.
806 01:03:43 God.
807 01:03:45 We competed for everything,
808 01:03:48 but I absolutely despisebeing here for this.
809 01:03:52 I mean, what was he facing,to do something like that?
810 01:03:56 He was his usual shallow selfthe last time we spoke.
811 01:04:03 Started drinking again.
812 01:04:04 Ooh, happy days.
813 01:04:07 Um, this hereis for family and friends only.
814 01:04:11 Mmm.
815 01:04:13 Well, Jon started at my gallery, so...
816 01:04:16 I mean, where the hell else would I sit?
817 01:04:21 Ladies and gentleman, if we may begin.
818 01:04:26 - Did you take a Viagra or something?- I'm almost there.
819 01:04:31 No. I'm going on my back.
820 01:04:33 - No.- I can't stay like this.
821 01:04:39 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
822 01:04:44 Open your eyes.
823 01:04:49 I'm down here.
824 01:04:55 Oh, God damn it.
825 01:04:59 Something's wrong.
826 01:05:00 We've got a fucking problem. Literally.
827 01:05:03 I'm seeing things, um...
828 01:05:06 Things moving.
829 01:05:09 Seriously, I'm really scared.
830 01:05:11 I was turned on by your passion,
831 01:05:13 from listening to your intelligent mind,
832 01:05:15 and now you've turned intoI don't know what.
833 01:05:20 Your reviews have fallen off,
834 01:05:23 and you still have feelings for Ed,admit it.
835 01:05:25 I do not have feelings for Ed.
836 01:05:27 Gretchen ran into him, and he said thatyou two were talking and working it out.
837 01:05:30 Well, Ed is a big liar,
838 01:05:32 and Gretchen is a bitch!
839 01:05:33 - I checked your phone. You made six calls.- He was moving out, we were coordinating.
840 01:05:37 What do you mean,my reviews have fallen off?
841 01:05:40 You're right.
842 01:05:41 Your edge. Makes sense.
843 01:05:43 You don't know what you likeor even want.
844 01:05:47 I'll tell you what I did like.
845 01:05:49 Ricky Blane's show.
846 01:05:51 But you jammed me to crush him!
847 01:05:53 Don't lay that on me.
848 01:05:55 Like he was your first bad review.Gimme a break.
849 01:05:59 I'm not saying that I blame you.
850 01:06:01 I'm saying that I regret it.
851 01:06:06 Hey, uh...
852 01:06:10 I think that I've been staring too long
853 01:06:13 at all this Dease artand all his material.
854 01:06:17 I'm... I'm gonna get my vision checked.This will pass.
855 01:06:20 Hey.
856 01:06:24 Listen to my intelligent mind.
857 01:06:36 Well?
858 01:06:37 I'm not pickled.
859 01:06:40 It's a small step, I suppose,toward something, but
860 01:06:44 let's talk turkey.
861 01:06:45 What are you afraid of?
862 01:06:48 We go way, way back.
863 01:06:53 I wanna share with youa little somethin' somethin'.
864 01:07:05 "Dependency murders creativity.
865 01:07:08 Creativity plays with the unknown.
866 01:07:12 No strategies existthat can enclose the endless realm
867 01:07:18 of the new.
868 01:07:20 Only trust in yourself
869 01:07:22 can carry you past your fears
870 01:07:25 and the already known."
871 01:07:28 That's Polly Anna, 1983.
872 01:07:32 I found it clearing out her apartmentafter she OD'd.
873 01:07:37 I gave up being an artist a long time ago,
874 01:07:40 but I know how this works.
875 01:07:43 Forget about the art world.
876 01:07:44 You need to get away from here,from all this. Take a break.
877 01:07:47 Use my beach house and stay there
878 01:07:50 until you do somethingfor nobody but yourself.
879 01:07:59 Which one's better? One.
880 01:08:01 - Two.- Two.
881 01:08:03 All right. Two.One. Better, worse, no different?
