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Three friends from art school struggle to start their careers in the bizarre NYC art world, while trying to get by in life and figure themselves out.
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Transcript
00:00:00Great art comes from suffering. That's true. We all lead relatively safe lives.
00:00:09We're fighting wars overseas, but you never know it from wandering around Brooklyn.
00:00:13Then there's your emotional suffering, but no one has got time for your emotional suffering.
00:00:20They got everybody working so hard. People don't have time to see their kids.
00:00:25You think they have time for your art?
00:00:28No.
00:00:30Terrorism happens.
00:00:33Or some big bad thing happens every few days in the news.
00:00:37And everybody's saying, why are you wasting your time on art?
00:00:42There are more important things happening in the world.
00:00:45But what artists do is as important as anything else.
00:00:51Society is always against the artists because artists have something to say.
00:00:56Because they present uncomfortable truth.
00:01:00We're all looking at the same world.
00:01:03An artist sees how fucked up it is.
00:01:06And that maybe it doesn't have to be that way.
00:01:11To have someone looking at your art and have them get that perspective, that can be profound.
00:01:22But you can't have that perspective unless you unchain yourself from everything society tells you.
00:01:31Start with this.
00:01:34Everything your mother taught you was wrong.
00:01:41Thank you, Mr. Lefkowitz. Thank you very much.
00:01:51Fucking!
00:02:18Yo.
00:02:19Hey, man.
00:02:20Hey.
00:02:21Hey.
00:02:23You know, real life is bullshit.
00:02:25You spend all this time in art school and then people think that you just paint for a hobby.
00:02:29Oh, my God.
00:02:30I just had a meeting with a gallery owner.
00:02:32Oh.
00:02:33Yeah, he told me I wasn't dark enough.
00:02:34You told him to go fuck himself?
00:02:36No.
00:02:37He's friends with my dad.
00:02:42Yo.
00:02:44I'm so cold.
00:02:46My landlord turned off my heat.
00:02:47Can they do that?
00:02:48I'm not supposed to be living there.
00:02:50I didn't pay my rent.
00:02:51So, yeah, they can do that, I guess.
00:02:55Thanks, Kelsey.
00:02:56Yeah.
00:02:57Hey, you saw the Chloe Brown, right?
00:02:58Yeah, like three years ago in the pottery room at school.
00:03:01I mean, I get that she's hot and everything, but she's just like this puddle of shallow bullshit and her art sucks.
00:03:07Her pussy paintings are really cool.
00:03:09Oh, yeah, she's so cool that she put pictures of her trimmed cute little vagina out there and called that art.
00:03:14What's wrong with that?
00:03:15All I'm going to say is that a vagina by any other name is just a cunt.
00:03:30Where have you been?
00:03:31Stephanie.
00:03:32You didn't tell me you were coming over.
00:03:33I don't have much time.
00:03:35I have to get a train back to Greenwich.
00:03:45Okay.
00:04:02Move in with me.
00:04:05I'm married.
00:04:07I have a house.
00:04:10But you love me.
00:04:12I don't see why you can't just be happy with things the way they are.
00:04:16Your mother says that even when you get what you want, you are never happy.
00:04:23Yeah.
00:04:25She knows me so well.
00:04:26What do you have to complain about?
00:04:28Your life is great.
00:04:29You're not poor.
00:04:31Your parents are nice.
00:04:32Those things seem like advantages in life.
00:04:36They're not helping me as an artist.
00:04:37Talk about a white people problem.
00:04:39I'm white.
00:04:41All I have is white people problems.
00:04:43What other kind of problems am I supposed to have all of a sudden?
00:04:46Is it my fault I haven't suffered?
00:04:47You're always suffering.
00:04:49Or sufferable.
00:04:51You know, you don't actually have to lead a miserable life to be an artist.
00:04:55That's just a romantic stereotype.
00:04:58What do you know?
00:04:59You live in the suburbs.
00:05:01Outside of pot and chardonnay, you don't know anything about the world.
00:05:04Don't get down on me for wanting to have a nice, comfortable life.
00:05:07I just think there's more to life than that.
00:05:11You know, it's pretty cute that you care so much about this.
00:05:19But don't tell your mom that we're fucking without a condom, okay?
00:05:22It's weird.
00:05:23It's weird because you're married to somebody else.
00:05:27Okay.
00:05:28I have to go.
00:05:29Don't go.
00:05:30I have to pick up the dry cleaning before I go home.
00:05:34To my husband.
00:05:37Love you.
00:05:41Love you too.
00:05:42Love you too.
00:05:43Love you too.
00:05:45You wild off.
00:06:08We had dinner with Stephanie and her husband last week.
00:06:14You shouldn't have let that one go.
00:06:18She broke up with me.
00:06:19I wasn't happy about it.
00:06:21Well, her husband's a charming guy.
00:06:23And he's loaded.
00:06:27He's an asshole.
00:06:29He's older than you.
00:06:30It's gross.
00:06:35Whatever happened with that meeting I set you up with last week?
00:06:38Lefkowitz?
00:06:39Lefkowitz?
00:06:43He didn't like my work.
00:06:45I'm sorry, sweetheart.
00:06:46I think it's really good.
00:06:47I know you do.
00:07:03Mom.
00:07:05Um, you know how you always say that you want to support me as an artist?
00:07:14Anything I can do.
00:07:15I had this idea for a project and it involves you.
00:07:20And I think it could be really, really interesting.
00:07:23And edgy and powerful.
00:07:28How can I help?
00:07:29I want you to sit for me.
00:07:31I want to do a portrait of you.
00:07:33A nude.
00:07:38I don't think so.
00:07:40I love you.
00:07:41I want to be supportive, but no.
00:07:44This is the thing with you, right?
00:07:46You want to be supportive.
00:07:47But when it comes down to it, you don't.
