Postcards from London (2018) 1

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Subtitles by explosiveskull

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Titian was born in 1488

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and died in 1576,
living well into his eighties.

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He was the undisputed master

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of Venetian painting
for 60 years.

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And his contemporaries
alluded to him

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as the sun amidst the stars,

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which is the final line
in Dante's Paradiso.

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You can see how beautifully
he uses and applies colour,

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a characteristic of his work,

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which held him in pre-eminence
through the High Renaissance

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and arguably cast him
as the greatest painter

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in Western art.

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Erm, excuse me, sir. Erm,
you mustn't touch the paintings.

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Er, excuse me?

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Sir, are you OK?

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Erm, excuse me,
can someone help us, please?

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Pills, ecstasy, blow?
What do you want, fella?

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I'm all right, thanks.

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Looking for some company
tonight, darling?

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No, I'm looking
for a place to stay.

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Come on, handsome.
Don't be shy.

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What you doing here?

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I'm just sitting down
for a minute.

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- Why, is there a problem?
- You didn't read the sign?

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Sorry, mate, rules is rules.

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Where I come from, people are
a little bit more friendly.

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Do me a favour

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and spare me that
old chirpy Northern routine.

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- I've got work to do.
- I'm from Essex.

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Listen, wherever you're from,
you ain't from round here.

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Let me guess.

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You were brought up
in the back of beyond.

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In many ways,
it was an idyllic existence.

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Really, you were bored shitless.

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One fine day,
you had a brainwave.

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"Move to London," you said.

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"Make my fortune."

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I did say that.
I said it to my dad.

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You actually used those words?

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- Sort of, yeah.
- Fuck me. What did he say?

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If you ask me,
you're spending too much time

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on that bloody computer.

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Getting all these fancy ideas.

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No use trying to talk me
out of it, Dad.

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My mind's made up.
I'm leaving tonight.

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Tonight?

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Look, I've bought my ticket.

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Well, what about your education?

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Don't you see?
Thiswillbe my education.

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Streets of London,
full of musicians and artists.

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Piss artists, more like.
You'll meet plenty of those.

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Sometimes, as I lay in bed
at night,

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I imagine a world
beyond these four walls.

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A world full of mystery
and possibilities.

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Oh, never you mind
about mystery and possibilities.

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What are we supposed to do

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while you're busy
gallivanting around Soho

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till gawd knows what time, eh?

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- Your mum will be worried sick.
- He'll be all right.

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As long as you don't speak
to strange boys

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sleeping rough
in dark alleyways.

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And with that,
they gave me their blessing.

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Oh, fuck their blessing.
Did they give you any money?

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Of course they did.
I'm their only son.

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All right. Hand it over.

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Why should I hand it over?

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Right, this may come
as a surprise to you, yeah?

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The streets of London
ain't paved in gold.

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They're as cold as ice,

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they stink of piss,
and they're full of villains.

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So basically,
it's every man for himself.

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All right,
you've talked me into it.

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You should stay here,
strictly on a temporary basis.

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Just till I get myself sorted.

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Ten quid a night.

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You can't charge someone
ten quid

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to sleep in a cardboard box.

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Why not?

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I think you just met
your first villain.

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What the fuck am I gonna do now?

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Hang on.
I'm just getting to that.

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Right. Now, I'm as open-minded
as the next man.

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Your sexuality's
none of my business.

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If I was you...

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...I'd show my face
in that bar over there.

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Trust me, you won't be skint
for long.

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Thanks. I'll see you around.

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Yeah, sure.
That's what they all say.

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You mark my words. That bloke
ain't gonna last five minutes.

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Yes, but the thing I love
about Velázquez the most

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is the way he paints the spaces
in between objects.

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I know what you mean.

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Somehow he makes the object
become more real,

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a lot more intense.

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Yes. In the way, like,

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he illuminates
the space between them.

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The man was a genius.

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- The painter's painter.
- Hold on a minute.

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Do you see what I see?

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What are you doing here?

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I'm searching for a world full
of mystery and possibilities.

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Good. Then you've come
to the right place.

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You've heard of Velázquez?

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No, I haven't, actually.
Is he a mate of yours?

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He was the painter of twilights.

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Oh, good for him.

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- Of infinity.
- Even better.

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Of silence.

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I don't know what that means.

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You gonna tell me what you want
or do I have to guess?

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Good evening. Erm...

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I've just moved into the area
and I'm looking for a job.

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I'll wash pots, clean.
I'll do anything, really.

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Does this look like
a job centre to you?

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No, it doesn't but...

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It's a bar which serves alcohol.

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Don't tell me your life story,

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just tell me
what you want to drink.

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Sorry. I'll have a bottle
of beer, please.

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Go on, then. Ask me the question
you've been meaning to ask me

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ever since
you walked in the door.

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Why are barmaids in London
so unfriendly?

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Well, if I had a pound coin

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for every time a pretty boy

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came in here feeling sorry
for himself,

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I wouldn't be pulling pints
for a living.

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I can tell you that for nothing.

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You need to toughen up.

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- I do?
- Yeah, you do.

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You're young, you're fit.

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You have the face of an angel.

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You'll have plenty of friends
soon enough.

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I hope so.

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David.

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- Marcello.
- Jesus.

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- Victor.
- Jim.

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I think I just met you guys
outside.

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Come here often?

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Are you lot thinking
what I'm thinking?

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What are you thinking?

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I'm thinking about
a beautiful painting

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in the National Gallery.

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It's on the first floor.
You go up the stairs,

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take a sharp left
into the second room

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and it's the third one along
on the right.

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I know exactly what you mean.

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I wish I did.
Please stop doing that.

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He could have stepped out
of a Caravaggio.

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That name rings a bell.

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You ever heard
of personal space?

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I saw the vacancy in the window.

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- How old are you, Jim?
- Eighteen.

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Er... 21. I'm looking for a job.

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This is not a job.
This is a vocation.

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I'm not sure what that means.

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Excuse me for a minute
while I just run to the toilet.

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I think he's the one
we've been looking for.

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"Vocation:
A strong desire to pursue

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or a particular liking
for a special vocation."

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"Vocation:
A strong desire to pursue

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or a natural liking
for a particular vocation."

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It was great meeting you lads.

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I'll definitely think
about what you said.

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Are you trying to get me drunk?

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No disrespect,
but you're a small-town boy.

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And this is a big city.

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Don't worry about me.
I can look after myself.

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How are you gonna survive?

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Like I said, I'll find a job
and I've got my savings.

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The wallet you left on the table
looks pretty empty to me.

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Look, we've all sat
where you're sitting now.

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We understand the anxiety.

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I'm not anxious, I'm just...

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wondering what it is you lot
actually do for a living.

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Sexy Boys Raconteurs.

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Now I know what it is
you're talking about.

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With the right training,

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you could go a long way
in this business.

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I'll have to think about it.
If it's what I wanna do, I mean.

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I was hoping to find something
a little more creative.

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This is creative.

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Some of the finest actors
of their generation

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have played the role
you're about to play.

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- River Phoenix.
- Keanu Reeves.

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Joe Dallesandro.

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I need to get back in the gym.

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What is a Raconteur, by the way?

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I'll explain everything. First
I want to show you something.

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I love London. It's the best
city in the whole fucking world.

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And it belongs to us.

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It does look great tonight,
I must admit.

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All the cool people
come out at night.

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Writers, artists,
queers, whores.

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It belongs to us
and we can do whatever we want.

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That's why I came here.

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I've been dreaming of walking
these streets since I was a kid.

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And all of it could be yours.

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And forget about that
boring shit you left behind.

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Just dream about
who you wanna be.

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Come on.
Let me buy you another drink.

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What do you think is the most
difficult thing about sex?

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I dunno. What to say
to the person afterwards?

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You've hit the nail
on the head.

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Have I?

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In a society as atomised
as ours, people crave intimacy.

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And that's the service
we provide.

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What about the sex?

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The sex is the easy part.
And we enjoy it.

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But our speciality
is what comes afterwards.

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You mean smoking a cigarette?

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I mean post-coital conversation.

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I've not had
much experience in that,

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but I'm as horny
as the next man.

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Intellectual debate.
Exchange of ideas.

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That's what the world
is crying out for.

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Like, cheap hookers standing
on street corners

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are a thing of the past.

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Not where I'm from they're not.

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Our clients want to talk about
a novel they once read,

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a painting they once saw
in a gallery.

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People wanna be inspired by art.

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- They wanna be uplifted.
- I'll do it.

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I'll do some uplifting.

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I knew you were one of us
as soon as I saw you.

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First off, we need a profile.
We'll sort that tomorrow.

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And a supply of condoms.

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Who's your favourite artist?

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I saw a painting
by Caravaggio once.

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Caravaggio is a great place
to start.

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He's raw, he's sexy,
and he painted people like us.

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We work at the high end
of the market.

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Art dealers, politicians,
senior clergy.

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These people are educated,

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so you need to know your Goya
from your Gauguin,

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your Fritz Lang
from your Fassbinder.

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder,
prolific German film-maker.

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A genius, destroyed
by years of sex, drugs

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and cheap Russian vodka.

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Greatest achievement?

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Fear Eats the Soul.

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Social media
is a definite no-no.

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People wanna suck your cock.

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They don't care
what you had for breakfast.

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I'm liking the sound of this.

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Our clients are of
an older generation,

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so the less you can bang on
about technology, the better.

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Some of them will remember Soho
in its heyday.

249
00:15:48,408 --> 00:15:49,864
Bet they've got
some great stories.

250
00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:53,198
Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud,
The Colony Rooms.

251
00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:53,989
A word of warning.

252
00:15:53,991 --> 00:15:55,906
There's always gonna be
some fresh-faced kid

253
00:15:55,908 --> 00:15:57,906
trying to take your place
in the spotlight.

254
00:15:57,908 --> 00:16:01,114
Someone with a bigger dick
and a nicer smile.

255
00:16:01,116 --> 00:16:03,614
So get to bed early
on a school night

256
00:16:03,616 --> 00:16:05,948
and keep drug-taking
to a minimum.

257
00:16:05,950 --> 00:16:08,031
Am I allowed
the occasional spliff?

258
00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:09,364
Well, everything in moderation.

259
00:16:09,366 --> 00:16:12,323
But remember,
we're a bit like athletes.

260
00:16:12,325 --> 00:16:13,198
It's important we stay fit.

261
00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,948
Potentially we earn shitloads of
money and then we retire early.

262
00:16:16,950 --> 00:16:20,364
You've got five years
in this game, tops.

263
00:16:20,366 --> 00:16:22,864
Didn't realise being a rent boy
was so complicated.

264
00:16:22,866 --> 00:16:27,323
Place your hand on this packet
of condoms and repeat after me:

265
00:16:27,325 --> 00:16:31,573
"We're the oldest profession and
we take pride in what we do."

266
00:16:31,575 --> 00:16:35,781
We're the oldest profession
and we take pride in what we do.

267
00:16:35,783 --> 00:16:36,406
"Our sacred mission

268
00:16:36,408 --> 00:16:39,281
is to drag male prostitution
into the 21st century,

269
00:16:39,283 --> 00:16:43,906
whilst paying homage
to the artists who came before."

270
00:16:43,908 --> 00:16:44,489
Our sacred mission

271
00:16:44,491 --> 00:16:47,364
is to drag male prostitution
into the 21st century,

272
00:16:47,366 --> 00:16:51,406
whilst paying homage to the
artists who've gone before.

273
00:16:51,408 --> 00:16:53,825
"So help me God."

274
00:16:54,866 --> 00:16:57,325
I'm only joking.

275
00:16:57,491 --> 00:16:59,531
Welcome to Soho.

276
00:16:59,533 --> 00:17:03,114
- I do have one more question.
- Go on.

277
00:17:03,116 --> 00:17:04,864
So why are all
these successful blokes

278
00:17:04,866 --> 00:17:09,825
paying teenage prostitutes
for intellectual stimulation?

279
00:17:10,325 --> 00:17:11,489
I dunno.

280
00:17:11,491 --> 00:17:14,700
Maybe they're not getting it
at home.

281
00:17:15,408 --> 00:17:17,741
Hmm!

282
00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,281
We were normal teenagers once.

283
00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:31,364
- Obsessed by football.
- Sex.

284
00:17:31,366 --> 00:17:33,614
- Mobile phones.
- Jim. Jim, Jim, Jim.

285
00:17:33,616 --> 00:17:34,614
Hold it there for a second.

286
00:17:34,616 --> 00:17:37,031
- But something was missing.
- We craved the big city.

287
00:17:37,033 --> 00:17:40,198
- The bright lights.
- There were five of us once.

288
00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,031
What happened
to the previous lad?

289
00:17:42,033 --> 00:17:43,989
Hold it there for a second.

290
00:17:43,991 --> 00:17:46,698
He was beautiful
but he met a terrible fate.

291
00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:48,406
Oh, I'm sorry. What happened?
Did he die?

292
00:17:48,408 --> 00:17:51,281
It's worse than that.
He went to work in the City.

293
00:17:51,283 --> 00:17:52,989
Hold it there, Jim. Perfect.

294
00:17:52,991 --> 00:17:57,781
All he cared about was money.
And his politics were... dodgy.

295
00:17:57,783 --> 00:18:00,073
Well, beauty can't last forever,
can it?

296
00:18:00,075 --> 00:18:01,031
Tell that to Cleopatra.