882 01:08:07 No different.
883 01:08:09 All right. There we go.
884 01:08:14 All right. Well,
885 01:08:16 your acuity has actually improvedsince your last prescription.
886 01:08:20 I was hoping you'd find somethingto explain what's happening.
887 01:08:24 Mmm. The phantom movements?
888 01:08:26 I think I have Charles Bonnet syndrome.
889 01:08:28 Hallucinations, visions, moving objects.
890 01:08:31 You've been on the Internet. Yeah.
891 01:08:33 It's highly doubtfulin the absence of other factors.
892 01:08:35 But let's make another appointmentfor this week.
893 01:08:40 I dilated your eyes,so you have to wear these for a few hours.
894 01:08:47 These are heinous.
895 01:08:59 Shit.
896 01:09:02 Fuck.
897 01:09:06 Yes, who is this?
898 01:09:07 - It's me.- Oh, how clever. You blocked your number.
899 01:09:10 'Cause you won't answer my calls.
900 01:09:12 Well, after your vile voice messageyesterday, are you surprised?
901 01:09:15 Wha-- I--
902 01:09:19 Telling Josephina I am still with Ed?
903 01:09:21 - Oh! That's my crime?- We broke up.
904 01:09:24 I was coordinating with him moving out.
905 01:09:27 Honestly, I expected an apology.
906 01:09:30 Ed said precisely there was more to itthan that. I merely passed it on.
907 01:09:35 You're a joke!
908 01:09:37 You have no credibility in any way!
909 01:09:40 Oh, really? Well, in that case,I suppose there's no truth whatsoever
910 01:09:43 in your little friend Josephinasniffing around Damrish, who, might I add,
911 01:09:47 are literally about to drive offinto the sunset together.
912 01:10:06 Gita?
913 01:10:09 - Yes.- Hi.
914 01:10:11 - I'm Morf Vande--- Vandewalt.
915 01:10:13 - Yes.- Of course. I've read you for years.
916 01:10:15 Yes.
917 01:10:17 Are those the new Persols?
918 01:10:21 Yeah. That's right.
919 01:10:24 Mmm.
920 01:10:25 That's a Freud.
921 01:10:27 - Yes, it is.- I've never seen that one before.
922 01:10:30 It's been in a crate since '92.
923 01:10:32 And it's going back in one.
924 01:10:35 I loved your exhibit brochureon Dease, by the way.
925 01:10:40 Thank you.
926 01:10:42 As I said on the phone,I'm expanding it into a book.
927 01:10:45 Well, there's enough there for one.
928 01:10:48 You cataloged the collection presale.
929 01:10:51 Oh, not cataloged.
930 01:10:52 My primary focus becameDease's distinctive methodology.
931 01:10:57 I spent three weeks identifyingconventions, workflow, classifications.
932 01:11:02 It was almost impossible to delineatebetween working materials and
933 01:11:06 personal effects.
934 01:11:10 Frankly, I was glad to finish.
935 01:11:12 Hmm.
936 01:11:15 Well, I wasn't awarethere were any personal effects
937 01:11:17 besides the ones in my possession.
938 01:11:20 None in a traditional sense.
939 01:11:22 I mean, as in tissue.
940 01:11:28 Paper?
941 01:11:30 Perhaps you should speak with Rhodora.
942 01:11:33 Rhodora is...
943 01:11:35 backing the book.
944 01:11:37 I have her full supportand confidence, of course.
945 01:11:48 Tissue as in blood serum.
946 01:11:50 The artist's, I assume.
947 01:11:52 He used it to createthe reddish blacks and the shadows.
948 01:11:57 It was in every piece we studied.
949 01:12:02 That is an outrageous request.Even coming from you.
950 01:12:05 I don't get your pushback on a Minkins
951 01:12:08 retrospective here, in the fall,of all his major works.
952 01:12:11 We already agreed to put up Sphere
953 01:12:13 in exchange for youbringing us twelve Dease.