00:07:50That is not true.
00:07:51Then come on, Mom.
00:07:53I'm not sitting naked in front of you.
00:07:55This is important, Mom.
00:07:57Not just for me.
00:07:58This is important as a piece of art.
00:08:00A piece of art?
00:08:01Important how?
00:08:04It'll examine the mother and son relationship from a whole new perspective.
00:08:07A perspective with no barriers.
00:08:09And what aspects of our relationship are you planning on exploring?
00:08:12There's the psychological aspect.
00:08:15Like I fucked up my whole way of thinking.
00:08:18Is that what you think?
00:08:19For example.
00:08:21And then, yes.
00:08:23There is the sexual aspect.
00:08:24Okay, stop. That's just disgusting.
00:08:26I'm willing to go there.
00:08:28If that's where I need to go to be true to my art.
00:08:30Forget it.
00:08:31I am 47 years old.
00:08:32I'm your mother.
00:08:33It's weird.
00:08:34I'm not doing it.
00:08:35I'm not going to sit naked in a room in front of you
00:08:38so you could explore whatever weird sexual fantasies you have about me.
00:08:41You don't like the idea of sitting in a room with me naked?
00:08:45Or you don't like the idea at all?
00:08:46I can see how the idea is interesting.
00:08:49But I'm sorry.
00:08:50I'm not that liberated.
00:08:54What if I did it from pictures?
00:08:55Like selfies?
00:08:57No, no.
00:08:58No, not selfies.
00:08:59I would have to get a friend to come and take pictures of you
00:09:01and then I would paint it from those.
00:09:02It's not going to be as good.
00:09:03But it's a start.
00:09:05And maybe if you saw the potential of what I'm trying to do
00:09:07you would change your mind.
00:09:10Mom, this could be incredible.
00:09:28Hey, do you have $300 I could borrow?
00:09:30I know.
00:09:31I owe you some money already.
00:09:32How about this?
00:09:33I need someone to take some pictures for a project I'm working on.
00:09:36Yeah?
00:09:37You'll pay me?
00:09:38$300.
00:09:39Shit.
00:09:40I mean, I would do it for free for you.
00:09:41You know that.
00:09:42If I didn't need the money.
00:09:43I know, I know.
00:09:44It's in March months.
00:09:45You're going to have to take a train from Grand Central and a cab from the station.
00:09:48Who's the model?
00:09:51It's my mother.
00:09:52I want you to do something for her.
00:09:55It's my mother.
00:09:56I want you to do some nudes for a series of paintings I'm doing.
00:09:59Really? Your mom?
00:10:00That's cool.
00:10:01You think?
00:10:02Yeah.
00:10:03I mean, that could be really interesting.
00:10:04I'm trying to push myself into some darker material
00:10:06and I just feel like there's something not entirely right about our relationship.
00:10:09So what kind of poses do you want?
00:10:10Standard dynamic poses.
00:10:12Maybe something reclining.
00:10:13Get as many angles as you can.
00:10:16It means a lot that you trust me with this.
00:10:17Yeah, man.
00:10:18I know you'll get me what I need.
00:10:20You mean with your mom?
00:10:21Yeah.
00:10:24Hey.
00:10:34Hey.
00:10:36Is that David Craze?
00:10:38Yeah, that's him.
00:10:39I've seen him in here a few times.
00:10:40He's one of my favorite painters.
00:10:43Someone you don't hate?
00:10:44Shut up.
00:10:45Have you ever spoken to him?
00:10:46No way.
00:10:47He's scary looking.
00:10:50I'm going to buy him a drink.
00:10:55Okay.
00:11:01Hi.
00:11:02You're David Craze, right?
00:11:03The painter?
00:11:07I took a class on transgressive art in school
00:11:09and I really flipped out when I saw your paintings.
00:11:12I mean, they seriously changed my life.
00:11:18Um.
00:11:21Okay, well, I don't want to keep you.
00:11:22I just wanted to buy you a drink.
00:11:25Excuse me.
00:11:26Hi, could I get two of whatever he's having, please?
00:11:28Is that okay?
00:11:29Seriously?
00:11:30Seriously.
00:11:31But I come in here all the time.
00:11:32You know what?
00:11:33Whatever.
00:11:34Here you go.
00:11:42Sit down.
00:11:43Sit down.
00:11:59Guys.
00:12:00This, this is David.
00:12:04I thought we'd be alone.
00:12:06Oh, no, no, no.
00:12:07These are, this is Hannah and Christina.
00:12:09They're my roommates.
00:12:11What's right there?
00:12:18You cannot bring him in here.
00:12:20Why not?
00:12:21He's a homeless person.
00:12:22He's not homeless.
00:12:23He's a famous painter.
00:12:24Okay, you're not going to have sex with him, are you?
00:12:26He's like 90.
00:12:27Okay, like it's better than that frat boy you brought home the other week
00:12:30that came all over the couch?
00:12:31Well, he was my age at least.
00:12:33That was really disappointing.
00:12:34Okay, guys, just please be quiet.
00:12:37I might have bled a little in there.
00:12:49Ew.
00:12:53He's just kidding.
00:13:07Hi.
00:13:08Quinn, right?
00:13:09Hi.
00:13:15Dan talks about you all the time.
00:13:17I can't believe we have never met before.
00:13:19We met at graduation.
00:13:21Oh, yeah, right, of course.
00:13:24Dan is embarrassed by us, so we hardly ever get to meet his friends.
00:13:28He's just trying to do things on his own.
00:13:30Yeah, which is why he wants to do these paintings.
00:13:33Yeah, I think it's a really great idea.
00:13:35Listen, I'm really nervous if you can't tell.
00:13:38It's okay.
00:13:39So am I.
00:13:40Okay.
00:13:43Good morning.
00:13:44Did you paint that?