297
00:18:01,033 --> 00:18:03,406
From what I've read,
Cleopatra was really fit.

298
00:18:03,408 --> 00:18:04,698
Hold it, Jim.

299
00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:08,156
Actually, according
to the latest academic reports,

300
00:18:08,158 --> 00:18:09,156
Cleopatra was a minger.

301
00:18:09,158 --> 00:18:12,323
Liz Taylor's 1963 performance
notwithstanding.

302
00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:14,781
Listen, Cleopatra
was no oil painting.

303
00:18:14,783 --> 00:18:17,656
She knew how to play
those rumours.

304
00:18:17,658 --> 00:18:19,698
Caesar preferred boys.

305
00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:20,989
How do you know all of this?

306
00:18:20,991 --> 00:18:22,864
While the rest of our generation

307
00:18:22,866 --> 00:18:25,114
was shoving drugs
down their neck,

308
00:18:25,116 --> 00:18:25,823
we were reading books.

309
00:18:25,825 --> 00:18:28,531
OK, Jim, it's time
to show me the money.

310
00:18:28,533 --> 00:18:30,531
The... money?
I though we agreed...

311
00:18:30,533 --> 00:18:32,031
The money means your cock.

312
00:18:32,033 --> 00:18:35,323
- Oh.
- I need a picture of your cock.

313
00:18:35,325 --> 00:18:38,700
Yeah, no worries.

314
00:18:45,408 --> 00:18:47,031
Is everything OK?

315
00:18:47,033 --> 00:18:50,116
Everything's more than OK.

316
00:18:53,575 --> 00:18:53,864
Wow.

317
00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,656
I've worked with
some handsome blokes in my time

318
00:18:56,658 --> 00:18:59,948
but this kid...
this kid is something special.

319
00:18:59,950 --> 00:19:02,700
I mean, the camera loves him.

320
00:19:06,533 --> 00:19:08,739
We will teach you
everything that we know.

321
00:19:08,741 --> 00:19:10,281
Yeah,
but where do we start?

322
00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:12,906
Given me a headache
just thinking about it.

323
00:19:12,908 --> 00:19:14,573
We'll start with Caravaggio,

324
00:19:14,575 --> 00:19:17,031
then work our way back
to the ancients.

325
00:19:17,033 --> 00:19:18,239
Art, poetry, literature.

326
00:19:18,241 --> 00:19:20,406
There's a lot to learn
and we don't have much time.

327
00:19:20,408 --> 00:19:22,573
Yeah, but for now
we'll stick to the basics.

328
00:19:22,575 --> 00:19:24,739
To be honest,
that's the part of the job

329
00:19:24,741 --> 00:19:26,073
that worries me the most.

330
00:19:26,075 --> 00:19:27,364
I've had some trouble
in the past.

331
00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:31,531
Forget about the past.
You're one of us now.

332
00:19:31,533 --> 00:19:35,075
And I've got a good feeling
about you.

333
00:19:40,325 --> 00:19:43,031
"Police records
show that in May 1606,

334
00:19:43,033 --> 00:19:47,198
Caravaggio killed the gangster
Ranuccio Tomassoni in a duel."

335
00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,323
"The painter fled Rome at night
and made his way to Naples,

336
00:19:51,325 --> 00:19:56,033
where he sought the protection
of the Colonna family."

337
00:20:07,950 --> 00:20:11,114
"On a grey morning
in November 1975,

338
00:20:11,116 --> 00:20:14,489
the cold, lifeless body
of Pier Paolo Pasolini

339
00:20:14,491 --> 00:20:19,073
was discovered on the beach
at Ostia, outside Rome."

340
00:20:19,075 --> 00:20:22,531
"The poet had been murdered,
so we lost a poet..."

341
00:20:22,533 --> 00:20:25,406
"As he walked along the shore
that night,

342
00:20:25,408 --> 00:20:27,531
looking for the company
of strangers,

343
00:20:27,533 --> 00:20:31,073
did Pasolini ponder
the violent life of Caravaggio?"

344
00:20:31,075 --> 00:20:34,906
"Did he imagine young men
lurking in the shadows..."

345
00:20:34,908 --> 00:20:38,239
"As a student, Oscar Wilde
saw the great painting

346
00:20:38,241 --> 00:20:40,406
of Saint Sebastian
by Guido Reni."

347
00:20:40,408 --> 00:20:43,239
"The beautiful image
overwhelmed him."

348
00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:45,323
"It brought tears
to his eyes..."

349
00:20:45,325 --> 00:20:47,406
"Did this Irish Sebastian

350
00:20:47,408 --> 00:20:50,073
imagine Caravaggio
in the alleyways of Rome,

351
00:20:50,075 --> 00:20:53,573
searching for the beggars
and prostitutes

352
00:20:53,575 --> 00:20:56,906
to people
his religious painting?"

353
00:20:56,908 --> 00:20:58,489
"Perhaps...

354
00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:01,823
...perhaps he imagined himself
as a beautiful work of art..."

355
00:21:01,825 --> 00:21:04,573
"Legend has it
that Francis Bacon

356
00:21:04,575 --> 00:21:06,114
and George Dyer became lovers

357
00:21:06,116 --> 00:21:09,948
after George,
a petty thief from the East End,

358
00:21:09,950 --> 00:21:15,116
broke into Bacon's studio
in the dead of night."

359
00:21:54,533 --> 00:21:55,198
You sure you're ready?

360
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,323
I can't study for ever. I need
to get out there and practise.

361
00:21:58,325 --> 00:22:01,364
- Go on, ask me a question.
- OK.

362
00:22:01,366 --> 00:22:02,573
So a bloke calls up

363
00:22:02,575 --> 00:22:05,406
and says Caravaggio gives
him a massive hard-on.

364
00:22:05,408 --> 00:22:06,198
But he likes it a bit rough,

365
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,906
so he's not so keen on all those
pretty boys he painted in Rome

366
00:22:09,908 --> 00:22:11,323
at the beginning of his career.

367
00:22:11,325 --> 00:22:16,700
He wants something...
darker, more edgy.

368
00:22:17,533 --> 00:22:18,239
After a couple of drinks,

369
00:22:18,241 --> 00:22:21,573
I'd probably introduce him
to the Flagellation of Christ,

370
00:22:21,575 --> 00:22:22,614
painted in Naples, 1607.

371
00:22:22,616 --> 00:22:24,989
Caravaggio's on the run
after committing murder.

372
00:22:24,991 --> 00:22:27,406
He's tired, he's sick,
he's a bit paranoid.

373
00:22:27,408 --> 00:22:29,031
I like where you're going
with this.

374
00:22:29,033 --> 00:22:31,739
It's the perfect example
of his late period.

375
00:22:31,741 --> 00:22:32,489
The lighting is dramatic.

376
00:22:32,491 --> 00:22:34,906
Christ's tortured body
is lit in a singular spotlight.

377
00:22:34,908 --> 00:22:39,448
The other muscular figures
appear from deep, dark shadows.

378
00:22:39,450 --> 00:22:41,698
Good work.

379
00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:43,616
I'm impressed.

380
00:22:43,825 --> 00:22:45,489
Thanks.

381
00:22:45,491 --> 00:22:48,031
I bet there are a number
of distinguished gentlemen

382
00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:50,614
struggling to get through
even as we speak.

383
00:22:50,616 --> 00:22:55,241
- You think so?
- I know so.

384
00:23:07,991 --> 00:23:10,989
Hello? I moved to London.

385
00:23:10,991 --> 00:23:13,364
I saw you
in a photograph.

386
00:23:13,366 --> 00:23:15,156
I've never done this before.

387
00:23:15,158 --> 00:23:17,156
"Fit Lad with Basket of Fruit."

388
00:23:17,158 --> 00:23:18,239
I can be with you tonight.

389
00:23:18,241 --> 00:23:21,573
- I called you straight away.
- Anything is possible.

390
00:23:21,575 --> 00:23:25,531
- I couldn't wait any longer.
- If you have the money.

391
00:23:25,533 --> 00:23:26,948
I want you...

392
00:23:26,950 --> 00:23:29,450
Nothing is a problem.

393
00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:32,408
...so badly.

394
00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:41,073
Sorry, I can't stop staring
at you.

395
00:23:41,075 --> 00:23:44,948
- I'm making you uncomfortable.
- Little bit, yeah.

396
00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:47,156
As I was saying,
do you prefer Goya or Gauguin?

397
00:23:47,158 --> 00:23:50,489
- Fritz Lang or Fassbinder?
- You've completely lost me.

398
00:23:50,491 --> 00:23:54,448
I'm just trying to figure out
which kind of things you prefer.

399
00:23:54,450 --> 00:23:55,489
Are you on drugs?

400
00:23:55,491 --> 00:23:58,406
I don't do drugs.
My body's a temple.

401
00:23:58,408 --> 00:23:59,781
Oh, I can see that.

402
00:23:59,783 --> 00:24:02,489
But, please, just try
and relax a little bit.

403
00:24:02,491 --> 00:24:03,406
You seem very tense.

404
00:24:03,408 --> 00:24:08,823
Sorry. You're my first client
and it's hard to relax in here.

405
00:24:08,825 --> 00:24:11,406
My mates tell me you're writing
a book on Caravaggio.

406
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:15,739
Yes. And I saw that
you had an interest.

407
00:24:15,741 --> 00:24:19,698
But that's not the only reason
I invited you out, Jim.

408
00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:22,406
And please don't feel you need
to keep talking for my sake.

409
00:24:22,408 --> 00:24:28,573
I'm a Raconteur. Talking's
what I do. Amongst other things.

410
00:24:28,575 --> 00:24:32,656
I appreciate the irony,
I really do.

411
00:24:32,658 --> 00:24:36,033
But I saw your picture and...

412
00:24:36,950 --> 00:24:39,823
...you are probably one of
the most beautiful men

413
00:24:39,825 --> 00:24:41,864
I have ever seen.

414
00:24:41,866 --> 00:24:44,116
Thanks very much.

415
00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:45,448
When I first saw your picture

416
00:24:45,450 --> 00:24:50,406
I... was reminded of
a young man in a painting and...

417
00:24:50,408 --> 00:24:53,531
- I wanted to show it to you.
- Don't tell me.

418
00:24:53,533 --> 00:24:56,156
It's on the first floor,
up the stairs,

419
00:24:56,158 --> 00:24:57,531
sharp left into the second room,

420
00:24:57,533 --> 00:25:02,823
- and it's the third one along.
- Amazing.

421
00:25:02,825 --> 00:25:04,198
How did you know?

422
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,741
Actually, it's right here.
Take a look.

423
00:25:19,575 --> 00:25:21,448
Are you OK, Jim?

424
00:25:21,450 --> 00:25:23,656
Jim, can you hear me?

425
00:25:23,658 --> 00:25:26,991
Perfect young lad who...

426
00:25:35,950 --> 00:25:38,698
Perfect young lad
who moved to Rome.

427
00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:41,114
Perfect young lad
who moved to Rome.

428
00:25:41,116 --> 00:25:41,989
He's delirious.

429
00:25:41,991 --> 00:25:44,531
Do you think he even knows
which century he's in?

430
00:25:44,533 --> 00:25:46,614
Probably not.
It was a heavy fall.

431
00:25:46,616 --> 00:25:49,156
- Where the fuck am I?
- Show some respect.

432
00:25:49,158 --> 00:25:51,531
We're posing for
a 17th-century masterpiece.

433
00:25:51,533 --> 00:25:54,989
Yeah. Destined to hang
in the Vatican, apparently.

434
00:25:54,991 --> 00:25:56,906
The Entombment of Christ,

435
00:25:56,908 --> 00:25:59,323
painted by Caravaggio in 1601.

436
00:25:59,325 --> 00:26:02,698
Considered by many
to be the finest example of...

437
00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:06,823
Oh, not now, George.
Isn't he supposed to be dead?

438
00:26:06,825 --> 00:26:09,281
I knew I should never
have let him out of my sight.

439
00:26:09,283 --> 00:26:12,864
Don't worry, Mum. I've met
some really interesting people.

440
00:26:12,866 --> 00:26:14,906
Won't be long now
till I'm resurrected.

441
00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:17,031
The resurrection
will look after itself.

442
00:26:17,033 --> 00:26:18,948
Just tell me how
your first job went.

443
00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:22,698
The sex was great.
The problems came after.

444
00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:25,989
I think I'm too serious.
I need to lighten up.

445
00:26:25,991 --> 00:26:27,906
That's right. He does.

446
00:26:27,908 --> 00:26:29,781
I offered to pay him
but he was having none of it.

447
00:26:29,783 --> 00:26:35,325
That's not a great start, is it?
You think we do this for fun?

448
00:26:37,616 --> 00:26:39,573
Where's Caravaggio, by the way?

449
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,073
Well, there's nobody out there.

450
00:26:42,075 --> 00:26:45,031
- Are you sure?
- Yeah, I'm sure.

451
00:26:45,033 --> 00:26:49,491
Maybe he's on the run.

452
00:27:03,366 --> 00:27:07,614
Was Caravaggio such a bad boy
or was half of it just made up?

453
00:27:07,616 --> 00:27:11,156
That's the beauty of it,
I suppose.

454
00:27:11,158 --> 00:27:13,325
We'll never really know.

455
00:27:13,908 --> 00:27:14,989
One part is true.

