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Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips
[wheels rattling]
but sculptures and installations too.
Having spent years
so now the film is kind of about him.
or if he copies Shepard Fairey,
And in my head,
he was, like, painting, like, shadows on the streets
No... the camera is on the table.
I mean, the thing is that most all art
[Children Wailing]
these once-temporary works
since punk,
and it was magic kind of way.
Many of the biggest names in the street art world
I took picture of me holding a camera,
I would say $24,000.
animal rights activists are outraged
- It's not recording. - That's fine.
[car horns honking]
Say hello to the French people.
and I don't know how to stop...
He figured, I want to do something just as great.
And then he actually got us into the space
but the artist himself remained as elusive as ever.
but obviously, that hadn't stopped Thierry,
NARRATOR: But Thierry was still finding distractions
I just loved it, you know,
Usually, I just...
I didn't want to disappoint Banksy.
he was always very diligent about climbing,
and do a review, because...
- Shut the fuck up. - [laughs]
You know, What is he gonna do to us?
to transform a large run-down warehouse
[bizarre percussive cacophony]
that he make some art,
had stumbled into an intriguing underground world,
And after, I was like...
At that point, I thought I'd better leave the park.
Banksy had just given him
Later, as an adult raising his own family,
to make their mark by any means necessary.
may I have your attention, please?
flicking through a cable box of 900 channels.
NARRATOR: L.A.'s art fans watched, spellbound,
Your mother is dead. Like this.
[speaking in native language]
was radiating far beyond the world of street art.
When you gonna film someone else?
I was saying, It's okay; it's my cousin.
becoming a street artist,
I had cameras set up everywhere.
had a little problem of sleeping sometime.
[dog yipping ferociously]
and bought me a phone,
I guess Thierry showed up at a time
Now Tate Britain in Pimlico
And then that's Keith Haring, who I'm not a fan of.
# #
and on condition that I could check the tapes afterwards.
a pile good or a pile not good.
Banksy invited Thierry to England.
# Don't let fear of me then fool you #
What is the film?
He does very, very good graffiti.
for the world's biggest street artists,
He's funny-looking. No.
You know?
Thierry made himself indispensable,
So on the understanding
There is nothing to do there?
And the thing goes, Vvvvt!
you know,
[thudding clatter]
but I'm excited about it.
I mean, it's beautiful, but it's in the closet.
and we didn't tell anyone else about it,
until 8:00 in the morning,
Film! Film! Come closer.
got turned back at immigration,
NARRATOR: After four hours of questioning,
[searing drone]
You guys need to go.
He was following the artists,
So you draw. You know how to draw?
commemorate his life
to the one missing star of his film,
but there's probably a moral in there somewhere.
One, two.
# #
You know, it's one of those kind of things, man.
while I was on a billboard or a rooftop,
$110,000, $120,000,
they took me away.
wanted to know the answer to one question:
so can you...
of trying to keep everything completely under wraps,
and Thierry had landed right in the middle of it.
No.
to plan the next phase of his artistic career.
He was pretty much obsessed.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
didn't fold, didn't buckle;
My phone rings.
# Go! #
- Comfortable? - Yep.
You know?
Thierry now started traveling the world with Shepard,
[metallic clanging]
because with time, you'll see my creativity.
# #
and when I got there,
And off he went back to Los Angeles,
# #
just eight hours before the doors opened,
I don't know how to play chess,
Good. How are you doing?