00:13:46I like that very much.
00:13:48It reminds me of something I might have done when I was younger.
00:13:51Yeah, it was an exercise for class.
00:13:54We were supposed to do a painting in the style of a painter we love.
00:13:57So you chose me.
00:13:59No wonder I like it.
00:14:01Can we get a drink now?
00:14:03It's still kind of early.
00:14:05It's almost 11.
00:14:07Oh, shit, I've got to go to work.
00:14:09Are you going to your studio?
00:14:11Yeah, I wish.
00:14:12No, I work at a coffeehouse.
00:14:13But you can stay here as long as you want.
00:14:16See you at the bar later?
00:14:18Yeah, if you want.
00:14:20I do.
00:14:21Okay.
00:14:22Do you have any money?
00:14:23Uh...
00:14:25Yeah, I have a 20 in my room.
00:14:27I'll pay you back later.
00:14:29Okay.
00:14:34I love this record collection.
00:14:36Are these all Dan's?
00:14:38No, those are mine, mostly.
00:14:42I hardly ever listen to them anymore.
00:14:56Okay.
00:15:07You're really beautiful.
00:15:09Stop.
00:15:11You're making me blush.
00:15:13You haven't even taken your clothes off yet.
00:15:16It has been a while since I have been naked in front of someone who's not my husband.
00:15:22It's not like he even notices.
00:15:24I'll notice.
00:15:26That doesn't help.
00:15:28I'm old.
00:15:30There's a woman in her 80s that came into school to pose all the time.
00:15:34Younger ones, too, I'm sure.
00:15:36They weren't all eye candy.
00:15:39So, um...
00:15:42What, do I just take off my clothes?
00:15:46Normally a model will get undressed in private and put a robe on.
00:15:51But I think you should start taking your clothes off now.
00:15:58Okay.
00:16:10Slower.
00:16:21Very.
00:16:51Okay.
00:17:10I feel bad.
00:17:13I'm married.
00:17:16Oh, yeah.
00:17:22You never cheated on your husband before?
00:17:26Once.
00:17:29It was with an art dealer, actually.
00:17:33He was a fun guy.
00:17:39I feel bad about Dan.
00:17:42He was on to something good here.
00:17:45He trusted me.
00:17:48We can take him now.
00:17:51I wouldn't be so nervous.
00:17:54Okay.
00:17:57Is your husband coming back soon?
00:18:00No.
00:18:02He's at work.
00:18:14Can you get that?
00:18:18Okay.
00:18:28Dan?
00:18:30Hey, I got your pictures.
00:18:34Oh, great.
00:18:36I'll get your money.
00:18:38I'll be right back.
00:18:40You're Quinn, right?
00:18:42I heard a lot about you.
00:18:44Stephanie.
00:18:46What pictures?
00:18:48Just something Dan asked me to help him out on.
00:18:51That's very secretive.
00:18:59Thanks, man.
00:19:01It really helps out.
00:19:04Nice meeting you.
00:19:06You, too.
00:19:09That's who you got to take pictures of your mother?
00:19:13How do you know about that?
00:19:15She told me.
00:19:17No wonder she got so weird about it.
00:19:19What are you talking about?
00:19:21When I asked her about it, she turned red.
00:19:24Quinn is my best friend.
00:19:27Would you send Quinn to take naked pictures of me?
00:19:30No.
00:19:32That's different.
00:19:34Why? Because I'm not your mother?
00:19:37Because you know, just because she's your mother
00:19:39doesn't mean that she's not a hot milf to someone else.
00:19:42She's a married woman.
00:19:44What the hell is wrong with you?
00:19:46You are just the most innocent person sometimes.
00:19:49Are you really ready to live in this world?
00:19:53Let's see the photos.
00:19:55No.
00:19:56Why not?
00:19:57Because I told her I wouldn't show anybody else.
00:19:59She wouldn't care if I saw them.
00:20:00Maybe I would.
00:20:02Are you really going to paint something with those pictures?
00:20:04Or did you just have them taken for your own entertainment?
00:20:07So a minute ago I was too innocent,
00:20:09and now I'm the weird pervert who jerks off to pictures of his mom.
00:20:11Then why did you do it?
00:20:13Because I thought it was a good idea.
00:20:15And it never occurred to you that maybe no one else
00:20:17wants to live in your creepy mother fantasy world with you?
00:20:20Apparently you do.
00:20:22Fine.
00:20:24I'm leaving.
00:20:26But you haven't heard the end of this.
00:20:29Yeah, it's the same.
00:20:31Same issue, same concern.
00:20:34Hey!
00:20:35Hi.
00:20:39This drink is on me.
00:20:41Here's the 20 I owe you.
00:20:42Oh, thank you.
00:20:44Did you sell a painting?
00:20:46As a matter of fact, I did.
00:20:48Congratulations.
00:20:49I thought you weren't painting anymore.
00:20:52You're welcome.
00:20:53It's an old one, not one of my best,
00:20:55but it's nice to see.
00:20:57My name still has a little value.
00:20:59I can't believe it doesn't have more.
00:21:01I mean, you have works in museums.
00:21:03Yes, my paintings still appreciate.
00:21:05I don't get any of that money.
00:21:07So why don't you paint more?
00:21:09Back when I was someone people interviewed,
00:21:13they would occasionally ask me why I painted,
00:21:16as if I could ever answer such an inane question.
00:21:19How the fuck do I know why I painted?
00:21:22I don't know why I painted,
00:21:24but I do know why I stopped painting.
00:21:27Why?
00:21:31None of your fucking business.
00:21:40Shit.
00:21:52Shit.
00:22:22Shit.
00:22:38You stole my fucking painting!
00:22:43I sold it to Brett Wazinski in Chelsea.
00:22:47Wait, for how much?
00:22:48$20,000.
00:22:52You sold my painting for $20,000?