456
00:27:14,991 --> 00:27:18,989
We know he killed someone
in a duel.

457
00:27:18,991 --> 00:27:23,908
But parts of his life
are legend, I suspect.

458
00:27:25,825 --> 00:27:28,239
He's a fascinating character.

459
00:27:28,241 --> 00:27:30,156
And a great self-publicist.

460
00:27:30,158 --> 00:27:34,531
Just not the kind of man you
want to meet in a dark alley.

461
00:27:34,533 --> 00:27:39,241
That's exactly
where I'd like to meet him.

462
00:28:45,533 --> 00:28:48,448
You remind me
of someone I once knew.

463
00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:54,075
He's gone now.

464
00:28:57,950 --> 00:28:59,783
Do you miss him?

465
00:29:01,158 --> 00:29:03,241
I miss him terribly.

466
00:29:05,116 --> 00:29:06,948
He last wrote to me from Italy.

467
00:29:06,950 --> 00:29:10,698
He described a painting.
Beautiful.

468
00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:14,075
A painting that he saw
in a church.

469
00:29:14,491 --> 00:29:16,364
I never saw it.

470
00:29:16,366 --> 00:29:19,783
Except as a reproduction
in a book.

471
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,033
I never saw him again either.

472
00:29:26,408 --> 00:29:29,239
Why so sad all of a sudden?

473
00:29:29,241 --> 00:29:33,158
I'm not sad.
Just thinking, is all.

474
00:29:36,116 --> 00:29:39,533
I wish you could see
that painting.

475
00:29:40,033 --> 00:29:42,989
I wish we could see it together.

476
00:29:42,991 --> 00:29:45,866
Don't be so serious.

477
00:29:50,241 --> 00:29:54,033
Enjoy your time
in the spotlight.

478
00:29:56,158 --> 00:29:58,700
I'll try.

479
00:30:24,158 --> 00:30:26,656
I don't think I can do
this job any more.

480
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,406
I think I'm too sensitive.

481
00:30:28,408 --> 00:30:28,906
It's early days.

482
00:30:28,908 --> 00:30:31,864
And part of what we do is listen
to other people's problems.

483
00:30:31,866 --> 00:30:32,906
It comes with the territory.

484
00:30:32,908 --> 00:30:35,864
But I take their problems
home with me at night.

485
00:30:35,866 --> 00:30:36,656
It's affecting my studies.

486
00:30:36,658 --> 00:30:39,531
Lie back and think of England.
This is what I do.

487
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:40,823
Shouldn't you think of Spain?

488
00:30:40,825 --> 00:30:42,906
Try not to get
emotionally involved.

489
00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:43,906
I wanna be emotionally involved.

490
00:30:43,908 --> 00:30:46,448
I see a lot of loneliness
out there, a lot of sadness.

491
00:30:46,450 --> 00:30:49,948
This is London. Everyone's
lonely to a certain extent.

492
00:30:49,950 --> 00:30:52,698
That's why we need
to stick together.

493
00:30:55,033 --> 00:30:57,406
Hello?

494
00:30:57,408 --> 00:30:58,614
Yeah.

495
00:30:58,616 --> 00:30:59,781
Saint Sebastian?

496
00:30:59,783 --> 00:31:03,116
Painted by Guido Reni in 1625.

497
00:31:03,533 --> 00:31:07,366
Yeah, no worries.
Be there as soon as I can.

498
00:31:08,325 --> 00:31:08,823
Just remember,

499
00:31:08,825 --> 00:31:13,325
you're a sex worker,
not a miracle worker.

500
00:31:14,158 --> 00:31:16,489
I'm a sex worker,
not a miracle worker.

501
00:31:16,491 --> 00:31:18,239
I'm a sex worker,
not a miracle worker.

502
00:31:18,241 --> 00:31:21,698
I'm a sex worker,
not a miracle worker.

503
00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:25,281
Ahh! Saint Sebastian,

504
00:31:25,283 --> 00:31:26,864
the most beautiful
of all the saints.

505
00:31:26,866 --> 00:31:30,489
Now, my own research suggests
that this particular saint

506
00:31:30,491 --> 00:31:33,198
was a middle-aged captain
of the Praetorian Guard,

507
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,531
but erm... let's not spoil
the party.

508
00:31:36,533 --> 00:31:39,656
This is your last chance
to save your skin.

509
00:31:39,658 --> 00:31:41,906
Do you renounce
the Catholic faith?

510
00:31:41,908 --> 00:31:45,406
I'll do whatever you want.
It's your money.

511
00:31:45,408 --> 00:31:48,489
Christian martyrs aren't in it
for the money.

512
00:31:48,491 --> 00:31:49,198
Have some self-respect.

513
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,531
Be careful where you point
that arrow, Tony.

514
00:31:51,533 --> 00:31:54,448
I'm not wearing any...
protection.

515
00:31:54,450 --> 00:31:55,781
I'm paying £100 for you

516
00:31:55,783 --> 00:31:59,198
to transport me back
to the glories of ancient Rome.

517
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,781
You could at least
call me Diocletian.

518
00:32:04,783 --> 00:32:07,614
Ah, good evening, gentlemen.
How are you both doing today?

519
00:32:07,616 --> 00:32:10,031
- Perfectly fine, thank you.
- Glad to hear it.

520
00:32:10,033 --> 00:32:13,698
Right, I've got two
cheeseburgers with extra bacon,

521
00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:14,364
two portions of fries,

522
00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:16,323
a cheap bottle of red wine
and a bowl of fruit

523
00:32:16,325 --> 00:32:19,573
arranged in the style of a
17th-century Italian still life.

524
00:32:19,575 --> 00:32:21,364
Now, anything else
I can get for you?

525
00:32:21,366 --> 00:32:24,406
It's very kind of you,
but no, thank you.

526
00:32:25,408 --> 00:32:28,364
You gentlemen haven't
been smoking in here, have you?

527
00:32:28,366 --> 00:32:30,364
It's strictly against
company policy.

528
00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:32,448
Certainly not.
It's a disgusting habit.

529
00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:34,989
And now, sadly,
I must bid you good night.

530
00:32:34,991 --> 00:32:38,156
Sir, I can definitely smell
cigarette smoke in this room.

531
00:32:38,158 --> 00:32:41,406
Young man, we have
urgent business to attend to

532
00:32:41,408 --> 00:32:42,323
and you are clearly delusional!

533
00:32:42,325 --> 00:32:46,200
But, sir, I may have
to report you to my superiors!

534
00:32:48,075 --> 00:32:49,739
As I was saying,

535
00:32:49,741 --> 00:32:53,073
the year is 288...

536
00:32:53,075 --> 00:32:56,198
and the greatest empire
the world has ever known

537
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,364
is on the brink of collapse.

538
00:32:57,366 --> 00:32:58,906
- To the north...
- I'm not being funny...

539
00:32:58,908 --> 00:33:03,073
To the north... the Germanic
tribes are restless.

540
00:33:03,075 --> 00:33:05,781
To the east,
the Huns are on the march.

541
00:33:05,783 --> 00:33:08,156
I'm not being funny,
but in the painting,

542
00:33:08,158 --> 00:33:11,073
Saint Sebastian
was a good-looking bloke.

543
00:33:11,075 --> 00:33:14,281
Oh... I give up.

544
00:33:14,283 --> 00:33:16,698
I thought we were here
to recreate

545
00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:17,781
a 17th-century masterpiece.

546
00:33:17,783 --> 00:33:19,906
No, we are,
and I'm having a great time.

547
00:33:19,908 --> 00:33:23,781
It's just... I've been thinking
of antiquity, is all.

548
00:33:23,783 --> 00:33:27,239
You Raconteurs do too much
thinking for my liking.

549
00:33:27,241 --> 00:33:31,031
Thinking's what we do,
amongst other things.

550
00:33:31,033 --> 00:33:32,739
Get to the point.

551
00:33:32,741 --> 00:33:34,448
The barbarians are at the gates.

552
00:33:34,450 --> 00:33:38,114
My point is you've got him...
you've got me.

553
00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:39,573
I mean, held captive in a room.

554
00:33:39,575 --> 00:33:42,489
Why re-enact his death
when you can just fuck him,

555
00:33:42,491 --> 00:33:46,156
and we can both enjoy
some post-coital conversation?

556
00:33:46,158 --> 00:33:49,781
First of all, I don't appreciate
the crude language.

557
00:33:49,783 --> 00:33:50,989
And, second, what I do

558
00:33:50,991 --> 00:33:54,614
in the privacy of a cheap hotel
room with a Catholic saint

559
00:33:54,616 --> 00:33:56,698
is my concern and not yours.

560
00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,448
Sorry.
I've done it again.

561
00:33:59,450 --> 00:34:00,906
I've spoilt the vibe.
You carry on.

562
00:34:00,908 --> 00:34:04,864
My dear boy, do you even know
the story of Saint Sebastian?

563
00:34:04,866 --> 00:34:07,323
I know he died a slow
and painful death

564
00:34:07,325 --> 00:34:08,364
at the hand of the Romans.

565
00:34:08,366 --> 00:34:10,073
And he was the world's first
male pin-up.

566
00:34:10,075 --> 00:34:13,489
Sebastian died
for the glory

567
00:34:13,491 --> 00:34:14,281
of our Lord Jesus Christ.

568
00:34:14,283 --> 00:34:18,073
Even a cursory glance at
Wikipedia could tell you that.

569
00:34:18,075 --> 00:34:22,989
The fact that he had a fit body
is completely beside the point.

570
00:34:22,991 --> 00:34:25,156
Having a fit body
is never beside the point.

571
00:34:25,158 --> 00:34:28,906
You know how much
a gym membership costs nowadays?

572
00:34:28,908 --> 00:34:33,200
Frankly, I neither know
nor care.

573
00:34:33,575 --> 00:34:36,450
Give us a drag, will you?

574
00:34:42,575 --> 00:34:46,198
Despite your
undoubted beauty,

575
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,906
I have a sneaking suspicion

576
00:34:47,908 --> 00:34:51,450
I'm going to come away
from this encounter...

577
00:34:51,866 --> 00:34:53,531
somewhat deflated.

578
00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:21,739
People go crazy
for Sebastian, don't they?

579
00:35:21,741 --> 00:35:24,698
I mean, if he was alive today,
he would make a killing.

580
00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:29,739
If Sebastian was alive today,
we'd all be out of a job.

581
00:35:29,741 --> 00:35:31,781
He wanted me to talk dirty
to him in Latin,

582
00:35:31,783 --> 00:35:33,781
but I didn't have time
to practise.

583
00:35:33,783 --> 00:35:34,989
Was he a priest, do you think?

584
00:35:34,991 --> 00:35:38,989
In my experience, priests tend
to avoid classical iconography.

585
00:35:38,991 --> 00:35:41,364
They prefer things
more down and dirty.

586
00:35:41,366 --> 00:35:44,239
Tony just has a fetish
for boys of antiquity.

587
00:35:44,241 --> 00:35:44,781
On our next date,

588
00:35:44,783 --> 00:35:47,031
we're gonna recreate
the bath scene fromSpartacus.

589
00:35:47,033 --> 00:35:50,573
You need to charge extra
for that shit.

590
00:35:50,575 --> 00:35:52,658
Did you get the money?

591
00:35:52,991 --> 00:35:56,031
I took it. Then I gave it back.

592
00:35:56,033 --> 00:35:58,448
You took it,
then you gave it back?

593
00:35:58,450 --> 00:36:00,198
I felt bad for him.
His life's a mess.

594
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,739
Your life's gonna be a mess
if you keep working for free.

595
00:36:03,741 --> 00:36:05,906
I am skint, to be honest.

596
00:36:05,908 --> 00:36:07,114
Listen, I think it's about time

597
00:36:07,116 --> 00:36:10,614
we introduced you
to a proper artist.

598
00:36:10,616 --> 00:36:12,198
One who's not dead.

599
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,156
I'm well up for that.

600
00:36:13,158 --> 00:36:15,156
I've got a friend
who wants to meet you.

601
00:36:15,158 --> 00:36:16,948
He's been pestering me
for weeks.

602
00:36:16,950 --> 00:36:22,950
He's... He's super talented, but
he's hit a bit of a dry patch.

603
00:36:23,450 --> 00:36:25,950
I'm ready, let's go.

604
00:36:26,158 --> 00:36:27,739
It's two o'clock
in the morning.

605
00:36:27,741 --> 00:36:30,281
Come on.
Where's your sense of adventure?

606
00:36:30,283 --> 00:36:32,281
- Huh?
- All right, fuck it.

607
00:36:32,283 --> 00:36:34,616
Let's do it.

608
00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:47,698
Max, meet Jim. Jim's obsessed
with becoming a muse.

609
00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:49,948
I'm modelling myself
on George Dyer.

610
00:36:49,950 --> 00:36:51,781
Without the tragic ending,
I hope.

611
00:36:51,783 --> 00:36:55,489
Jim, where have you been
all my life?

612
00:36:55,491 --> 00:36:58,239
What I love about George
is that he inspired

613
00:36:58,241 --> 00:36:59,989
some of the greatest art
of the 20th century,

614
00:36:59,991 --> 00:37:02,114
but he could still
mash it up at the pub

615
00:37:02,116 --> 00:37:05,033
with his mates
on a Saturday night.

616
00:37:05,616 --> 00:37:08,073
Shame he was a manic depressive.