954 01:12:15 Seriously, Gretchen, it's rude and dumb.If you wanted to ram more
955 01:12:19 of your collector's hoard down our throatsto increase their value,
956 01:12:22 you should have done sobefore the Dease deal was locked,
957 01:12:24 not the night before the exhibit's open.
958 01:12:26 I hear marketing has high hopesof a traveling Dease collection.
959 01:12:29 They've even run projections.
960 01:12:31 So, I believe my "leverage"looking ahead is considerable.
961 01:12:35 Mm-mmm.
962 01:12:36 There's absolutely no space in the fallto put on a Minkins show.
963 01:12:39 Well, I'm going to meetwith your board tomorrow
964 01:12:41 and suggest a reductionin the emerging artist exhibit.
965 01:12:45 They don't sell any tickets anyway.
966 01:12:48 Over my dead body.
967 01:12:58 Um, Gretchen?
968 01:13:01 The hard copy PR material's been sorted,
969 01:13:04 and the electronic kitsget sent at midnight.
970 01:13:06 Be here early.
971 01:13:08 And inform meof any celebrities or art stars.
972 01:13:12 Um, if it's all right with you,I'd like to go home
973 01:13:15 and get a few hours of sleep?
974 01:13:17 Has the lighting been corrected on Sphere?
975 01:13:21 Oh, the side lights, yes.I had them leave it lit,
976 01:13:23 so you could see it when you leave.
977 01:13:26 Then run along.
978 01:13:30 Good night.
979 01:15:14 Help!
980 01:15:18 Help!
981 01:15:38 Hello.
982 01:15:41 No.
983 01:15:44 When?
984 01:15:46 This morning.
985 01:15:49 Somehow she got stuck inside of it.
986 01:15:53 There was some kind of malfunction,and I guess it just, like,
987 01:15:58 completely took her arm offand she bled to death.
988 01:16:02 It was horrible.
989 01:16:04 Security guards thoughtit was part of a new installation,
990 01:16:07 so they just opened up and let people in.
991 01:16:10 The Dease pop-up announcementwas blasted last night,
992 01:16:13 so everyone was heading there.
993 01:16:16 People just walked bylike she was part of an exhibit.
994 01:16:20 Then a school tour came along.
995 01:16:23 The kids thought it was fake blood,
996 01:16:25 so they just started stepping in itand spreading it around and...
997 01:16:29 Who knows how longit would have gone on for
998 01:16:31 until Coco came in to do pressfor the Dease show,
999 01:16:36 and she saw Gretchen and just lost it.
1000 01:16:42 Are you still there?
1001 01:16:44 Rhodora?
1002 01:16:45 I don't understand.
1003 01:16:48 Bryson, then Jon. Now Gretchen.
1004 01:16:51 What the fuck is going on?
1005 01:16:53 I don't know.
1006 01:16:56 I mean, we just saw her last night.
1007 01:17:00 They closed that wingof the museum, but...
1008 01:17:03 I hear the Dease exhibit is mobbed.
1009 01:17:07 Hey. Go.
1010 01:17:10 We're spiking on Moments and Instagram.It's a major hit.
1011 01:17:13 Rhodora, are you still there?
1012 01:17:15 Did you hear what I just said?
1013 01:17:17 Yeah.
1014 01:17:19 The Dease exhibit is booming.
1015 01:17:25 There's someone at my door. I gotta go.
1016 01:17:37 Did you...
1017 01:17:39 hear about Gretchen?
1018 01:17:42 Did you?
1019 01:17:45 Oh, Jesus.
1020 01:17:47 - Can you believe it?- You have to leave.
1021 01:17:49 You just can't,well, just walk in like this!
1022 01:17:52 Well, I need to be with someone right now.I'd think you would, too.
1023 01:17:57 What's going on?
1024 01:17:59 Are you kidding me?
1025 01:18:03 We're not together. I was clear.