00:22:56Sort of. I put my name on it.
00:22:58I figured you stole it from me.
00:23:00I stole what from you?
00:23:02My ideas.
00:23:03You admitted yourself that was your project.
00:23:06I want some of that money.
00:23:09I'm not giving you any of that money.
00:23:11I sold that painting on my name,
00:23:13not on the quality of the work.
00:23:15If it had been better, it would have sold for more.
00:23:18You are a cynical bastard.
00:23:21You don't understand what I've done for you, do you?
00:23:24Have you ever sold a painting for $20,000?
00:23:27Of course I haven't!
00:23:28You just did to Brett Wazinski.
00:23:30He's got a good reputation.
00:23:32He could make or break an artist like you.
00:23:34If anybody finds out I duped him,
00:23:36he'd look like a fool.
00:23:38Your work is good. You proved it.
00:23:41I suggest paying him a visit and showing him your work.
00:23:44If he won't help you,
00:23:45you can take your paintings to any other gallery in the city
00:23:48and tell them truthfully
00:23:49that your last painting sold for $20,000 to Brett Wazinski.
00:23:58So you're saying I should blackmail him.
00:24:01It's your foot in the door.
00:24:03Push it open a little.
00:24:04You'll see anything goes in this business.
00:24:06Just do me one courtesy.
00:24:08Don't steal my ideas anymore.
00:24:48Come on!
00:25:08Who is it?
00:25:09It's me.
00:25:13What do you want?
00:25:14Open the door!
00:25:18Come on!
00:25:37What the fuck, man?
00:25:38What are we talking about?
00:25:40My mother?
00:25:42Who I trusted you with?
00:25:43What? I got the pictures like you wanted me to.
00:25:45Yeah, that's not all you got, is it?
00:25:47I don't know what you're talking about.
00:25:48You didn't delete the pictures, you fucking idiot!
00:25:51You just put them in the trash.
00:25:53You need to delete them.
00:25:55I can't believe you fucked my mother.
00:25:58Oh, yeah.
00:26:01It just kind of happened, okay?
00:26:03I didn't go out there with the intention of doing that.
00:26:05She's my mother.
00:26:06I know, I know.
00:26:08To you, she's your mother.
00:26:09But to me, she's a very sensual person.
00:26:13Sensual?
00:26:14She's hot, okay?
00:26:16You may not see it, but she is.
00:26:18I see her as a person, not as, you know, my mother like you do.
00:26:22Come on, man.
00:26:24Remember, we always said we wouldn't let a chick come between us, right?
00:26:27Fuck you.
00:26:30What about my dad?
00:26:32I don't think we should tell him, do you?
00:26:34What?
00:26:35Look, I really like her.
00:26:38I mean, she's warm, nice and protective.
00:26:43She really loves you.
00:26:45Oh, my God.
00:26:46You wanted something dark, didn't you?
00:26:49You wanted to explore something dark about your relationship with your mother.
00:26:52Maybe this is an opportunity for you to explore that.
00:26:54Are you fucking kidding me?
00:26:56No.
00:26:57Look, the normal person would come in here and beat the shit out of me for fucking his mother.
00:27:01But we're artists.
00:27:03We don't live by the normal tenets of society.
00:27:06If we did, you wouldn't have sent me up there to take those pictures, and I wouldn't have done what I did.
00:27:11We can't edit our psyches just because society says we should behave a certain way.
00:27:16You know that better than anyone.
00:27:19Look at those pictures, and maybe you will find that something in yourself that you were looking for.
00:27:29What would my dad say?
00:27:31If the paintings are great, he'll support you.
00:27:35He doesn't have to know I was involved. Nobody does.
00:27:40You're an asshole.
00:27:41Come on, man. Let me buy you a drink.
00:27:43No.
00:27:45I gotta walk around or something.
00:28:09Oh, okay.
00:28:39Hi.
00:28:40Hey.
00:28:41Hi, I'm here for Brett Wyszynski.
00:28:43Yeah.
00:28:44My name is Kelsey Frick.
00:28:45Kelsey Frick.
00:28:46Yeah, sure. One second.
00:28:47Kelsey, thank you.
00:28:48Hey, yeah, Brett.
00:28:49Kelsey Frick is here.
00:28:50Okay.
00:28:51Okay.
00:28:52Cool.
00:28:53I'll be right down.
00:28:54Okay.
00:28:55Is this a Marcel Jaco?
00:28:56Yeah.
00:28:57Yeah, yeah.
00:28:58It's actually, it's an interesting painting.
00:29:00It's from the time when he was becoming disillusioned with Dada.
00:29:04Oh, yeah.
00:29:05Yeah, you can really see that.
00:29:06It almost looks like constructivism.
00:29:08I know.
00:29:09He had such a distinct voice, no matter what style he used.
00:29:13Yeah.
00:29:14Yeah.
00:29:15I always loved the idea of Dadaism.
00:29:17Like, I really wanted to love it, but I don't know.
00:29:19I never fell in love with it.
00:29:20Like, I fell in love with the futurism, you know?
00:29:22Oh, my God.
00:29:23I know exactly what you mean.
00:29:24Futurism, it's like, it's like all energy.
00:29:27Yes.
00:29:28And, like, power.
00:29:29Yeah.
00:29:30Do you know what?
00:29:31It kind of has this, you know, like,
00:29:33Do you know what?
00:29:34It kind of has this sexy fascism thing going on.
00:29:38Do you know what I mean?
00:29:39I do.
00:29:42Rhett, this is Kelsey Frick.
00:29:44Remember?
00:29:45She, she has some paperwork on the Craze painting.
00:29:50Right, yeah.
00:29:51Yeah.
00:29:52Come on back to my office.
00:29:53Okay.
00:29:54So, what is this paperwork you have?