617
00:37:08,075 --> 00:37:10,864
Living with Francis Bacon
was no bed of roses,

618
00:37:10,866 --> 00:37:12,448
I can tell you that.

619
00:37:12,450 --> 00:37:14,406
I've read about you in a book.

620
00:37:14,408 --> 00:37:16,114
British Portraiture
and Introspectives.

621
00:37:16,116 --> 00:37:20,031
I'm told that every phone box
within a mile of Soho

622
00:37:20,033 --> 00:37:23,906
has become a shrine
to your beauty.

623
00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:26,366
Something like that, yeah.

624
00:37:42,908 --> 00:37:45,698
Go easy. He's not as tough
as we originally thought.

625
00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:48,906
What took you so long?
I've been begging you for weeks.

626
00:37:48,908 --> 00:37:51,073
I told you. He wasn't ready.

627
00:37:51,075 --> 00:37:53,198
This kid could be
the greatest thing

628
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,156
that's happened to me in years.

629
00:37:54,158 --> 00:37:56,406
I've got a major retrospective
coming up.

630
00:37:56,408 --> 00:37:58,281
- I need new material.
- I know.

631
00:37:58,283 --> 00:38:00,114
I know. I'm just saying
he's sensitive.

632
00:38:00,116 --> 00:38:02,573
- That's all.
- You and me go back a long way.

633
00:38:02,575 --> 00:38:04,448
- I painted you once, remember?
- I remember.

634
00:38:04,450 --> 00:38:07,156
I'm hanging
in a gallery somewhere. It's...

635
00:38:07,158 --> 00:38:08,073
I've been stale for years

636
00:38:08,075 --> 00:38:10,656
and you were too polite
to tell me the truth.

637
00:38:10,658 --> 00:38:12,073
It's been hard. I get it.

638
00:38:12,075 --> 00:38:14,489
And muses are thin
on the ground these days.

639
00:38:14,491 --> 00:38:18,906
Just... break him in gently.
Please.

640
00:38:18,908 --> 00:38:20,114
If he wants to be a muse

641
00:38:20,116 --> 00:38:23,323
he'll have to put the work in,
simple as that.

642
00:38:23,325 --> 00:38:25,823
Because when it comes
to the male form,

643
00:38:25,825 --> 00:38:28,783
I am an incurable romantic.

644
00:38:29,741 --> 00:38:31,739
If being a muse was easy,
every Tom...

645
00:38:31,741 --> 00:38:35,281
- Tom, Dick and Harry, yes.
- Don't take the piss.

646
00:38:35,283 --> 00:38:36,489
Just give me six months
with him.

647
00:38:36,491 --> 00:38:39,156
Six months?
How much are you paying him?

648
00:38:39,158 --> 00:38:42,239
How much does he get
for the other stuff?

649
00:38:43,158 --> 00:38:46,406
How much? Jesus Christ,
I'm in the wrong game.

650
00:38:46,408 --> 00:38:49,448
I used to be quite a looker
in my time, you know.

651
00:38:49,450 --> 00:38:52,033
Well, everyone said it.

652
00:38:54,616 --> 00:38:56,614
Do you believe in fate, Jim?

653
00:38:56,616 --> 00:38:57,531
I do, actually, yeah.

654
00:38:57,533 --> 00:39:00,406
Then it's fate
that has brought us together.

655
00:39:00,408 --> 00:39:05,448
I'll expect you every day
at 8pm sharp, except Sunday.

656
00:39:05,450 --> 00:39:06,948
We'll work through the night.

657
00:39:06,950 --> 00:39:09,114
I won't tolerate
any bad timekeeping.

658
00:39:09,116 --> 00:39:10,281
Yes, sir.

659
00:39:10,283 --> 00:39:12,698
Beauty will only get you so far
in this business.

660
00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:16,406
You have to dedicate yourself.
You have to concentrate.

661
00:39:16,408 --> 00:39:17,864
I wanna do this, Max,
I really do.

662
00:39:17,866 --> 00:39:21,448
I'm going to request
that you do not move,

663
00:39:21,450 --> 00:39:22,531
that you do not speak.

664
00:39:22,533 --> 00:39:25,614
After we finish
you can talk all you like.

665
00:39:25,616 --> 00:39:27,864
I'm tired of talking,
to tell you the truth.

666
00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:30,281
Talking just gets me
into trouble.

667
00:39:30,283 --> 00:39:30,948
Good.

668
00:39:30,950 --> 00:39:33,575
Let's get down to work, then.

669
00:40:16,991 --> 00:40:18,781
I particularly like
the tension

670
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:25,073
between the beauty of the image
and the violence of the pose.

671
00:40:25,075 --> 00:40:28,156
The taut muscles,
the clenched fists.

672
00:40:28,158 --> 00:40:31,531
The thickness of the paint,
the bold strokes.

673
00:40:31,533 --> 00:40:35,281
I can't believe I've finally
made it onto a canvas.

674
00:40:35,283 --> 00:40:37,114
And this is just the beginning.

675
00:40:37,116 --> 00:40:39,864
I imagine a whole series
of paintings,

676
00:40:39,866 --> 00:40:41,281
exploring every facet of...

677
00:40:41,283 --> 00:40:43,950
All you all right?

678
00:40:44,450 --> 00:40:44,948
Yeah.

679
00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:47,781
Yeah, no, I just... I've been
sat in here for months.

680
00:40:47,783 --> 00:40:49,864
I need to get some fresh air,
that's all.

681
00:40:49,866 --> 00:40:53,991
I wish
I had your problems.

682
00:41:27,950 --> 00:41:30,156
What happened to you?
You look like shit, mate.

683
00:41:30,158 --> 00:41:34,364
It's nice to see you, too. I've
been working a lot, that's all.

684
00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:35,573
What, you call that work?

685
00:41:35,575 --> 00:41:38,948
Sitting on your arse all day
and getting paid for it?

686
00:41:38,950 --> 00:41:40,906
You did all right for yourself
in the end.

687
00:41:40,908 --> 00:41:43,614
And you can say it was me
who discovered you.

688
00:41:43,616 --> 00:41:44,989
What are you talking about?

689
00:41:44,991 --> 00:41:48,448
I was the one who brought you to
that bar that night, remember?

690
00:41:48,450 --> 00:41:51,948
It was me who took you
under my wing, so to speak,

691
00:41:51,950 --> 00:41:54,323
on the path to fame and fortune.

692
00:41:54,325 --> 00:41:54,864
Hang on a minute.

693
00:41:54,866 --> 00:41:57,739
Weren't you the one who tried
to charge me ten quid a night

694
00:41:57,741 --> 00:41:59,906
- to sleep in a cardboard box?
- Listen.

695
00:41:59,908 --> 00:42:02,948
Why are all rent boys
so cynical these days?

696
00:42:02,950 --> 00:42:05,239
I'm not a rent boy, I'm a muse.

697
00:42:05,241 --> 00:42:05,698
Exactly!

698
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:06,656
And muse ain't the type of job

699
00:42:06,658 --> 00:42:08,906
you see advertised
in the job centre, is it?

700
00:42:08,908 --> 00:42:12,741
Being in the right place
at the right time.

701
00:42:13,616 --> 00:42:14,114
You know what?

702
00:42:14,116 --> 00:42:17,073
I think I'm beginning to see
what all the fuss is about.

703
00:42:17,075 --> 00:42:19,239
Stop touching my face.

704
00:42:19,241 --> 00:42:20,364
Oh, you reckon cos I'm homeless,

705
00:42:20,366 --> 00:42:24,616
I can't appreciate
good bone structure?

706
00:42:25,866 --> 00:42:31,698
Listen, mate, are you all right?
You're acting well weird.

707
00:42:38,075 --> 00:42:39,073
Fuck me.

708
00:42:39,075 --> 00:42:41,700
Youaretired.

709
00:43:39,658 --> 00:43:40,531
What's going on?

710
00:43:40,533 --> 00:43:43,114
I was about to ask you
the same question.

711
00:43:43,116 --> 00:43:43,781
We're worried about you.

712
00:43:43,783 --> 00:43:46,031
I'm worried too. I don't know
what's wrong with me.

713
00:43:46,033 --> 00:43:47,448
Being sensitive
is all well and good,

714
00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:49,364
but you can't be fainting
every five minutes.

715
00:43:49,366 --> 00:43:51,906
- It makes people nervous.
- The sex I can deal with.

716
00:43:51,908 --> 00:43:55,114
- It's the art that fucks me up.
- Tell us what's been happening.

717
00:43:55,116 --> 00:43:58,614
Go from the beginning,
before you met us, I mean.

718
00:44:00,283 --> 00:44:01,656
OK.

719
00:44:01,658 --> 00:44:03,864
Er...

720
00:44:03,866 --> 00:44:04,823
It was my last year at school

721
00:44:04,825 --> 00:44:07,114
and all I could think about
was moving to London.

722
00:44:07,116 --> 00:44:09,948
But I had a thing for my
art teacher. And I'd do anything

723
00:44:09,950 --> 00:44:11,864
- to catch a glimpse of him.
- You had it bad.

724
00:44:11,866 --> 00:44:14,281
Really bad. I've got a thing
for educated people

725
00:44:14,283 --> 00:44:18,364
and this bloke had practically
swallowed a dictionary.

726
00:44:18,366 --> 00:44:21,948
Late one night, he lured me into
the corner of the library,

727
00:44:21,950 --> 00:44:24,614
and showed me
some disturbing images.

728
00:44:24,616 --> 00:44:26,031
- What? Porn?
- No.

729
00:44:26,033 --> 00:44:29,448
It was art, but like nothing
I'd ever seen before.

730
00:44:29,450 --> 00:44:30,198
Now I know it was Baroque,

731
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,364
but back then, I didn't know
what the fuck was going on.

732
00:44:33,366 --> 00:44:34,031
Don't get me wrong,

733
00:44:34,033 --> 00:44:36,406
the naked bodies were a turn-on,
it's just...

734
00:44:36,408 --> 00:44:37,406
Did he ever touch you?

735
00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:40,781
No. He just stared at me
for hours.

736
00:44:40,783 --> 00:44:42,239
He objectified you.

737
00:44:42,241 --> 00:44:44,531
I was proper objectified, yeah.

738
00:44:44,533 --> 00:44:46,406
But that was when
it got more serious

739
00:44:46,408 --> 00:44:47,948
and we started going
to galleries,

740
00:44:47,950 --> 00:44:50,281
and whilst I stared
at the paintings,

741
00:44:50,283 --> 00:44:50,948
he'd be staring at me.

742
00:44:50,950 --> 00:44:54,364
Did you tell the police?
Social services?

743
00:44:54,366 --> 00:44:57,948
No, I secretly enjoyed
the attention.

744
00:44:57,950 --> 00:45:00,239
But that's when
I started to get sick.

745
00:45:00,241 --> 00:45:01,656
I saw myself in the paintings.

746
00:45:01,658 --> 00:45:04,114
So, let me get this straight.

747
00:45:04,116 --> 00:45:05,489
We have a sensitive teenage boy

748
00:45:05,491 --> 00:45:07,739
coming to terms
with his sexuality

749
00:45:07,741 --> 00:45:09,698
and a highly intelligent
older male

750
00:45:09,700 --> 00:45:12,364
who uses art
as a means of seduction.

751
00:45:12,366 --> 00:45:13,948
Correct.

752
00:45:13,950 --> 00:45:15,073
To complicate matters further,

753
00:45:15,075 --> 00:45:18,156
and for reasons we don't
yet understand, said teenage boy

754
00:45:18,158 --> 00:45:20,573
can't look
at a beautiful painting

755
00:45:20,575 --> 00:45:22,614
without feeling
emotionally overwhelmed,

756
00:45:22,616 --> 00:45:24,739
without imagining himself in it.

757
00:45:24,741 --> 00:45:26,364
Also correct.

758
00:45:26,366 --> 00:45:28,031
We need to get you to a doctor.

759
00:45:28,033 --> 00:45:30,489
Maybe I should just
avoid art galleries.

760
00:45:30,491 --> 00:45:33,323
That's impossible in
our line of work, you know that.

761
00:45:33,325 --> 00:45:35,656
I'm thinking
of changing my career.

762
00:45:35,658 --> 00:45:37,281
Don't be too hasty.

763
00:45:37,283 --> 00:45:39,698
I know the person
you should see.

764
00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:41,531
- You do?
- I do.

765
00:45:41,533 --> 00:45:45,406
She's not cheap
but she's good at what she does.

766
00:45:45,408 --> 00:45:46,531
What does she do?

767
00:45:46,533 --> 00:45:50,866
She specialises in illnesses
no one's ever heard of.

768
00:45:53,241 --> 00:45:55,573
Give her a call.

769
00:45:55,575 --> 00:45:58,573
Come on, handsome. Don't be shy.

770
00:46:00,450 --> 00:46:06,781
Jim, why do you think Caravaggio
has been such a problem for you?

771
00:46:06,783 --> 00:46:08,614
Oh, don't get me wrong,
I'm a big fan.

772
00:46:08,616 --> 00:46:10,448
For me,
it's where modern art started.

773
00:46:10,450 --> 00:46:13,489
And you feel a compulsion
to return to him,

774
00:46:13,491 --> 00:46:15,573
to study his work again
and again?