1026 01:18:06 You said, "a break."
1027 01:18:13 The admiration I had for your work
1028 01:18:16 has completely evaporated!
1029 01:18:20 Hey, man,I wasn't trying to jump your train, okay?
1030 01:18:23 She said you two were done.
1031 01:18:24 Are we? Are we?
1032 01:18:28 Say we don't share something real.
1033 01:18:38 I was never particularly obsessed.
1034 01:18:42 Oh!
1035 01:19:33 We expected you yesterday.
1036 01:19:35 We closed the exhibit for half a dayin anticipation, actually.
1037 01:19:39 I thought Artweb were clear on the timing.
1038 01:19:41 I know, I'm sorry. It's my fault.
1039 01:19:44 I know it's pre-debut.
1040 01:19:46 Just been experiencingsome personal matters.
1041 01:19:48 Then, of course, Gretchen this morning.
1042 01:19:51 - If this isn't a good time...- No, it's fine.
1043 01:19:54 It's overdue.
1044 01:19:56 - I'll write my review and file it today.- Hmm.
1045 01:19:59 Lillith Vanlandinghamis storming the world
1046 01:20:02 with her revolutionarysound exhibits.
1047 01:20:05 She won the Nam June Paik Award last year.Her latest piece is called Mysticete.
1048 01:20:09 As discussed, we have arranged for youto experience the exhibit alone.
1049 01:20:22 Look at him standing there.
1050 01:20:24 He only embraces what he knows.
1051 01:20:26 Undoubtedly one of the worstexhibits of contemporary art history.
1052 01:20:30 Piece for piece, it's the biggestwaste of steel since the Titanic.
1053 01:20:34 This painful exhibit should be bulldozed.
1054 01:20:36 Remove the spotlight of hypeand his latest work is a snoozefest.
1055 01:20:40 Seriously, Ms. Minati,I am talking to you.
1056 01:20:44 It seems you have no onearound you to say this. Stop it.
1057 01:20:47 Shut up the shed.
1058 01:20:49 There are no redeeming qualitiesto the show. Nothing but embarrassed--
1059 01:20:52 The best thing about the showis the French rosé being offered.
1060 01:20:54 It's an ugly pieceto look at, and faintly nauseating.
1061 01:20:57 It's gone from innocentand stupid...
1062 01:20:59 I'll hate you forever for saying that!
1063 01:21:01 - Lazily concealed.- Vile. Deceitful!
1064 01:21:04 Deceitful!
1065 01:21:07 Morf!
1066 01:21:08 Judgment should be judged.
1067 01:21:12 It is a monumental failure.
1068 01:21:14 Morf!
1069 01:21:20 Ricky Blane is the classic case
1070 01:21:23 of presenting a poser as cutting edge.
1071 01:21:35 Sorry for the delay.Our computer crashed.
1072 01:21:38 We're-- We'll start it now.
1073 01:21:41 What did I just hear?
1074 01:21:44 Nothing. This is a soundproof room.
1075 01:21:47 Voi...
1076 01:21:51 Voices.
1077 01:21:53 I've no idea.
1078 01:21:54 Mysticete is a symphonyof whale intonation
1079 01:21:58 recorded 20,000 feet under the seain the Mariana Trench.
1080 01:22:04 You are up for this?
1081 01:22:22 I am seeing things.
1082 01:22:23 I'm hearing things.
1083 01:22:28 Unexplainable things.
1084 01:22:30 Impossible things.
1085 01:22:33 And this is hard to admit
1086 01:22:35 as an adherent of the here and now
1087 01:22:38 and a denier of childish belief.
1088 01:22:40 But something truly goddamn strangeis going on!
1089 01:22:49 What happened to Bryson?
1090 01:22:50 According to the police,he had an accident
1091 01:22:53 and he wandered into the desert.
1092 01:22:54 I spoke to the police.
1093 01:22:56 They have video surveillance of the nightthat Bryson went missing.
