Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

I would never have thought that it would be so many people.

NARRATOR: A few weeks after their chance encounter in L.A.,

I'm like, Where...are...you?

Thierry's family had learned to cope

What do you think of the American Gothic?

It will go down in history.

that Thierry's paintings finally arrived,

NARRATOR: While most artists

I mean, I heard about him.

# From our vision and our goals #

It was, like, an enjoyment to get pushed, you know.

Like, they caught me as Banksy.

his other subjects carried on,

And I was uncomfortable with that,

I don't have any picture on him,

- Are you gonna do both? - Yeah.

were immediately picked up by the media,

The Andy Warhol Mao is the first thing I ever bought.

I never did an exposition in a gallery, really.

You know, it's like a revolution kind of way.

to a public eager to feast their eyes

into a universally recognized icon.

but after a while, he's like,

and I don't know whether it's just that he's passionate

Can I have a quick word with you, sir, please?

This is what I want, and I want this like that.

I mean, I always used to encourage everyone I met

would be complete without a Banksy.

and I said, Absolutely.

and the detention of all these terror suspects,

I never show any work anywhere,

at the right time, really.

Nobody noticed,

to get everything ready,

# I need to know you want me #

So I thought, you know, maybe I could have a go.

Yeah, you know?

I wasn't worried, but I'm sure my wife

Prepare me some canned olive paint.

He was... he was... he was...

I don't even know if there is a joke.

Shepard Fairey was at Kinko's on Vine,

Subversive graffiti artist Banksy, whose work...

and things like this,

NARRATOR: Held in an interrogation room,

# But tonight the streets are ours #

I'm Angie Crouch.

- Oh, no, no, no. - Thanks.

I like what it feels like, you know?

You have to keep an eye on the big picture.

He called up, and he came to London

And I made it transparent, you know,

What do you think, Thierry? Yeah.

So then I got a phone call from Thierry,

NARRATOR: When Banksy had suggested to Thierry

I'm sure you can appreciate graffiti's a criminal offense.

Keep your eye out for the cops.

[jaunty accordion music]

I didn't know, in reality, and after I went back to class,

I need to put some white ones here...

- Right on. - Yes.

NARRATOR: Thierry had now remortgaged his business

filming everything that Space Invader was doing

over an art exhibit involving a live painted elephant.

And me, I'm filming, taking pictures...

in the early 1980s.

Because I have Banksy here, and I would like...

you know, like, he was using even the picture camera

But then Thierry really made them meaningless.

Thierry became increasingly compelled

# It's no way for life to start #

I want... I want... I want to interview this guy.

# And there's nothing here to bind you #

and I liked it, so I made a small sticker.

and an image based on cult '70s wrestler

NARRATOR: As time passed, those who knew Thierry

for creating Mr. Brainwash?

It's beautiful. Keep on doing it.

And then, miraculously...

tapes and tapes and tapes.

that what you see in the night light.

- Uh... - Oh, you knew the guy.

[sirens wailing]

says this small white card given to visitors...

Like, this room looks cool.

and somebody come up,

I'm running the show.

God, I don't even know who else.

NARRATOR: In his new role as documentary filmmaker,

[people on ride screaming]

you know, like, when you have a bucket

So they actually started shutting down parts of the park.

with his endless trips away,

If this room stayed like this, that's cool, but...

NARRATOR: But Mr. Brainwash had some catching up to do.