775
00:46:15,575 --> 00:46:17,198
Look, Caravaggio probably wasn't

776
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:18,698
the greatest artist
who ever lived.

777
00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:22,864
Technically, I mean, but the way
he painted darkness and light,

778
00:46:22,866 --> 00:46:25,156
he was brilliant,
no one could touch him.

779
00:46:25,158 --> 00:46:26,906
And what about
the people he painted?

780
00:46:26,908 --> 00:46:30,114
The tricksters, the whores,
the undesirables?

781
00:46:30,116 --> 00:46:33,323
I love the fact he took
ordinary people from the street

782
00:46:33,325 --> 00:46:36,864
and made 'em look like saints.
He was the first one to do that.

783
00:46:36,866 --> 00:46:39,864
Do you identify with the people
in his paintings?

784
00:46:39,866 --> 00:46:42,781
I do, yeah.
I feel like I know them.

785
00:46:42,783 --> 00:46:45,741
They could be me or my mates.

786
00:46:45,991 --> 00:46:48,656
Would you consider yourself
a religious person?

787
00:46:48,658 --> 00:46:52,823
Not really.
I just imagine the worst.

788
00:46:52,825 --> 00:46:56,656
When I see Baby Jesus, I just
think about the crucifixion.

789
00:46:56,658 --> 00:46:59,614
All that pain and suffering
really gets to me.

790
00:46:59,616 --> 00:47:05,783
And the beauty of it just
draws me in and... won't let go.

791
00:47:05,991 --> 00:47:08,906
Jim, there are a number
of syndromes

792
00:47:08,908 --> 00:47:12,864
associated with these kinds
of reactions to art,

793
00:47:12,866 --> 00:47:15,614
from mild anxiety
to severe delusional states.

794
00:47:15,616 --> 00:47:19,364
Do you think I'm on
the high end of the spectrum?

795
00:47:19,366 --> 00:47:22,950
Well, that's what
we're about to discover.

796
00:47:23,866 --> 00:47:26,906
Try and stay calm.

797
00:47:26,908 --> 00:47:29,489
I'm going to remove
your blindfold.

798
00:47:29,491 --> 00:47:33,698
And when I do, we'll approach
the painting together.

799
00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:36,906
And I want you
to describe what you see.

800
00:47:36,908 --> 00:47:39,033
OK?

801
00:47:56,533 --> 00:47:59,075
The Musicians.

802
00:48:00,908 --> 00:48:02,698
It's beautiful, isn't it?

803
00:48:02,700 --> 00:48:06,948
Hmm. It's a beautiful painting,
yes, but what else?

804
00:48:06,950 --> 00:48:09,741
What else do you see?

805
00:48:10,908 --> 00:48:13,031
I see myself.

806
00:48:13,033 --> 00:48:15,575
There, look.

807
00:48:18,325 --> 00:48:21,116
Music. I can hear music.

808
00:48:21,575 --> 00:48:24,616
Like tuning of instruments.

809
00:48:38,783 --> 00:48:40,073
What are you lot doing here?

810
00:48:40,075 --> 00:48:44,531
Italian bloke. The one
with the mad glint in his eye.

811
00:48:44,533 --> 00:48:45,406
Caravaggio.

812
00:48:45,408 --> 00:48:46,698
Yeah, whatever his name is.

813
00:48:46,700 --> 00:48:49,948
He was wandering round Soho
looking confused.

814
00:48:49,950 --> 00:48:51,656
At first I thought
he was homeless,

815
00:48:51,658 --> 00:48:53,114
but it turns out
he's proper famous.

816
00:48:53,116 --> 00:48:56,156
He's famous, all right,
but he can be very tricky.

817
00:48:56,158 --> 00:48:58,781
Yeah. He definitely had
a few too many.

818
00:48:58,783 --> 00:49:00,948
You could smell it
on his breath.

819
00:49:00,950 --> 00:49:04,781
Anyway, he offered me a few gold
coins and a warm bed at night,

820
00:49:04,783 --> 00:49:08,198
if I... dressed up as Cupid.

821
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:08,823
What's up with you?

822
00:49:08,825 --> 00:49:11,948
I'm having a check-up on the
state of my mental well-being

823
00:49:11,950 --> 00:49:14,364
from a doctor
who was once a prostitute.

824
00:49:14,366 --> 00:49:17,448
Fair enough.
Is she fit?

825
00:49:17,450 --> 00:49:21,783
You need to be quiet.
He looks pissed off.

826
00:49:22,950 --> 00:49:25,491
Oh, fuck, here he comes.

827
00:49:34,033 --> 00:49:34,698
Call me old-fashioned,

828
00:49:34,700 --> 00:49:36,739
but pretty boys are supposed
to pose for the artist

829
00:49:36,741 --> 00:49:39,073
- and keep their mouths shut.
- We were just saying...

830
00:49:39,075 --> 00:49:41,781
Have you ever tried working
with this much noise going on?

831
00:49:41,783 --> 00:49:45,614
- You should try it some time.
- You need to take a chill pill.

832
00:49:45,616 --> 00:49:47,364
It's just a bit of banter.

833
00:49:47,366 --> 00:49:50,989
Remember, this is one
of your lightest pieces.

834
00:49:50,991 --> 00:49:53,448
You boys make me want to puke.

835
00:49:53,450 --> 00:49:54,906
Thinking you're better
than anyone else

836
00:49:54,908 --> 00:49:58,114
just cos you're hanging
in a gallery somewhere.

837
00:49:58,116 --> 00:49:59,406
Who gives a shit?

838
00:49:59,408 --> 00:50:01,739
You were the one who chose us,
remember?

839
00:50:01,741 --> 00:50:03,864
You plucked us from obscurity.

840
00:50:03,866 --> 00:50:06,281
It's tough working in this town,
you know.

841
00:50:06,283 --> 00:50:08,156
Roman cardinals
can be very picky.

842
00:50:08,158 --> 00:50:11,616
And don't even get me started
on the Pope.

843
00:50:12,908 --> 00:50:17,864
No one ever asks Caravaggio
if he's having a nice day.

844
00:50:17,866 --> 00:50:18,781
What's this guy's problem?

845
00:50:18,783 --> 00:50:21,781
I think the problem
is he's a tortured genius.

846
00:50:21,783 --> 00:50:24,156
I'll tell you
what the problem is.

847
00:50:24,158 --> 00:50:28,656
I have boys queueing round the
block to sit where you are now.

848
00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:31,489
So, any more bullshit
from you...

849
00:50:31,491 --> 00:50:34,323
and I'll throw you back to the
gutter where you belong.

850
00:50:34,325 --> 00:50:36,823
- Understood?
- Understood.

851
00:50:36,825 --> 00:50:39,989
I make you and your boyfriends
pretty in my paintings,

852
00:50:39,991 --> 00:50:43,200
so don't fuck with me!

853
00:50:44,241 --> 00:50:46,408
OK?

854
00:50:53,158 --> 00:50:55,739
Caravaggio,
temperamental genius.

855
00:50:55,741 --> 00:50:56,739
Fugitive from the law.

856
00:50:56,741 --> 00:51:01,325
- Apparently a homo.
- Definitely a nutter.

857
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:10,408
Jim, where did you think
you were?

858
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,989
I imagined I was in Rome

859
00:51:13,991 --> 00:51:16,364
in the summer of 1595.

860
00:51:16,366 --> 00:51:19,323
In the home
of Cardinal del Monte,

861
00:51:19,325 --> 00:51:21,281
being painted by Caravaggio.

862
00:51:21,283 --> 00:51:22,656
I was one of the musicians.

863
00:51:22,658 --> 00:51:24,239
We were just tuning
our instruments,

864
00:51:24,241 --> 00:51:26,781
minding our own business
when it all kicked off.

865
00:51:26,783 --> 00:51:30,073
In what sense did it...
kick off?

866
00:51:30,075 --> 00:51:34,198
Look, I know Caravaggio's
got a lot on his plate:

867
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,573
murder, illness,
exiled to Sicily.

868
00:51:37,575 --> 00:51:39,739
It's just...
He needs to chill out a bit.

869
00:51:39,741 --> 00:51:42,781
He's not been having
a great time of it lately.

870
00:51:42,783 --> 00:51:43,364
I understand that.

871
00:51:43,366 --> 00:51:45,156
He hasn't got much longer
to live and all that.

872
00:51:45,158 --> 00:51:48,448
But he doesn't need
to be so touchy, you know?

873
00:51:48,450 --> 00:51:52,239
Jim, I'm afraid
I've got some bad news.

874
00:51:52,241 --> 00:51:53,448
Well, I knew that was coming.

875
00:51:53,450 --> 00:51:55,573
You are suffering
from a rare condition

876
00:51:55,575 --> 00:51:56,989
called Stendhal syndrome.

877
00:51:56,991 --> 00:52:00,114
Not a debilitating illness,
by any means.

878
00:52:00,116 --> 00:52:03,364
But you'll definitely
need to make some changes

879
00:52:03,366 --> 00:52:03,989
in your lifestyle.

880
00:52:03,991 --> 00:52:06,989
Can you explain to me
what that means?

881
00:52:06,991 --> 00:52:09,989
I... can.

882
00:52:09,991 --> 00:52:11,198
But not right now.

883
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:16,448
Unfortunately, I'm late
for my next appointment.

884
00:52:16,450 --> 00:52:17,198
What, that's it?

885
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:18,906
I'm afraid so. Time is money.

886
00:52:18,908 --> 00:52:22,364
But if you have any questions,
please do give me a call.

887
00:52:22,366 --> 00:52:24,531
Well, I have lots of questions.

888
00:52:24,533 --> 00:52:25,031
Goodbye, Jim.

889
00:52:25,033 --> 00:52:27,948
Please get some rest.
And, remember,

890
00:52:27,950 --> 00:52:28,864
paintings of the Baroque period

891
00:52:28,866 --> 00:52:32,616
should be avoided
as much as possible.

892
00:52:33,866 --> 00:52:36,198
Oh, and one last thing.

893
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:38,989
- What?
- Caravaggio can be prickly.

894
00:52:38,991 --> 00:52:40,989
But he's really
not such a bad person.

895
00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:43,531
You're talking about a bloke
who killed someone

896
00:52:43,533 --> 00:52:45,281
over an argument
in a tennis match.

897
00:52:59,450 --> 00:53:01,698
The doctor told me
to avoid Caravaggio

898
00:53:01,700 --> 00:53:04,406
if I want to keep my sanity.

899
00:53:04,408 --> 00:53:05,656
What kind of life is that?

900
00:53:05,658 --> 00:53:07,739
I feel sorry for you,
I really do.

901
00:53:07,741 --> 00:53:09,906
I know where you're coming from.

902
00:53:09,908 --> 00:53:12,198
But give me
the tremendous violence

903
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:14,698
of Francis Bacon any days
of the week.

904
00:53:14,700 --> 00:53:18,448
The screaming queen
paints a screaming pope.

905
00:53:18,450 --> 00:53:21,281
The human mouth
as a gaping wound.

906
00:53:21,283 --> 00:53:22,489
If you force me to choose,

907
00:53:22,491 --> 00:53:24,823
I mean, if you put a gun
to my head,

908
00:53:24,825 --> 00:53:25,698
I'd go for Mapplethorpe.

909
00:53:25,700 --> 00:53:30,031
No, his work is too cold.
There is no emotion.

910
00:53:30,033 --> 00:53:31,948
That man knew
how to photograph beauty.

911
00:53:31,950 --> 00:53:34,864
Mapplethorpe didn't understand
the men he photographed.

912
00:53:34,866 --> 00:53:39,323
They were reduced to what hung
between their legs.

913
00:53:39,325 --> 00:53:39,698
Bollocks!

914
00:53:39,700 --> 00:53:44,991
At the end of the day...
we're all just pieces of meat.

915
00:53:52,575 --> 00:53:55,239
Guys...
Guys, can someone tell me

916
00:53:55,241 --> 00:53:56,739
what the fuck is going on?

917
00:53:56,741 --> 00:53:57,406
According to our friend,

918
00:53:57,408 --> 00:54:00,031
you have a syndrome
named after Henry Stendhal.

919
00:54:00,033 --> 00:54:02,781
Stendhal syndrome
is a rare illness

920
00:54:02,783 --> 00:54:04,698
which affects some individuals

921
00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:06,906
that are exposed to fine art.

922
00:54:06,908 --> 00:54:08,989
It can cause dizziness,

923
00:54:08,991 --> 00:54:11,989
hallucinations
and even blackouts.

924
00:54:11,991 --> 00:54:13,614
Was this Stendhal bloke
a doctor?

925
00:54:13,616 --> 00:54:15,614
No. No, he was
a 19th-century novelist

926
00:54:15,616 --> 00:54:16,823
who wrote
The Charterhouse of Parma,

927
00:54:16,825 --> 00:54:20,239
amongst other things. He was
a little flowery for my taste.

928
00:54:20,241 --> 00:54:21,364
But you know
how the French are.

929
00:54:21,366 --> 00:54:25,156
Hey! Your clichéd view of my
country is 50 years out of date.

930
00:54:25,158 --> 00:54:29,114
We have a vibrant youth culture,
the rap scene is massive,

931
00:54:29,116 --> 00:54:31,864
and we have tension
in the suburbs.

932
00:54:31,866 --> 00:54:32,489
So go fuck yourself.