00:29:56I was actually wondering if you would take a look at some of my paintings before we start.
00:30:00You're an artist.
00:30:01Yes, as I said over the phone.
00:30:02I'm afraid I can't help you.
00:30:03I only take established artists, mostly dead ones, to be honest.
00:30:07David said that you should really take a look at my work.
00:30:09Do you have paperwork or not?
00:30:11No, I do, but...
00:30:18So, how much did you get for his painting?
00:30:20Below six figures.
00:30:23He said he only got $20,000.
00:30:25Is that what he told you?
00:30:27Yeah.
00:30:28It's not really my sort of thing.
00:30:29So, this paperwork you have...
00:30:35This...
00:30:38This is the painting you sold, right?
00:30:41Yeah.
00:30:42Yeah, that's from my Instagram page.
00:30:45From three years ago.
00:30:46When I painted it.
00:30:49Wait.
00:30:51What?
00:30:52And if you zoom in on the signature, you'll see that I painted it,
00:30:55and he stole it from my apartment and replaced my signature with his.
00:30:58And he got you to sell it.
00:31:01This doesn't prove anything.
00:31:02But it's true.
00:31:04And if Norman Chazelle finds out, he's gonna be pissed.
00:31:06I mean, he's the one that bought it, right?
00:31:09And isn't he, like, a really important collector?
00:31:13Are you blackmailing me?
00:31:15No.
00:31:16Then what do you want?
00:31:18I just want you to look at my work.
00:31:20Which I've already done.
00:31:21No, which you've already sold.
00:31:22For a low six figures.
00:31:23For $25,000.
00:31:24I was lying.
00:31:25Look, I don't want your money.
00:31:27I just want your help.
00:31:29My help?
00:31:31Selling my work.
00:31:33I could maybe offer you an internship.
00:31:37You'd have to dress a little more professionally,
00:31:39but it's a good start in the business, answering phones, updating the website.
00:31:43You know, there's a lot to learn.
00:31:44No.
00:31:45No way.
00:31:46I'm not doing that.
00:31:47Well, it's the best I can do.
00:31:48Okay, you know what?
00:31:49I am blackmailing you.
00:31:50If you don't help me, I will call Norman Chazelle
00:31:53and tell him that he just spent $25,000 on an artist who just graduated three years ago.
00:32:01Let me see that.
00:32:16Is this you?
00:32:18What do you mean?
00:32:19You dress like this every day?
00:32:21Yeah.
00:32:22You know, there are whole sections of the vintage clothing store
00:32:25where they have clothes that haven't been taken off the bodies of dead Iraqi soldiers, right?
00:32:30I get it.
00:32:31You don't like the way that I dress.
00:32:32You don't look like someone who's making any money.
00:32:34I'm not making any money.
00:32:35That's why I'm here.
00:32:36You're a creative person though, right?
00:32:38Yeah.
00:32:39And this is the best that you came up with creatively?
00:32:45Yeah.
00:32:47I can find you clothes.
00:32:49Julian Schnabel wears a bathrobe to dinner parties.
00:32:52But Schnabel sucks.
00:32:53Schnabel sells because people want to be near him.
00:32:58Because he's an interesting person.
00:33:00Because he wears a bathrobe to dinner.
00:33:04Because being around Schnabel makes you a better person.
00:33:11It doesn't matter that you think his art sucks because you don't matter.
00:33:18Okay.
00:33:21Wear something that'll make an impression.
00:33:23And then we can talk about me helping you.
00:33:27And unfuck your hair.
00:33:45Yo!
00:33:47Shit.
00:33:49You got a haircut.
00:33:55You done?
00:33:56Great to see you.
00:33:57I'll see you in there.
00:33:59Y'all have fun.
00:34:03And the man!
00:34:09Hey Austin.
00:34:10Thanks for inviting me.
00:34:11You're my blood.
00:34:12I need to hang out with you more so I can stay grounded.
00:34:15You know, my life is just insane these days.
00:34:17Awesome.
00:34:18Dave and Nick have been wanting to say hi.
00:34:20I gotta go.
00:34:21Have some drinks.
00:34:22It was all sponsored and shit.
00:34:24Thanks for bringing me to this.
00:34:25Yeah.
00:34:27I'm surprised he didn't invite you himself.
00:34:29Why would he?
00:34:30He hates me.
00:34:31Why?
00:34:32Because he's a douchebag.
00:34:34Oh look, there's Chloe Brown.
00:34:36Let's go bask in the glow of her awesome bullshit.
00:34:39It's strange because both my parents are artists so I grew up in this artistic home.
00:34:44So my work doesn't seem shocking to me.
00:34:47Why are you so obsessed with her?
00:34:49I'm not obsessed with her.
00:34:52Don't ever say that.
00:34:54I'm gonna go say hi to Austin.
00:34:56Kelsey!
00:34:57So cool you came.
00:34:58Oh, thank you for inviting me.
00:35:00This is awesome.
00:35:01Are you kidding me?
00:35:02You're my blood.
00:35:03I need to hang out with you more so I can stay grounded.
00:35:06This is all so exciting.
00:35:07What's happening to you?
00:35:08Is that Gwen that you brought here?
00:35:12Yeah, why?
00:35:13He just makes me a little nervous.
00:35:15I mean, when was the last time you took a shower?
00:35:17I don't know.
00:35:18He's been living in a studio set.
00:35:20Jesus.
00:35:21This is where they find the new young talent.
00:35:23So off we go.
00:35:24Give me a second.
00:35:33Dan!
00:35:35So nice to see you.
00:35:37What are you doing here?
00:35:38Gregory is looking to buy some art.
00:35:41You've met my husband.
00:35:42Gregory Buckland.
00:35:43Dan Pearson.
00:35:44I've told you about Dan.
00:35:45We went to high school together.
00:35:47He's an artist.
