Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

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

in the early 1980s.

I'm Angie Crouch.

with his endless trips away,

[sirens wailing]

for creating Mr. Brainwash?

And I was uncomfortable with that,

But then Thierry really made them meaningless.

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

And I made it transparent, you know,

NARRATOR: While most artists

God, I don't even know who else.

[jaunty accordion music]

NARRATOR: Held in an interrogation room,

Subversive graffiti artist Banksy, whose work...

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

Thierry's family had learned to cope

and things like this,

So they actually started shutting down parts of the park.

I don't have any picture on him,

# From our vision and our goals #

It will go down in history.

and I said, Absolutely.

I mean, I heard about him.

NARRATOR: Thierry had now remortgaged his business

NARRATOR: When Banksy had suggested to Thierry

- Right on. - Yes.

- Are you gonna do both? - Yeah.

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

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

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

and somebody come up,

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

# It's no way for life to start #

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

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

and an image based on cult '70s wrestler

I never show any work anywhere,

filming everything that Space Invader was doing

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

What do you think, Thierry? Yeah.

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

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

Like, this room looks cool.

I like what it feels like, you know?

[people on ride screaming]

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

that Thierry's paintings finally arrived,

Shepard Fairey was at Kinko's on Vine,

He called up, and he came to London

you know, like, when you have a bucket

It's beautiful. Keep on doing it.

# I need to know you want me #

would be complete without a Banksy.

You have to keep an eye on the big picture.

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

Keep your eye out for the cops.

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

says this small white card given to visitors...

Thierry became increasingly compelled

to get everything ready,

to a public eager to feast their eyes

NARRATOR: As time passed, those who knew Thierry

Like, they caught me as Banksy.

Nobody noticed,

What do you think of the American Gothic?

and the detention of all these terror suspects,

I never did an exposition in a gallery, really.

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

over an art exhibit involving a live painted elephant.

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

# But tonight the streets are ours #

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

And then, miraculously...

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

I'm running the show.

but after a while, he's like,

So then I got a phone call from Thierry,

his other subjects carried on,

NARRATOR: In his new role as documentary filmmaker,

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

Yeah, you know?

tapes and tapes and tapes.

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

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

Prepare me some canned olive paint.

were immediately picked up by the media,

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

at the right time, really.

into a universally recognized icon.

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

I need to put some white ones here...

# And there's nothing here to bind you #

that what you see in the night light.

I mean, I always used to encourage everyone I met