1094 01:22:59 He was loading crates of artinto his truck.
1095 01:23:01 Okay.
1096 01:23:03 What was in those crates?
1097 01:23:05 And all this relates how?
1098 01:23:07 Dease!
1099 01:23:09 His altered mental state, tortured soul,phases of the goddamn moon!
1100 01:23:13 I don't know how!
1101 01:23:15 These deaths.
1102 01:23:16 The disappearance.
1103 01:23:18 Everything that is now happening,
1104 01:23:20 it's all connected to his art.
1105 01:23:22 Imbued with some spirit...
1106 01:23:27 cr... created out of some vital ideal.
1107 01:23:31 It's a bit Baroque, don't you think?
1108 01:23:33 - I came here to warn you.- Okay.
1109 01:23:36 You know what?It's been a fucked-up few weeks!
1110 01:23:39 But listen to yourself!
1111 01:23:40 I spoke to the building ownersdoing research.
1112 01:23:43 They were surprised
1113 01:23:45 to hear Dease's art was being sold.
1114 01:23:47 Apparently,
1115 01:23:48 he left explicit instructionsthat it all be destroyed.
1116 01:23:53 - What are you saying?- Stop selling Dease!
1117 01:23:58 It's an eight-figure collection...
1118 01:24:00 ...and you want me to stop sellingover some spirit?
1119 01:24:03 I am writing an article about this.
1120 01:24:06 About Dease, his past, his methods,everything that has gone down.
1121 01:24:10 - Well, you'll kill your career.- Get rid of it.
1122 01:24:13 Box it all, all of it away.
1123 01:24:18 That's what I'm doing.
1124 01:24:25 All art is dangerous, Morf.
1125 01:24:30 Oh, it's just beena feeding frenzy since the debut.
1126 01:24:35 What's changed is we ran new metricsand realized that
1127 01:24:38 we've been overly precious with supply.
1128 01:24:42 I sent you six Dease JPEGs,
1129 01:24:44 all available for immediate purchaseat the quoted price
1130 01:24:48 and destined for significant appreciation.
1131 01:24:54 All of them. Well, that's swell.
1132 01:24:58 I'll send the papers.
1133 01:25:01 Okay. Yeah.
1134 01:25:03 I'll see you in Basel.
1135 01:25:05 What's going on?
1136 01:25:07 We closed the first phase on Dease.Why are we selling more?
1137 01:25:10 Morf is hell-bent on writing a story.
1138 01:25:12 He's connecting Bryson's disappearance
1139 01:25:16 and Jon and Gretchen's deathsto the Dease art.
1140 01:25:18 He believes they're somehowchanneling some sort of...
1141 01:25:22 spirit.
1142 01:25:23 Spirit?
1143 01:25:25 What kind of spirit?
1144 01:25:27 I don't know the varieties.
1145 01:25:29 So he writes some batshit story.Who cares?
1146 01:25:31 We don't sell durable goods,we peddle perception.
1147 01:25:35 Thin as a bubble.
1148 01:25:36 Call your buyers, sell as much Deaseas you can before he posts something.
1149 01:25:54 - Who's next?- You have Roxy on one.
1150 01:25:58 Hey, babe. Circling back on youwanting some museum-quality Dease.
1151 01:26:32 Baby, that's raw silk. Your shoes.
1152 01:26:35 Pop this.
1153 01:26:42 You've got strong hands.
1154 01:26:45 You ever look at this painting?
1155 01:26:47 You ever notice anythingabout this painting?
1156 01:26:52 You look at it long enough and it moves.
1157 01:27:06 - Mmm.- It's alive.
1158 01:27:11 - I've just sold it.- What? I would have bought it.
1159 01:27:15 You couldn't afford it.
1160 01:27:17 We don't want it.Trust me, I'm doing you a favor.
1161 01:27:24 I gotta get down to Traction Avenue.
1162 01:27:27 - I thought we were spending the night in.- Yeah.