933
00:54:32,491 --> 00:54:35,781
"Stendhal wrote about his
experience with the phenomenon

934
00:54:35,783 --> 00:54:40,783
after a visit to Florence
in the summer of 1817."

935
00:54:42,241 --> 00:54:45,906
"Absorbed in the contemplation
of divine beauty,

936
00:54:45,908 --> 00:54:50,239
I could perceive
its very essence close at hand."

937
00:54:50,241 --> 00:54:51,823
"I could, as it were,

938
00:54:51,825 --> 00:54:56,450
feel the stuff of it
beneath my fingertips."

939
00:54:56,908 --> 00:55:01,033
Wait a minute, I've never
even been to Florence.

940
00:55:04,283 --> 00:55:06,575
Oh, fuck!

941
00:55:39,658 --> 00:55:41,114
What's going on, mate?

942
00:55:41,116 --> 00:55:43,698
You're late.

943
00:55:43,700 --> 00:55:46,823
I won't tolerate
bad timekeeping.

944
00:55:46,825 --> 00:55:49,114
I'm sorry. What's going on?

945
00:55:49,116 --> 00:55:52,073
What's going on is...
you were late.

946
00:55:52,075 --> 00:55:55,198
And I sat here and I... began
to look at these paintings.

947
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:59,073
You could hardly
call them paintings.

948
00:55:59,075 --> 00:56:01,406
More an attempt at painting.

949
00:56:01,408 --> 00:56:04,614
And I began to think
about my work.

950
00:56:04,616 --> 00:56:08,739
My life's work is in this room,
gathering dust.

951
00:56:08,741 --> 00:56:11,031
And a lot of it's fine work,
Max.

952
00:56:11,033 --> 00:56:13,198
I told you, no talking.

953
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:17,866
No talking, no moving,
unless I tell you.

954
00:56:18,325 --> 00:56:20,406
You have to... concentrate.

955
00:56:20,408 --> 00:56:24,739
You have to concentrate and you
have to dedicate yourself.

956
00:56:24,741 --> 00:56:27,948
We haven't started work yet,
Max.

957
00:56:27,950 --> 00:56:30,323
You were late.

958
00:56:30,325 --> 00:56:33,823
And my life's work's
in this room.

959
00:56:33,825 --> 00:56:36,866
And it's a pile of crap.

960
00:56:39,241 --> 00:56:42,239
I'm old and I'm tired.
I...

961
00:56:42,241 --> 00:56:46,283
I hadn't painted anything
half decent in years.

962
00:56:47,825 --> 00:56:50,448
- Until you come along.
- That's not true.

963
00:56:50,450 --> 00:56:53,241
Oh, we both know it's true.

964
00:56:54,950 --> 00:56:57,783
But I'm not giving up.

965
00:56:58,158 --> 00:57:00,825
I'm gonna start again.

966
00:57:01,158 --> 00:57:03,989
You're the first piece
of true inspiration

967
00:57:03,991 --> 00:57:05,448
I've had in 30 years.

968
00:57:05,450 --> 00:57:09,156
And inspiration's
a precious gift, Jim.

969
00:57:09,158 --> 00:57:10,948
So I thank you for that.

970
00:57:10,950 --> 00:57:13,908
You're a beautiful young man.

971
00:57:14,741 --> 00:57:18,658
Have the day off.
You deserve it.

972
00:58:04,075 --> 00:58:08,573
You've come a long way.
I'm impressed.

973
00:58:08,575 --> 00:58:11,739
Thanks. It means a lot.

974
00:58:11,741 --> 00:58:15,198
It's a beautiful painting, Max.

975
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:16,198
Really intense.

976
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:18,448
Beauty should always be intense.

977
00:58:18,450 --> 00:58:20,864
Beauty should always
be dangerous.

978
00:58:20,866 --> 00:58:25,656
I notice that there was no
reference to your... sickness.

979
00:58:25,658 --> 00:58:29,823
Yeah. But we've got
another project in the pipeline,

980
00:58:29,825 --> 00:58:30,323
haven't we, Max?

981
00:58:30,325 --> 00:58:32,614
Imagine
a series of paintings

982
00:58:32,616 --> 00:58:34,614
with Jim
as a beautiful peasant boy

983
00:58:34,616 --> 00:58:39,198
travelling through Italy
in the steps of Stendhal.

984
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:40,364
He's confused.

985
00:58:40,366 --> 00:58:43,114
His family have worked the land
for centuries,

986
00:58:43,116 --> 00:58:45,614
but he's a city boy at heart.

987
00:58:45,616 --> 00:58:47,031
He craves the bright lights.

988
00:58:47,033 --> 00:58:50,323
Did you really destroy
everything?

989
00:58:50,325 --> 00:58:51,698
Yeah, most of it's gone.

990
00:58:51,700 --> 00:58:55,616
Not worth the canvas
it was painted on.

991
00:59:29,575 --> 00:59:33,448
While you're busy contemplating
the size of my dick,

992
00:59:33,450 --> 00:59:34,698
consider this question.

993
00:59:34,700 --> 00:59:37,573
Why does life have to be so sad?

994
00:59:37,575 --> 00:59:38,281
I... I am sorry.

995
00:59:38,283 --> 00:59:40,823
I, erm... I lost myself there
for a moment.

996
00:59:40,825 --> 00:59:43,614
Don't worry.
Get it all the time.

997
00:59:43,616 --> 00:59:45,906
I'd hate to think of anyone

998
00:59:45,908 --> 00:59:48,908
as beautiful as you
ever be unhappy.

999
00:59:49,325 --> 00:59:51,364
Breaks my heart.

1000
00:59:51,366 --> 00:59:55,364
Don't get me wrong. My mates
are a great bunch of lads.

1001
00:59:55,366 --> 00:59:58,989
They've taught me to appreciate
the finer things in life.

1002
00:59:58,991 --> 01:00:01,658
The music of Bach?

1003
01:00:01,991 --> 01:00:04,239
The, er... poetry of Cavafy?

1004
01:00:04,241 --> 01:00:06,906
Did you know,
Cavafy was once described as

1005
01:00:06,908 --> 01:00:09,989
"a Greek gentleman
standing absolutely motionless

1006
01:00:09,991 --> 01:00:13,156
at a slight angle
to the universe"?

1007
01:00:13,158 --> 01:00:14,781
He was indeed.

1008
01:00:14,783 --> 01:00:18,114
By, er... EM Forster.

1009
01:00:18,116 --> 01:00:19,323
You're an intelligent young man.

1010
01:00:19,325 --> 01:00:23,031
Whatever possessed you
to become a rent boy?

1011
01:00:23,033 --> 01:00:25,364
We don't use those words.

1012
01:00:25,366 --> 01:00:27,364
Which words should I use?

1013
01:00:27,366 --> 01:00:31,448
Doesn't matter.
I'm a muse these days.

1014
01:00:31,450 --> 01:00:33,198
I used to model myself
on George Dyer

1015
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:35,281
but now I'm thinking
more Joe Dallesandro.

1016
01:00:35,283 --> 01:00:38,698
Ah. Now, George and Francis
I remember well.

1017
01:00:38,700 --> 01:00:41,573
Er... Joe Dallesandro
I can only dream of.

1018
01:00:41,575 --> 01:00:44,406
What I loved about Joe is that

1019
01:00:44,408 --> 01:00:45,448
he was in all those films,

1020
01:00:45,450 --> 01:00:48,906
yet, really, he was just playing
a version of himself.

1021
01:00:48,908 --> 01:00:52,864
Well, aren't we all
doing just that?

1022
01:00:52,866 --> 01:00:54,364
Playing versions of ourselves?

1023
01:00:54,366 --> 01:00:56,739
I'll get back to you
on that one.

1024
01:00:56,741 --> 01:00:58,864
How's your dancing skills?

1025
01:00:58,866 --> 01:01:01,364
Oh, a bit rusty, but I...

1026
01:01:01,366 --> 01:01:03,198
I was considered
quite a mover in my day.

1027
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:05,906
Good. Then we'll have
a drink and a dance

1028
01:01:05,908 --> 01:01:07,489
and you can tell me a story.

1029
01:01:07,491 --> 01:01:11,031
What sort of story
should I tell you?

1030
01:01:11,033 --> 01:01:14,114
A story about Soho
in the old days.

1031
01:01:14,116 --> 01:01:16,781
About George and Francis,
Lucian Freud,

1032
01:01:16,783 --> 01:01:19,364
and all the fucked-up nights
in The Colony Room.

1033
01:01:19,366 --> 01:01:23,783
It will be
my pleasure.

1034
01:01:25,741 --> 01:01:29,783
You tell me your story
and I'll tell you my story.

1035
01:01:30,658 --> 01:01:32,614
OK.

1036
01:01:32,616 --> 01:01:36,531
Basically,
I fell in with the wrong crowd,

1037
01:01:36,533 --> 01:01:40,531
who turned out to be the right
crowd, and became a muse.

1038
01:01:40,533 --> 01:01:43,489
And then I was diagnosed
with a rare sickness.

1039
01:01:43,491 --> 01:01:47,948
Well, I must say, you look
perfectly healthy to me.

1040
01:01:47,950 --> 01:01:51,073
Don't worry,
it's not a sexual disease.

1041
01:01:51,075 --> 01:01:53,948
It's more of a sickness
of the mind.

1042
01:01:53,950 --> 01:01:55,906
Now I am worried.

1043
01:01:55,908 --> 01:01:58,531
I'm overly sensitive to art,

1044
01:01:58,533 --> 01:01:59,864
which is a piss-take, really,

1045
01:01:59,866 --> 01:02:01,073
cos I was raised
in a cultural desert.

1046
01:02:01,075 --> 01:02:06,489
Are you receiving treatment?
Is anybody helping you with it?

1047
01:02:06,491 --> 01:02:09,073
I've seen doctors...

1048
01:02:09,075 --> 01:02:11,825
psychiatrists.

1049
01:02:12,241 --> 01:02:14,323
I've tried everything.

1050
01:02:14,325 --> 01:02:18,864
Pills, hypnosis,
injections up the arse.

1051
01:02:18,866 --> 01:02:22,364
Well... I must say,
it sounds fascinating.

1052
01:02:22,366 --> 01:02:23,281
You wouldn't be interested

1053
01:02:23,283 --> 01:02:25,823
in joining me for a nightcap,
would you?

1054
01:02:25,825 --> 01:02:28,906
There's nothing fascinating
about me, mate.

1055
01:02:28,908 --> 01:02:31,616
I'm just a sensitive lad...

1056
01:02:32,491 --> 01:02:35,366
...with a big cock.

1057
01:02:37,491 --> 01:02:40,114
It was lovely to meet you.

1058
01:02:40,116 --> 01:02:44,616
But... I haven't told you
mystory.

1059
01:02:49,950 --> 01:02:51,781
Mind if I join you?

1060
01:02:51,783 --> 01:02:54,156
Be my guest.

1061
01:02:54,158 --> 01:02:56,948
- I'm Paul.
- I know who you are.

1062
01:02:56,950 --> 01:02:58,739
What you doing here?

1063
01:02:58,741 --> 01:03:01,823
Just... catching up
with my mates.

1064
01:03:01,825 --> 01:03:02,906
Talking about old times.

1065
01:03:02,908 --> 01:03:06,241
You're not here to see them?

1066
01:03:08,283 --> 01:03:10,531
Came here to see you.

1067
01:03:10,533 --> 01:03:13,698
I don't know what happened
between you and them,

1068
01:03:13,700 --> 01:03:14,739
but they've been good to me.

1069
01:03:14,741 --> 01:03:18,448
Given me a job, place to stay.
Worked out well.

1070
01:03:18,450 --> 01:03:21,156
That's nice of them.
I mean, just think,

1071
01:03:21,158 --> 01:03:24,156
you could have ended up
becoming a rent boy.

1072
01:03:24,158 --> 01:03:25,489
It's not a word we like to use.

1073
01:03:25,491 --> 01:03:27,906
So they dumped
a pile of books in your lap

1074
01:03:27,908 --> 01:03:29,489
and said you were getting
an education,

1075
01:03:29,491 --> 01:03:33,531
but really all you're doing
is selling your arse for cash

1076
01:03:33,533 --> 01:03:35,448
and dressing it up as art.

1077
01:03:35,450 --> 01:03:37,323
If you hated it so much,
why did you do it?

1078
01:03:37,325 --> 01:03:43,908
I was young. Had fuck all money.
I didn't know anybody in London.

1079
01:03:44,575 --> 01:03:47,075
Sound familiar?

1080
01:03:47,658 --> 01:03:50,406
Heard you were
the best in your day.

1081
01:03:50,408 --> 01:03:52,573
You took Soho by storm.

1082
01:03:52,575 --> 01:03:54,698
Nobody cares about Soho
any more.

1083
01:03:54,700 --> 01:03:57,533
It's the same
as everywhere else.

1084
01:03:57,825 --> 01:04:00,698
Those guys,
they'll never change.

1085
01:04:00,700 --> 01:04:03,950
They'll always be
on the outside.

1086
01:04:06,158 --> 01:04:07,364
And you?

1087
01:04:07,366 --> 01:04:10,573
- I wanna be on the inside.
- You wanna make serious money.

1088
01:04:10,575 --> 01:04:13,031
I love money.
And I'm not ashamed to say it.

1089
01:04:13,033 --> 01:04:16,156
I knew nothing about art
until I met them.

