Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

He's up on every corner.

I don't know who the joke's on, really.

I used to... couple tape here, couple tape here,

I mean, make them work to do something.

[tires screeching]

Capacity's approximately gonna be, like, 750 to 800.

Oh, he's dead, yeah.

into a street art spectacular filled not just with paintings

Banksy was now taking vandalism in an entirely new direction.

the crew started

but he was actually a lot more interesting than I am,

I would go upstairs,

but he was extremely iconic in the way that he did it.

a lot of suckers buying into his show

it's... anthropologically, sociologically,

and trying to do the game of Space Invaders,

and they said, Well, there's this French guy

I don't know how the video camera

sometimes I could make $5,000.

I think the joke is on...

and then, of course, once I was with Space Invader,

NARRATOR: The day after his close shave with Disneyland,

but I know he's doing a bit more installations at the moment.

NARRATOR: Over the rest of his time in London,

was measured in dollars and cents.

Banksy's about brainwashing.

NARRATOR: And when Invader returned to France,

I answered a nondescript ad

and I made, like, this image giant

So I tried Thierry again, and this time he answered,

NARRATOR: Eventually, with only three hours left

and they make something out of it.

He'd been to them around the world.

didn't actually exist.

MBW was front-page news.

He finds the paintings that he likes,

so he went to a phone shop over the road

that would dictate the path of his life

into an international news event.

Making a documentary,

# They tell no lies #

I call it designer,

Yeah, I was faced with that terrible thing

I don't have anything to do with this person.

It's not about the money.

Any kind of people,

[propulsive dance music]

One day, Shepard would be famous

I felt like I had the piece that will finish the puzzle.

So I have them up here,

Thierry was with his camera,

Thierry was determined that Mr. Brainwash

[hammer pounding]

I think even when you have the best intentions,

Being the man of mystery

# I couldn't be without you #

and I said, Where are you?

and I don't know how to stop...

So I'm lying completely.

I used to buy old Adidas and old things

You know, that's what's happening to me.

It was around the anniversary of September the 11th,

with a different concern altogether...

to send it to my mailing list, to post it on my website,

to discover there was a new star in town.

# Do you know that tonight the streets are ours? #

Police officer. I'm not gonna arrest you.

$2 is your change, and your two Disneyland tickets.

so I took Thierry with me,

selecting which of his many pieces to include

Okay, I need you to just to take oil painting

Yes, but I've done it.

Very important when you put the poster

$130,000, $140,000...

# They tell no lies #

[loud metallic clatter]

and it gains real power from perceived power.

so it needed documenting.

Andre the Giant.

they come to the market, and what they see?

I'd keep filming, keep filming, keep filming.

and had us working on a day rate

because it was only now,

- I'm so sorry. - That's okay.

# Tonight the streets are ours #

and you said...

I was completely maxed with camera.

and this piece called Don't Be Cruel.

and people were like, Oh, yeah.

and all of sudden,

is to show that Los Angeles can have great shows.

I'm glad my friends turned me on to this.

Those little bunnies are Warhols.

Okay, cela $30,000.

Thierry's entrée into the art world

I liked to capture those people

It's, like, I changed Elvis.

It was beyond my expectation, like they say.

I never want to be locked down anywhere.

where he was gonna blow my cover.

That's a Lichtenstein.

Banksy took Thierry everywhere,

Scarface, is it a big one?

[police radio chatter]

Thierry would sell nearly $1 million worth of art.

I was like, What the fuck is going on?

the two-tone metal spray over there?