1163 01:27:29 Something just came up,and I gotta take care of it tonight.
1164 01:27:32 You're blowing me off.
1165 01:27:34 I want you to come.
1166 01:27:49 Why do you keep calling me?
1167 01:27:51 Why?
1168 01:27:52 We break up, and you write an articleto completely destroy my livelihood.
1169 01:27:56 I am not doing this to get back at you.
1170 01:27:59 It's Dease's art. I think any of uswho profited from it are in danger.
1171 01:28:03 So, you just blasted it out there?
1172 01:28:05 Jesus Christ. I am reading it right now.
1173 01:28:07 Are you awarethat you've completely lost your mind?
1174 01:28:10 We don't realize the value of friendsuntil they're gone.
1175 01:28:15 I still consider you a friend, Josephina.
1176 01:28:18 Go fuck yourself and lose my number!
1177 01:28:23 Well, fine, then. All right.
1178 01:28:32 Hello?
1179 01:28:33 It's Morf.
1180 01:28:34 Oh, hi.
1181 01:28:35 A timetable is moved up.
1182 01:28:38 I'm storing some artand I'm leaving immediately.
1183 01:28:41 I need an assistant part-time herewhile I'm gone.
1184 01:28:43 - Well, I'm available.- Yeah. Can you start tonight?
1185 01:28:47 Um, I guess so. Sure.
1186 01:28:49 I need to give you the keys to my houseand my storage space.
1187 01:28:52 There's an overlook on Mulholland,right off Cahuenga.
1188 01:28:56 - I know the one.- Good. I'll meet you there.
1189 01:29:07 Mr. Vandewalt. Hi.
1190 01:29:10 I posted it, Coco.
1191 01:29:14 And with this article, I'm... I'm...
1192 01:29:16 I'm pouring gas on myself.I'm lighting a match.
1193 01:29:19 I don't have a choice.
1194 01:29:22 It has been revealed to me
1195 01:29:25 that there is some sort of larger power...
1196 01:29:30 some entity invested in our endeavor.
1197 01:29:36 Invested how?
1198 01:29:38 In...
1199 01:29:40 the violation
1200 01:29:44 of inviolate rules.
1201 01:29:48 Have I gone mad?
1202 01:29:50 Oh, not to me.
1203 01:29:52 I found both bodies.
1204 01:29:54 I'm sleeping with my lights on.
1205 01:29:57 On top of which,if I don't land a steady job soon,
1206 01:30:00 I'm gonna have to go back to Michigan.
1207 01:30:08 I have to tell you something.
1208 01:30:11 What?
1209 01:30:13 I was Rhodora's personal assistant, right?I saw her checks, I rolled calls with her.
1210 01:30:18 I think she sometimes forgotwhen I was on them.
1211 01:30:20 Tell me.
1212 01:30:23 Your ex-boyfriend, Ed, um...
1213 01:30:27 he worked for her.
1214 01:30:29 He worked her out.He's a personal trainer.
1215 01:30:32 No.
1216 01:30:33 No, I mean...
1217 01:30:36 Rhodora paid Ed to give heradvance word on your reviews.
1218 01:30:40 Like, okay... He would tell herwhat you liked before you posted,
1219 01:30:43 and then she'd make buys.
1220 01:30:51 Do I still have the job?
1221 01:30:58 Here are the keys to my storage space.I need everything itemized that's there.
1222 01:31:02 Okay.
1223 01:31:16 Is my car safe out there?
1224 01:31:18 How the fuck should I know?
1225 01:31:25 Where did you go?
1226 01:31:27 This is Ben.He runs my old artist collective.
1227 01:31:30 Hey.
1228 01:31:35 Lovely. Can we go now?
1229 01:31:38 I'm staying.
1230 01:31:39 But I don't really like this place.
1231 01:31:41 Yeah, I'm talking longer timeline.
1232 01:31:43 I'm leaving Rhodora, her gallery.