1090
01:04:16,158 --> 01:04:18,406
Knew nothing about anything,
really.

1091
01:04:18,408 --> 01:04:20,489
You knew more than you think.

1092
01:04:20,491 --> 01:04:24,073
And your friends?
They live in the past.

1093
01:04:24,075 --> 01:04:25,156
They wanna live in the past.

1094
01:04:25,158 --> 01:04:26,239
That's the best place
to be for them.

1095
01:04:26,241 --> 01:04:29,906
The best thing about art is
the price you can sell it for.

1096
01:04:29,908 --> 01:04:32,200
It's as simple as that.

1097
01:04:33,158 --> 01:04:37,616
Anyway, I hear you have
a special talent.

1098
01:04:38,533 --> 01:04:42,033
Right now it feels more
like a curse.

1099
01:04:42,491 --> 01:04:43,989
Well, I've heard differently.

1100
01:04:43,991 --> 01:04:46,198
That's what I came
to talk to you about.

1101
01:04:46,200 --> 01:04:48,991
I'm tired of talking.

1102
01:04:49,491 --> 01:04:54,200
But you're a Raconteur.
Talking's what you do.

1103
01:04:54,825 --> 01:04:57,823
Don't worry,
I'll make it worth your while.

1104
01:04:57,825 --> 01:05:00,114
I don't want your money.

1105
01:05:00,116 --> 01:05:03,283
We'll see about that.

1106
01:05:08,366 --> 01:05:11,950
Come on. Let's get outta here.

1107
01:05:17,741 --> 01:05:20,533
You coming or what?

1108
01:05:37,033 --> 01:05:37,489
Take this.

1109
01:05:37,491 --> 01:05:42,575
You get paid to talk.
I'm paying you to talk.

1110
01:05:52,116 --> 01:05:53,323
OK.

1111
01:05:53,325 --> 01:05:56,989
I can't look at art.
It makes me sick.

1112
01:05:56,991 --> 01:06:00,781
- Proper art, I mean.
- Go on.

1113
01:06:00,783 --> 01:06:03,448
Depending on the quality
of the work,

1114
01:06:03,450 --> 01:06:05,948
I get dizzy spells, blackouts.

1115
01:06:05,950 --> 01:06:08,906
If it's beautiful,
if it's a proper masterpiece,

1116
01:06:08,908 --> 01:06:11,739
I faint
and imagine myself in it.

1117
01:06:11,741 --> 01:06:15,575
- You taking the piss?
- No, I'm not.

1118
01:06:16,116 --> 01:06:20,948
And if you saw a fake,
what would happen then?

1119
01:06:20,950 --> 01:06:21,781
What do you mean, a fake?

1120
01:06:21,783 --> 01:06:27,866
I mean, if someone tried
to pass off a fake as genuine,

1121
01:06:28,075 --> 01:06:29,656
what would happen then?

1122
01:06:29,658 --> 01:06:32,073
Nothing would happen, I suppose.

1123
01:06:32,075 --> 01:06:34,614
So you wouldn't react
in the same way?

1124
01:06:34,616 --> 01:06:37,198
You don't understand.
I'm not experienced.

1125
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:39,239
This is more
of an emotional reaction.

1126
01:06:39,241 --> 01:06:41,281
It's not something
I can control.

1127
01:06:41,283 --> 01:06:42,073
It just... happens.

1128
01:06:42,075 --> 01:06:45,656
You realise there's serious
money to be made out of this?

1129
01:06:45,658 --> 01:06:48,364
You can't make money
out of a sickness.

1130
01:06:48,991 --> 01:06:54,408
You can make money out of
anything these days, believe me.

1131
01:06:58,116 --> 01:07:00,366
Call me tomorrow night.

1132
01:07:01,783 --> 01:07:03,573
Why? Am I leaving?

1133
01:07:03,575 --> 01:07:06,158
I didn't say that.

1134
01:07:14,116 --> 01:07:14,781
I used to think an image

1135
01:07:14,783 --> 01:07:18,073
could tell you everything you
needed to know about a person.

1136
01:07:18,075 --> 01:07:20,906
An image can tell you
everything.

1137
01:07:20,908 --> 01:07:23,448
Or it can tell you
nothing at all.

1138
01:07:23,450 --> 01:07:29,073
An image can reveal a person
or... could hide a person.

1139
01:07:29,075 --> 01:07:31,823
You should know that.

1140
01:07:31,825 --> 01:07:34,281
And what does this one tell you?

1141
01:07:34,283 --> 01:07:37,198
It tells you
to forget about him.

1142
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:40,741
That person doesn't exist
any more.

1143
01:08:24,491 --> 01:08:25,739
Thanks for coming.

1144
01:08:25,741 --> 01:08:28,198
No worries.
What are we doing here?

1145
01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:31,156
We're gonna look
at paintings.

1146
01:08:31,158 --> 01:08:34,364
So do you want sex before,
during or after?

1147
01:08:34,366 --> 01:08:35,156
Very smart.

1148
01:08:35,158 --> 01:08:37,573
I'm particularly strong
on early Baroque.

1149
01:08:37,575 --> 01:08:39,489
Caravaggio's
a personal favourite

1150
01:08:39,491 --> 01:08:41,448
but, you choose.
It's your money.

1151
01:08:41,450 --> 01:08:43,406
You're in a good mood.

1152
01:08:43,408 --> 01:08:44,906
I had fun the other night.

1153
01:08:44,908 --> 01:08:49,031
We're gonna see
just how talented you are.

1154
01:08:49,033 --> 01:08:51,864
It's not a talent I've got,
it's a sickness.

1155
01:08:51,866 --> 01:08:54,156
You need to stop thinking
about it as a sickness

1156
01:08:54,158 --> 01:08:56,281
and look at it more
as a business opportunity.

1157
01:08:56,283 --> 01:08:59,031
I've told you already.
Money doesn't interest me.

1158
01:08:59,033 --> 01:09:01,573
Well, you may not
be interested in money

1159
01:09:01,575 --> 01:09:04,031
but money is interested in you.

1160
01:09:04,033 --> 01:09:06,739
The people I represent
bought this painting

1161
01:09:06,741 --> 01:09:08,239
and it cost them a fortune.

1162
01:09:08,241 --> 01:09:13,075
Now there's a question
about its authenticity.

1163
01:09:18,700 --> 01:09:22,866
It's more beautiful
than I ever imagined.

1164
01:09:23,700 --> 01:09:26,408
What can you tell me?

1165
01:09:27,241 --> 01:09:28,448
Jim?

1166
01:09:28,450 --> 01:09:31,033
Is it the real thing or not?

1167
01:09:38,116 --> 01:09:40,533
He's fainted.

1168
01:09:40,825 --> 01:09:42,156
What do you mean,
what do I mean?

1169
01:09:42,158 --> 01:09:45,866
He... he's fainted.
He... he's out cold.

1170
01:09:47,783 --> 01:09:49,698
It's a great thing.

1171
01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:52,823
There's something
I've been meaning to ask you.

1172
01:09:52,825 --> 01:09:54,448
Always talking.
This boy never shuts up.

1173
01:09:54,450 --> 01:09:56,823
It's like working with
a spoilt child. I can't listen.

1174
01:09:56,825 --> 01:09:59,864
Just one question, then I'll
leave you alone, I promise.

1175
01:09:59,866 --> 01:10:03,823
I'd tread very carefully,
if I were you.

1176
01:10:03,825 --> 01:10:05,364
It's just there's been
a lot of debate

1177
01:10:05,366 --> 01:10:07,656
about your sexuality
amongst art critics.

1178
01:10:07,658 --> 01:10:09,323
It's the way you paint
young blokes.

1179
01:10:09,325 --> 01:10:11,406
That's it!
I've had enough of this shit.

1180
01:10:11,408 --> 01:10:13,156
I can't work
with this kid any more.

1181
01:10:13,158 --> 01:10:14,531
That was a legitimate question.

1182
01:10:14,533 --> 01:10:15,989
Your sexuality's
been hotly debated

1183
01:10:15,991 --> 01:10:17,989
since your art's
been rediscovered

1184
01:10:17,991 --> 01:10:18,948
in the 18th century.

1185
01:10:18,950 --> 01:10:20,156
He is beautiful,
I give you that.

1186
01:10:20,158 --> 01:10:24,448
Just look...
My gosh, this boy's the devil.

1187
01:10:24,450 --> 01:10:29,406
No one calls me "frocio"
and gets away with it.

1188
01:10:29,408 --> 01:10:30,156
I've killed men for less.

1189
01:10:30,158 --> 01:10:33,364
I can't fight with you.
You're my favourite artist.

1190
01:10:33,366 --> 01:10:36,364
You know nothing about art.
Nothing.

1191
01:10:36,366 --> 01:10:40,114
All you know, you've read in
a book in a library somewhere.

1192
01:10:40,116 --> 01:10:41,656
You can't understand art

1193
01:10:41,658 --> 01:10:43,989
unless you know
what it's like to suffer.

1194
01:10:43,991 --> 01:10:45,614
London...

1195
01:10:45,616 --> 01:10:50,739
Oh, fuck London! Who gives
a shit about London?

1196
01:10:50,741 --> 01:10:51,614
Name me one great artist

1197
01:10:51,616 --> 01:10:55,198
that ever came out
of that stinking backwater!

1198
01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:58,781
Erm... Francis Bacon,
Lucian Freud...

1199
01:10:58,783 --> 01:11:03,114
Never heard of them. See?
I told you. You know nothing.

1200
01:11:03,116 --> 01:11:05,739
This is Naples now, my boy.

1201
01:11:05,741 --> 01:11:07,489
And this is my home town.

1202
01:11:07,491 --> 01:11:11,073
So, come on. Prove you're a man.

1203
01:11:11,075 --> 01:11:12,906
You can't be serious.

1204
01:11:12,908 --> 01:11:16,739
I think you'll find that if
someone from 17th-century Naples

1205
01:11:16,741 --> 01:11:20,989
challenges you to a duel,
you are duty-bound to accept.

1206
01:11:20,991 --> 01:11:23,948
But we're not in Naples,
we're in my dream.

1207
01:11:23,950 --> 01:11:24,823
Try telling him that.

1208
01:11:24,825 --> 01:11:26,698
Stop talking about him
like he's real.

1209
01:11:26,700 --> 01:11:28,531
He's a figment
of my imagination.

1210
01:11:28,533 --> 01:11:30,364
The sooner
you get this over with,

1211
01:11:30,366 --> 01:11:31,614
the sooner you get out of here.

1212
01:11:31,616 --> 01:11:33,156
Someone wake me up, please!

1213
01:11:55,825 --> 01:11:58,408
Who's the vulture now, eh?

1214
01:11:59,116 --> 01:12:01,156
Pretty boy.

1215
01:12:01,158 --> 01:12:04,364
Jim, wake up.

1216
01:12:04,366 --> 01:12:06,575
Jim.

1217
01:12:09,283 --> 01:12:11,783
Are you OK?

1218
01:12:12,075 --> 01:12:14,283
I think so, yeah.

1219
01:12:14,408 --> 01:12:15,781
That was a close shave.

1220
01:12:15,783 --> 01:12:18,908
Thought I'd lost you
for a minute.

1221
01:12:21,866 --> 01:12:24,491
You cut yourself.

1222
01:12:29,283 --> 01:12:32,823
I could feel the blade
on my skin.

1223
01:12:32,825 --> 01:12:35,281
I really thought
he was gonna kill me.

1224
01:12:35,283 --> 01:12:36,823
- Who?
- Caravaggio.

1225
01:12:36,825 --> 01:12:38,948
I thought he was gonna kill me.

1226
01:12:38,950 --> 01:12:42,114
This is fucking great.

1227
01:12:42,116 --> 01:12:43,489
It's not funny.

1228
01:12:43,491 --> 01:12:47,616
That bloke has got
serious mental health issues.

1229
01:12:49,366 --> 01:12:52,906
Take this as a down payment.

1230
01:12:52,908 --> 01:12:54,156
Down payment for what?

1231
01:12:54,158 --> 01:12:56,614
Never you mind about that.

1232
01:12:56,616 --> 01:12:59,450
You need to get some rest.

1233
01:13:00,241 --> 01:13:02,114
We've got work to do.

1234
01:13:08,075 --> 01:13:10,239
Been anywhere interesting?

1235
01:13:10,241 --> 01:13:11,364
Just a regular client.

1236
01:13:11,366 --> 01:13:14,239
Go on. Explain yourself.
We're listening.

1237
01:13:14,241 --> 01:13:16,781
What is there to explain?
The money was for sex.

1238
01:13:16,783 --> 01:13:19,156
Of all the fit blokes in London,
why go with him?

1239
01:13:19,158 --> 01:13:21,156
We never exchanged a word,
I swear.

1240
01:13:21,158 --> 01:13:23,323
You had everything
going for you.

1241
01:13:23,325 --> 01:13:24,281
Why sell your soul to the devil?

1242
01:13:24,283 --> 01:13:26,198
He's not the devil.
He just works in the City.

1243
01:13:26,200 --> 01:13:31,948
How could you do this to us?
I thought we were friends.

1244
01:13:31,950 --> 01:13:33,991
We are friends.

1245
01:13:40,908 --> 01:13:42,323
We warned you
that not every night

1246
01:13:42,325 --> 01:13:43,364
will be the night
of your dreams.

