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His name was Shepard Fairey.
It wasn't important, how it was made.
It's like gold, you know?
NARRATOR: Street art had become a white-hot commodity.
I didn't know what way that I'm gonna get this person,
came a few days later when Invader arranged to meet up
So this is gonna be like a jail.
This and that.
but I needed him out of the way
By the end of his opening week,
[birds chirping]
Yeah, yeah, that'll be crazy.
You're not giving order to anybody right now.
Like this, I don't... you know, I'm clear.
was about to become bigger than ever.
[whimsical orchestral music]
# #
Now it's those other big walls opposite...
Banksy returned to Los Angeles.
something that you want to express yourself,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Really interesting stuff.
and you'll see if I'm a rabbit or a turtle.
that he would just help me make some paintings,
You know, my wife was worried
What do you think of it?
# #
of unwatchable nightmare trailers,
the more important it seems,
and he said, This is it.
and realized he didn't have a clue
and I was crying, and I didn't know.
# Do you know why #
and people spent them,
Okay, can they unroll all the canvas?
It's to take pictures.
Very modern.
I put it on, I go... I go on Menu right away,
NARRATOR: Thierry seemed happy enough selling clothes
And this is what I create.
# What you see sets you apart #
The former CBS studio complex covering 15,000 square feet
Oh, my God.
that was not just illegal;
Well, I'd never let anybody film anything before,
What do you do?
who provoked the real sensation.
- Do you understand English? - Yes.
so that he could kind of keep coming up with projects
because he was, like, doing some tile, very small,
Everything that I owned, I put it in it.
because I never solid, transparent.
# But do you know that tonight the streets are ours? #
[steel drums clanging]
Oh, yeah? That's a lot of paper.
who caught Thierry's eye.
They were so pleased with what they see.
And the way that I made it,
Right. Not here.
What's the capacity of this place?
Who's Banksy? Banksy?
How can I get this guy?
the profile of the one artist who eluded him
and I don't have any proof on you.
and came flocking to report on the elephant in the room.
You know, I'm kind of excited I'm going to Disneyland.
It's okay.
They have... I mean, serious collections.
[distant sirens wailing]
[record scratching]
Okay.
And I thought, Yeah.
And he says, Did you take a lot of pictures?
NARRATOR: The youngest in a large family,
Starting with... starting now, this second,
his world was about to collide head-on
that you could actually watch about it.
NARRATOR: But inside,
were already starting to arrive.
I always thought of that.
# These lights in our hearts #
He said, Have you got a phone?
[gunfire]
but I know the moment it came inside my hand,
[people on ride screaming]
Fuck.
NARRATOR: Needing an operation,
Valet parking, or they just go?
it was at that point that I realized
was forced into the spotlight,
And I said no,
You know Space Invader?
And he forgets he comes with a family.
Because usually people film a day, two days, three days,
A bit more on the other side now.
about snapping up MBW pieces ahead of the opening,
This oil painting, do you know where is the two...
his mother's illness had been kept from Thierry,
- You see that? - Yeah.
And he said, Can you build me a monster out of TVs?
I'll take care of you, whatever, whatever.
that would become known as street art.
# It tricks you so you have no way to grow #
because I'm running around,
Amanda, how are you doing?
It's a triumph.
is built to last, like, hundreds of years.
some interesting notions around celebrity.
with Thierry's.
Combining Andre's face with a command to obey,
and put it outside
I'm just gonna come with the idea and say,
and he was filming me all the time,
I kept going.
# #
I know Space Invader. Not here, no.
I mean, Thierry was the perfect host
I came up with the idea that the whole movement of art
had been crafted into a 90-minute film
# #
on a commercial scale.
I was there.