00:35:48His parents came to our wedding.
00:35:50He did the painting of the girl in the fire.
00:35:53Oh, the one in the laundry room.
00:35:55He's in the laundry room?
00:35:57So what are you doing here?
00:35:58Austin's my friend.
00:35:59We went to art school together.
00:36:01Oh, you're the gay one.
00:36:03Right.
00:36:04What?
00:36:05Gregory, can I steal you for a moment?
00:36:07Sure.
00:36:08Excuse me a second.
00:36:09Sure.
00:36:10I know about this.
00:36:11I know about this.
00:36:15You told him I was gay?
00:36:16You were a little, right?
00:36:17What are you talking about?
00:36:19Remember when we did that threesome with David Conway?
00:36:21You sucked his cock.
00:36:22I did not suck his cock.
00:36:23My chin might have touched it for like a second.
00:36:25It was an accident.
00:36:26Well, you can see how that would stay with me.
00:36:31Hey, Chelsea.
00:36:32Kelsey.
00:36:33It's Kelsey.
00:36:34Sorry.
00:36:35I always said it was Chelsea.
00:36:36No, we've only known each other for like five years.
00:36:40Can I give you some advice?
00:36:42You don't have to be such a bitch all the time.
00:36:45Oh my god, Chloe.
00:36:46Thank you so much for that advice.
00:36:48But I have to be true to myself as opposed to being someone I'm not
00:36:51because otherwise I'd be pretentious.
00:36:53You're calling me pretentious?
00:36:54No.
00:36:55I'm calling your vagina paintings pretentious.
00:36:57And derivative.
00:36:58Of what?
00:36:59Of my vagina paintings.
00:37:01You can't be serious.
00:37:02Okay, they are like exact rip-offs.
00:37:04They look nothing like yours.
00:37:05The only difference is that they're your vagina and not mine.
00:37:08I'm sorry that people are more interested in my vagina paintings
00:37:11than your vagina paintings.
00:37:13Maybe you should have groomed a little.
00:37:15Or wait.
00:37:16That was the point, wasn't it?
00:37:18Warts and all.
00:37:20They were honest.
00:37:21They were gross.
00:37:23Clearly you and I have different relationships with our vaginas.
00:37:26Clearly we have different relationships with our vaginas.
00:37:28I just threw up in my vagina.
00:37:30Why don't you paint a picture of it?
00:37:31I'm sure it'll do as well as the others.
00:37:35You're Quinn Donahue, weren't you?
00:37:38Yes.
00:37:39Do I know you?
00:37:40Claire Babczyk.
00:37:42I work for Austin.
00:37:44Really?
00:37:45You buy his paint for him?
00:37:46Actually, Austin sent me over here to throw you out.
00:37:55Did he say why?
00:37:56No.
00:37:59I'll tell you what.
00:38:00I'll leave peacefully if you come with me.
00:38:04I don't want to fight.
00:38:05Come with me for a drink.
00:38:07Around the corner.
00:38:09I'm Austin's assistant.
00:38:10I can't leave.
00:38:11A quick drink.
00:38:12You won't even notice you're gone.
00:38:16And if I say no?
00:38:20I'm unpredictable.
00:38:22Ramon tells me that Austin won't sell me a painting.
00:38:24What?
00:38:25Really?
00:38:26He says it will devalue his art because I'm not a respected collector.
00:38:30This kind of thing happens all the time.
00:38:32It's purely an ego thing.
00:38:34Dan, you're his friend, right?
00:38:37Yeah.
00:38:38Maybe you could put in a good word for Gregory.
00:38:41Yeah, that would be very helpful.
00:38:43Look how interesting you're turning out to be.
00:38:46Okay.
00:38:48Let me, um...
00:38:50Let me go talk to him.
00:38:52Great.
00:38:53Great idea.
00:38:55Dude.
00:38:56I didn't know you were gay.
00:38:58What?
00:38:59It all makes sense now.
00:39:02Listen to me.
00:39:03You know the guy Greg Bucklin?
00:39:05No.
00:39:06The guy.
00:39:07He said that you won't sell him a painting.
00:39:09Ramon's guy, yeah.
00:39:10Okay.
00:39:11I think that is great.
00:39:12Don't sell him anything.
00:39:13He's an asshole.
00:39:14Who do you think buys art, Dan?
00:39:15As long as he has money.
00:39:17Who gives a shit if he's an asshole?
00:39:19Who gives a shit if he's an asshole?
00:39:21Who gives a shit if he's an asshole?
00:39:23Who gives a shit if he's an asshole?
00:39:24They're just gonna put it on the wall somewhere.
00:39:26Okay.
00:39:27Then charge him a fuckload for it.
00:39:29He'll pay it.
00:39:30Everybody loves Austin.
00:39:32Nobody likes him.
00:39:33Are you kidding?
00:39:34You don't like his art?
00:39:35It's just like him.
00:39:37Superficial, loud, and kind of annoying.
00:39:40It's easy to toss insults at someone when they're in the spotlight.
00:39:43Maybe if you were more successful, you wouldn't be so bitter about his success.
00:39:47I knew him before he was in the spotlight.
00:39:49And he was always like that.
00:39:51Austin works really hard.
00:39:52A lot of people in art school, it was like they were in law school or something.
00:39:55They were always talking about business plans and career planning.
00:39:58Austin was one of those people.
00:40:00Well, it's naive to think that you can do this these days without playing the game.
00:40:03It's a business, too, you know.
00:40:05I didn't go to art school to study business.
00:40:08I went there to get as far away from that shit as I could.
00:40:10Well, thanks to our new friend Daniel, it looks like we have ourselves a deal.
00:40:15A little more than I'd like to have spent, but believe me, it was well worth it.
00:40:19Now, I suggest we go back to my place for a little celebration with some C&C.
00:40:25Definitely.