1233 01:31:46 No, you're not.
1234 01:31:47 I can't be there.
1235 01:31:49 We have a significant show planned.You're high. Come on.
1236 01:31:52 I'm serious.
1237 01:31:57 You're about to break big.
1238 01:32:00 We're taking you global.
1239 01:32:02 You'd give that up? For what?
1240 01:32:05 Some sad garage spacepeddling graffiti murals?
1241 01:32:08 Jesus! What's the point of artif nobody sees it?
1242 01:32:30 Fuck!
1243 01:33:54 Yeah, there's a car blocking my car.I want it towed.
1244 01:33:58 I don't know.
1245 01:34:00 Hang on.
1246 01:34:02 Oh, 2057 Seventh Street.
1247 01:34:06 I'm waiting.
1248 01:36:20 Hello?
1249 01:36:44 I'm just waiting for a tow truck.
1250 01:37:26 Oh, thank God.
1251 01:37:38 Hello?
1252 01:37:39 Damrish is leaving.
1253 01:37:42 He met his old exhibitor in a dive barand told me he's going back. It's over.
1254 01:37:48 Good for him.
1255 01:37:50 What do you mean, good for him?What are you talking about?
1256 01:37:53 Josephina, are you aware that Dease askedthat all his art be destroyed?
1257 01:37:58 Would it have changed anything?
1258 01:38:00 Would I have destroyed them?
1259 01:38:02 No.
1260 01:38:04 He was a master.
1261 01:38:22 Oh, Jesus. Hold on, Josephina.
1262 01:38:25 Stella.
1263 01:38:26 Stella. Stella.
1264 01:38:28 Stella. God damn it.
1265 01:38:55 Have you ever felt invisible?
1266 01:39:01 Once, I built a railroad.
1267 01:39:24 Rhodora?
1268 01:39:30 Rhodora?
1269 01:39:39 Come on, Stella.Come on. Come on.
1270 01:39:41 Stella, come.
1271 01:39:43 Come on, good girl. Good girl.
1272 01:39:49 Come on, Stella! Damn it!
1273 01:39:51 Stella!
1274 01:39:52 Stella!
1275 01:40:03 Rhodora?
1276 01:40:08 Oh, my God.
1277 01:40:15 Oh, my... Oh my...
1278 01:40:17 Oh!
1279 01:40:21 No, no! No! I understand!
1280 01:40:24 I understand!
1281 01:40:31 I can't save you.
1282 01:40:36 Jesus Christ,I can't believe what just happened.
1283 01:40:40 Josephina? Hello?
1284 01:41:02 Oh.
1285 01:41:05 Where...
1286 01:41:29 Oh, fuck me!
1287 01:41:44 What?
1288 01:41:47 How?
1289 01:41:50 A storage facility?
1290 01:41:54 Well, what do they think happened?
1291 01:41:59 No. I'm not coming in.
1292 01:42:02 I gotta go.
1293 01:42:23 Pick up the phone.
1294 01:42:30 Hey. Yeah, we got it.
1295 01:42:32 No sign of the owner.
1296 01:42:35 We're taking it to Central.
1297 01:42:37 Yeah.
1298 01:43:22 That's all of it.
1299 01:43:24 Everything?
1300 01:43:25 Every image, every drawing,every postcard,
1301 01:43:28 every piece of art?
1302 01:43:30 Uh-huh.
1303 01:43:32 - Say it.- It's completely empty.
1304 01:43:35 Forty-seven pieces. We removed everything.
1305 01:43:38 Thank you.[
1306 01:44:28 - LAX. Terminal five.- Okay.
1307 01:46:10 - That's lovely.- Yeah.
1308 01:46:11 How much?
1309 01:46:13 I don't know. Five dollars.
1310 01:46:15 Yeah.
1311 01:46:20 Thank you.
1312 01:46:25 Here you go.
1313 01:46:27 - Thanks.- Take care.
