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