00:40:28Come on, Dan.
00:40:30What's C&C?
00:40:32Champagne and Coke.
00:40:50What the fuck is wrong with you?
00:40:52What?
00:40:53What about my mother?
00:40:55Why do you have to make such a big deal about it?
00:40:57Your mom and I just need each other right now.
00:40:59You may need something, but it's not you.
00:41:02You think I'm not good enough for your mother?
00:41:03Yeah, something like that.
00:41:05Maybe you're not good enough for her.
00:41:06Did you ever think of that?
00:41:07As far as mothers go, she's pretty fucking awesome.
00:41:09It doesn't matter how awesome she is.
00:41:11She's my mother.
00:41:13You can't have her.
00:41:16Where have you been?
00:41:17I was getting rid of your friend.
00:41:19I sent you over there to throw Quinn out, not go out with him.
00:41:24He's gone.
00:41:26Just stay away from him.
00:41:27For your own good, he's a total disaster.
00:41:48Hi.
00:41:52I made you some soup.
00:41:54You made soup?
00:41:55Yeah.
00:41:56Hi.
00:41:59I made you some soup.
00:42:02You made soup?
00:42:03Yeah.
00:42:16Ugh.
00:42:20This is so weird.
00:42:22You can't say you don't know what this will do to your mom if you paint these.
00:42:25I can't censor myself just because it might hurt her feelings.
00:42:29It's not censoring yourself. It's called being a decent human being.
00:42:34I'm not a decent human being. I'm an artist.
00:42:38Give her a break. She's never done anything but be good to you.
00:42:51That's her soup. She sent you.
00:42:54It's her recipe.
00:42:58Okay, she made it. She just thought it would cheer you up.
00:43:04Do you remember when we were 15 and I posed for you?
00:43:09And I thought you were so weird.
00:43:12I had never done anything like posing naked before.
00:43:16I don't think that anyone had ever even seen me naked.
00:43:20I didn't think you'd do it.
00:43:24And then your mom walked in.
00:43:27And she didn't get mad or yell or anything.
00:43:30She just closed the door and said, are you staying for dinner?
00:43:38She just wants you to be happy.
00:43:41Come on. I don't want to let her down.
00:43:54Come on.
00:44:12I really like this one.
00:44:15Want to buy it?
00:44:18Yeah, okay. How much?
00:44:21400 bucks?
00:44:25I mean, that's a discount. Obviously.
00:44:30Really? Really?
00:44:32Listen, will you call John? Tell him I need him here, okay?
00:44:41Jesus Christ, you look like you just got off the PATH train.
00:44:45God, you're such a snob. I'm not even from Jersey. I'm from White Plains.
00:44:50Come on.
00:44:53Jesus Christ.
00:44:55It's okay. It's all right.
00:44:57That is Connor Fontaine.
00:44:59His father died a couple months ago. Left a huge collection to the map.
00:45:03He's, like, real cute.
00:45:05He is one of the most sought-after bachelors in New York.
00:45:09Come on. I want to introduce you.
00:45:11What? Really?
00:45:12Get a grip.
00:45:14Let's see if you can get through this without embarrassing us both.
00:45:19Connor! Someone I'd like you to meet.
00:45:22Kelsey Frick. Connor Fontaine.
00:45:24Kelsey's a new artist. Rising star.
00:45:28Nice to meet you.
00:45:30You showing somewhere? Maybe you haven't seen your work.
00:45:32No, I doubt it.
00:45:34I'm taking her on. For myself.
00:45:36That's not like you, Brett.
00:45:38No. It isn't.
00:45:41Either you've got something on him, or you're something special.
00:46:03Kelsey, where do you live?
00:46:05Bushwick.
00:46:07She's really a rags-to-riches story.
00:46:09Yeah, my dad worked in a mine.
00:46:11I guess you could say he got shafted.
00:46:17Shut your drunken mouth.
00:46:19Kelsey doesn't need some rich little shit making fun of her family.
00:46:22You think it's her fault she was poor?
00:46:24I didn't mean it.
00:46:25It's okay.
00:46:26No, no, no. It's not okay.
00:46:28Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an artist in this world?
00:46:32Even with money, it's fucking impossible.
00:46:35I think you must be really, really talented to have made it this far.
00:46:41I have nothing but respect for you.
00:46:45I love this one.
00:46:48Has anyone seen these?
00:46:50Like who?
00:46:52People who might buy them.
00:46:55Not really.
00:46:57Do you have pictures of these, like, on your site?
00:46:59I don't have a site, but I have pictures of them I can send you.
00:47:02I know a buyer who would love these.
00:47:05Anthony Burkhart.
00:47:07He loves taking new artists and introducing them to the world.
00:47:10He's been trying to get Austin to paint a mural in his apartment.
00:47:13I could convince him that you should do it.
00:47:19How would you do that?
00:47:21I'd tell him that you're talented.
00:47:23He listens to me.
00:47:26I'd love to do a mural.
00:47:29We'll see what I can do.
00:47:31I could be your agent.
00:47:34What about Austin?
00:47:36Austin's career is doing just fine.
00:47:41I really admire people who know what they want out of life.
00:47:48I'm 27, and I have no idea what I want to do.
00:47:51I mean, you like art, right?
00:47:53You never thought about being an artist?
00:47:55No, no, I'm not a creative person.
00:47:57I get my demons out on the couch, not on a canvas.
00:48:00Yeah, you don't really seem like the type of person with problems at all.
00:48:04Yeah?
00:48:07Well, I do.
00:48:10Yeah.
00:48:12My dad was always on top of me.
00:48:14He was a control freak.
00:48:18One day, I was 11 years old.
00:48:20I was in my room, and I was jerking off.
00:48:26And my dad came in, and he caught me.
00:48:30So I stopped with my hand frozen in place.