1247
01:13:43,366 --> 01:13:47,156
Patience is a virtue, my friend,
especially in the art world.

1248
01:13:47,158 --> 01:13:51,198
Van Gogh didn't make it big
until he was dead.

1249
01:13:51,200 --> 01:13:52,114
Is that such a good thing?

1250
01:13:52,116 --> 01:13:54,448
Don't be too smart
for your own good.

1251
01:13:54,450 --> 01:13:57,198
You think the boys
and Caravaggio had an easy time?

1252
01:13:57,200 --> 01:13:59,823
No, they didn't.
They were living on the street.

1253
01:13:59,825 --> 01:14:01,489
But they will be
remembered forever.

1254
01:14:01,491 --> 01:14:03,823
Don't talk about Caravaggio.
He does my head in.

1255
01:14:03,825 --> 01:14:06,323
Some of the finest artists
in London

1256
01:14:06,325 --> 01:14:07,448
are queueing to paint you.

1257
01:14:07,450 --> 01:14:09,531
Isn't immortality
good enough for you?

1258
01:14:09,533 --> 01:14:11,489
Look, I'm not knocking
immortality.

1259
01:14:11,491 --> 01:14:15,031
Maybe it's just not for me,
is what I'm saying.

1260
01:14:15,033 --> 01:14:18,864
Look, I know
I sound ungrateful but...

1261
01:14:18,866 --> 01:14:20,656
I wanna do my own thing.

1262
01:14:20,658 --> 01:14:23,575
I wanna discover my own path.

1263
01:14:23,866 --> 01:14:28,491
I couldn't help overhearing
what you were saying.

1264
01:14:28,908 --> 01:14:31,489
You're the bloke
that took Soho by storm

1265
01:14:31,491 --> 01:14:34,033
and then it all went tits up.

1266
01:14:34,908 --> 01:14:36,239
Yeah. Yeah, that's me.

1267
01:14:36,241 --> 01:14:39,031
Well, you must have heard of
The Shock of the New.

1268
01:14:39,033 --> 01:14:41,198
- Of course, yeah.
- Just think about it.

1269
01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:43,364
When people
first encountered modernism,

1270
01:14:43,366 --> 01:14:47,323
a lot of them became disturbed.
Properly went mental.

1271
01:14:47,325 --> 01:14:49,114
- Like me, you mean?
- Exactly.

1272
01:14:49,116 --> 01:14:53,239
Your average Joe Bloggs couldn't
understand artists like Picasso.

1273
01:14:53,241 --> 01:14:54,114
Nor do I, to tell you the truth.

1274
01:14:54,116 --> 01:14:57,156
People had never seen
images like that before

1275
01:14:57,158 --> 01:14:58,531
and got properly freaked out.

1276
01:14:58,533 --> 01:14:59,656
It's as though art itself

1277
01:14:59,658 --> 01:15:02,073
had been reinvented
for the modern world.

1278
01:15:02,075 --> 01:15:04,031
For the new age
of mass production.

1279
01:15:04,033 --> 01:15:07,281
When you think about the whole
sweep of human history,

1280
01:15:07,283 --> 01:15:08,864
when you really think about it,

1281
01:15:08,866 --> 01:15:09,781
it's only up until recently

1282
01:15:09,783 --> 01:15:12,198
that people were living
in the Dark Ages.

1283
01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:12,906
What did they do for fun?

1284
01:15:12,908 --> 01:15:16,031
They read books, they went to
the opera, and shit like that.

1285
01:15:16,033 --> 01:15:18,323
And they put pen to paper
and wrote letters.

1286
01:15:18,325 --> 01:15:20,989
At the weekend
they went to the local tavern

1287
01:15:20,991 --> 01:15:23,114
for something
called a sing-song.

1288
01:15:23,116 --> 01:15:25,156
Most of them believed in God.

1289
01:15:25,158 --> 01:15:26,489
It was the age of innocence.

1290
01:15:26,491 --> 01:15:30,989
And the Raconteurs, your mates,
are part of that tradition.

1291
01:15:30,991 --> 01:15:32,573
They might carry mobile phones

1292
01:15:32,575 --> 01:15:36,573
but really they're still living
in the last century.

1293
01:15:36,575 --> 01:15:37,198
I guess so.

1294
01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:39,739
Your mates have given you
a great education,

1295
01:15:39,741 --> 01:15:42,948
but it's time to take it
to the next level.

1296
01:15:42,950 --> 01:15:45,448
Time to embrace
the 21st century.

1297
01:15:45,450 --> 01:15:49,656
And we'll teach you
everything we know.

1298
01:15:49,658 --> 01:15:50,948
I like what you're saying

1299
01:15:50,950 --> 01:15:52,698
but I can't learn any more
at this point.

1300
01:15:52,700 --> 01:15:54,531
My brain's full
and I need a rest.

1301
01:15:54,533 --> 01:15:56,489
We understand
where you're coming from.

1302
01:15:56,491 --> 01:15:59,739
But the point is that maybe
the shock, the rupture,

1303
01:15:59,741 --> 01:16:01,198
could be used in a good way.

1304
01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:03,614
- To help you.
- Like therapy?

1305
01:16:03,616 --> 01:16:06,614
Yeah. Like therapy.

1306
01:16:06,616 --> 01:16:09,198
Confront yourself
with modern art,

1307
01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:10,948
find some really fucked-up shit,

1308
01:16:10,950 --> 01:16:13,989
look at it and see what happens.

1309
01:16:13,991 --> 01:16:16,031
Hmm.

1310
01:16:16,033 --> 01:16:18,533
Excuse me.

1311
01:16:19,158 --> 01:16:19,489
Hello?

1312
01:16:19,491 --> 01:16:25,741
No, I didn't forget. No. I'll be
with you as soon as I can. Bye.

1313
01:16:26,366 --> 01:16:31,783
I'll think about what you said,
but right now I've gotta run.

1314
01:16:35,033 --> 01:16:38,825
I think he's the one
we've been looking for.

1315
01:16:39,408 --> 01:16:42,531
- Thanks for coming back.
- I need to make some money.

1316
01:16:42,533 --> 01:16:44,948
That's a language
I can understand.

1317
01:16:44,950 --> 01:16:46,239
It's not what you think.

1318
01:16:46,241 --> 01:16:47,198
Hello, Jim.

1319
01:16:47,200 --> 01:16:49,239
Paul was impressed
by your talent last time

1320
01:16:49,241 --> 01:16:52,739
and so we thought we might look
at a series of paintings

1321
01:16:52,741 --> 01:16:54,656
and see what your reaction is.

1322
01:16:54,658 --> 01:16:57,073
You mean, see if
they're worth any money?

1323
01:16:57,075 --> 01:17:00,614
Well, that's to put it
rather crudely, but yes.

1324
01:17:00,616 --> 01:17:03,114
You could see it as a service
to the community.

1325
01:17:03,116 --> 01:17:05,156
How do you work that one out?

1326
01:17:05,158 --> 01:17:08,156
Well, it's important that people
can distinguish

1327
01:17:08,158 --> 01:17:13,656
between what is real
and what is fake, after all.

1328
01:17:13,658 --> 01:17:15,406
- I really shouldn't be here.
- Look...

1329
01:17:15,408 --> 01:17:20,075
Stop beating yourself up.
Let's just get on with it.

1330
01:17:21,616 --> 01:17:24,366
Come here.

1331
01:17:27,200 --> 01:17:29,823
Don't feel
you have to rush, Jim.

1332
01:17:29,825 --> 01:17:34,950
If it comes,
it comes. Take your time.

1333
01:17:38,575 --> 01:17:43,616
- Is this a good sign?
- It's a great sign.

1334
01:17:47,658 --> 01:17:49,823
What does it mean?

1335
01:17:49,825 --> 01:17:52,073
It means it's a genuine Titian.

1336
01:17:52,075 --> 01:17:56,575
Great work.
Just a couple more to go.

1337
01:18:11,700 --> 01:18:13,658
It's beautiful.

1338
01:18:16,908 --> 01:18:19,448
It's by Giorgione. Are you sure?

1339
01:18:19,450 --> 01:18:24,741
With a reaction like that,
it must be genuine.

1340
01:18:40,283 --> 01:18:42,448
- I need to stop now.
- Just a couple more.

1341
01:18:42,450 --> 01:18:46,906
- It won't take long.
- No, please, I need to stop.

1342
01:18:46,908 --> 01:18:48,989
- Take that.
- I need to stop right now!

1343
01:18:48,991 --> 01:18:53,491
Where are you going?
Jim! Wait! Where are you...?

1344
01:18:59,866 --> 01:19:01,783
Sorry, mate.

1345
01:19:05,825 --> 01:19:08,239
You know nothing
about art. Nothing.

1346
01:19:08,241 --> 01:19:14,283
Anything you know, you read in
a book in a library somewhere.

1347
01:19:17,741 --> 01:19:18,989
Name me one great artist

1348
01:19:18,991 --> 01:19:22,700
who came from
that stinking backwater.

1349
01:19:25,783 --> 01:19:27,156
You can't understand art

1350
01:19:27,158 --> 01:19:31,366
unless you know
what it's like to suffer.

1351
01:19:55,908 --> 01:19:58,906
Stop looking
so sorry for yourself.

1352
01:19:58,908 --> 01:20:02,366
No one said
being a muse was easy.

1353
01:20:02,533 --> 01:20:04,281
I'm not a muse any more.

1354
01:20:04,283 --> 01:20:08,031
Inspiring great art
isn't something you choose.

1355
01:20:08,033 --> 01:20:09,156
It just happens.

1356
01:20:09,158 --> 01:20:10,281
You're stuck with it.

1357
01:20:10,283 --> 01:20:11,864
Like your looks,
until they fade,

1358
01:20:11,866 --> 01:20:13,531
which, believe me, they will.

1359
01:20:13,533 --> 01:20:14,156
Thanks for the tip.

1360
01:20:14,158 --> 01:20:18,825
Look, just get back out there
and enjoy it while it lasts.

1361
01:20:27,866 --> 01:20:30,031
Yes, there were five of us once.

1362
01:20:30,033 --> 01:20:34,656
I was gonna ask. What happened
to the previous lad?

1363
01:20:34,658 --> 01:20:36,739
We don't talk about him
any more.

1364
01:20:36,741 --> 01:20:37,448
But why?

1365
01:20:37,450 --> 01:20:42,033
He was beautiful but he craved
another kind of life.

1366
01:21:28,491 --> 01:21:31,614
For someone's who's riding
such a huge wave of success,

1367
01:21:31,616 --> 01:21:35,489
why do you always manage
to look like shit?

1368
01:21:35,491 --> 01:21:37,239
I've got a lot on my mind.

1369
01:21:37,241 --> 01:21:41,906
Has no one ever talked to you
about the work/life balance?

1370
01:21:41,908 --> 01:21:44,950
I just need to rest, that's all.

1371
01:21:46,616 --> 01:21:50,908
Here. Take this.

1372
01:21:51,450 --> 01:21:52,114
What's this?

1373
01:21:52,116 --> 01:21:55,114
- It's money.
- I know it's money.

1374
01:21:55,116 --> 01:21:57,739
Money's what I've spent
my whole life begging for.

1375
01:21:57,741 --> 01:22:00,781
Well, I've come to tell you
your begging days are over.

1376
01:22:00,783 --> 01:22:02,364
Your days as an artist
have just begun.

1377
01:22:02,366 --> 01:22:05,531
I wish I knew what the fuck
you were talking about.

1378
01:22:05,533 --> 01:22:07,950
I'm talking about your boxes.

1379
01:22:08,783 --> 01:22:09,948
A box, my friend,

1380
01:22:09,950 --> 01:22:13,114
is a place for me to park my
arse whilst I sort my shit out.

1381
01:22:13,116 --> 01:22:15,406
No, it's not.
It's more than that.

1382
01:22:15,408 --> 01:22:16,156
It's a lot more than that.

1383
01:22:16,158 --> 01:22:18,531
I've seen them. Trust me.
I know what I'm talking about.

1384
01:22:18,533 --> 01:22:22,406
I don't believe you do know what
the fuck you're talking about.

1385
01:22:22,408 --> 01:22:26,031
But I ain't about to kick
a gift horse in the mouth.

1386
01:22:26,033 --> 01:22:30,616
So I'll accept your kind offer.
All right?

1387
01:22:36,575 --> 01:22:40,450
Anyone fancy a dance?

1388
01:22:40,658 --> 01:22:43,741
Yeah. Why not?

1389
01:23:26,408 --> 01:23:28,073
Amazing, these blokes.

1390
01:23:28,075 --> 01:23:32,739
But I've been thinking,
the time for dancing is over.

1391
01:23:32,741 --> 01:23:35,156
The time for action
has arrived.

1392
01:23:35,158 --> 01:23:38,156
I came down here
looking for adventure.

1393
01:23:38,158 --> 01:23:40,656
And what I found was friendship

1394
01:23:40,658 --> 01:23:42,073
and beauty.

1395
01:23:42,075 --> 01:23:43,906
Other people's beauty.

1396
01:23:43,908 --> 01:23:49,616
That might be enough for
some people, but not for me.

1397
01:23:49,991 --> 01:23:53,116
I want to create my own beauty.

1398
01:23:53,658 --> 01:23:55,614
And I think I'm ready now.

1399
01:26:03,327 --> 01:26:08,327
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