00:48:34And he came over to me with that stern, stoic look on his face.
00:48:41And he grabbed my little cock.
00:48:44And he yanked on it hard.
00:48:49And he said, grab it like you mean it.
00:48:52Don't be such a fruitcake about it, or you'll be here all day.
00:48:56He didn't say that.
00:49:00True story.
00:49:05I've never told anybody that before.
00:49:10Yeah, parents fuck you up.
00:49:11That's for sure.
00:49:15Hey.
00:49:26Hey, I'm sorry.
00:49:27No, I'm glad you came in.
00:49:28Come in.
00:49:29Lock the door.
00:49:34Sorry, I don't normally do all this.
00:49:36It's just, it's been a tough time lately.
00:49:39No, no, I get it.
00:49:40I mean, I don't know what I would do if my parents died.
00:49:43It's been really easy to talk to, you know?
00:49:46I love that.
00:49:49Kind of feels like I've known you forever.
00:49:56Like we're childhood friends, you know?
00:49:58Yeah.
00:50:21Damn, man, I thought you ghosted.
00:50:23What's up?
00:50:32Can I talk to you for a minute?
00:50:33Um, yeah, sure, Dad.
00:50:40What's going on?
00:50:41I was hungry.
00:50:42This isn't working out.
00:50:43What, why?
00:50:44What did I do?
00:50:45You just sucked him off in the bathroom, didn't you?
00:50:48Did he just tell you that?
00:50:49He didn't need to tell me it.
00:50:52You did, though, right?
00:50:56So?
00:50:57I'm trying to introduce you to the world as a serious artist,
00:50:59not as a fucking cheap date.
00:51:01It's not like I slept with him.
00:51:03That's not the point!
00:51:05Did you tell him how Rufskin and Calvert influenced your art
00:51:07while you were unzipping his pants?
00:51:10No.
00:51:11Did you mention your admiration for Anne in London
00:51:13while you were fondling his balls?
00:51:16No?
00:51:17Or even that you find futurism sexy?
00:51:20Did you tell him that?
00:51:23I see all of it in your work,
00:51:26but I'm not hearing you talk about it.
00:51:28Yeah, because it wasn't that kind of conversation.
00:51:30If you can't talk about your art with Conor Fontaine,
00:51:32then who the fuck are you gonna talk about it with?
00:51:35He was raised in a museum, Jesus Christ.
00:51:38He had a de Kooning in his bedroom growing up.
00:51:40Listen, he's going through a lot right now.
00:51:43He's a fucked-up rich kid with a lump on his dick.
00:51:46Yeah, that's right.
00:51:48I sucked him off, too.
00:51:49At least I knew I was getting out of it.
00:51:51Okay, you know what, you don't understand.
00:51:53Guys like that, they don't like girls like me.
00:51:58I don't understand how someone as talented as you are
00:52:01could have such low self-esteem.
00:52:05You gotta get a fucking grip.
00:52:10Hey, we didn't know if you were coming back or not,
00:52:13so we let them take your plate.
00:52:15It's okay.
00:52:16Is everything all right?
00:52:18Mm-hmm.
00:52:19Yep, yes.
00:52:21We're going to a club after this.
00:52:23You want to come?
00:52:27I, no, I should probably go home.
00:52:29I have work in the morning.
00:52:33Come on.
00:52:41Here we go.
00:52:42Thanks a lot.
00:52:43Mm.
00:53:14It's a new painting.
00:53:16Actually, your friend Quinn painted that.
00:53:23He gave it to you?
00:53:25I bought it.
00:53:26I love it.
00:53:28You gave him money?
00:53:32You know, I've got an old friend at Bank of America.
00:53:36He said he'd take a look at it.
00:53:38You know, I've got an old friend at Bank of America.
00:53:42He said he'd take a look at your art
00:53:44for a new building they're opening up.
00:53:46What does that even mean?
00:53:48How can you not understand that?
00:53:49I'm talking to Dad.
00:53:53Dad, you were saying?
00:53:55My friend, Jeffrey Bush, we were talking about our kids.
00:53:58I told him how you went to art school,
00:54:00how you were trying to be an artist.
00:54:02He said he'd take a look at your work.
00:54:04They don't want my paintings.
00:54:06They want pictures of puppy dogs.
00:54:08I thought you said your work isn't dark.
00:54:10I said my work wasn't dark enough.
00:54:12Besides, I'm against everything that Bank of America stands for.
00:54:15So it's okay to deposit your checks there,
00:54:17but it's not okay to sell them one of your paintings?
00:54:19You always have to hold money over my head, don't you?
00:54:21Well, if you don't like it, why don't you get a job?
00:54:23I have a job. I'm an artist.
00:54:25Just because it doesn't pay me money doesn't mean it's not a job.
00:54:27That's exactly what it means.
00:54:29What is going on between you two?
00:54:33My whole life, I've looked up to you for moral guidance.
00:54:36Turns out you're just a bunch of hypocrites.
00:54:43Am I missing something here?
00:54:45I don't...
00:54:47For an artist, you're pretty judgmental,
00:54:49especially about infidelity.
00:54:51I'm married.
00:54:53I don't know what you're doing with that fucking guy.
00:54:55He's a fucking joke.
00:54:57He's nice. He's handsome.
00:54:59He's rich.
00:55:01I'm 50 fucking years old.
00:55:03You don't think I'll be successful by the time I'm 50?
00:55:05Okay, well, maybe I didn't want to have to wait that long.
00:55:07I mean, we've been going out since the 10th grade,
00:55:09and you still haven't really sold anything.
00:55:11That's not how it works.
00:55:13That's how it worked for Austin Gamby.
00:55:15Yeah.
00:55:17Speaking of high school, do you remember that girl Brittany Connor?
00:55:19She used to tell people she was related to Peggy from Mad Men.
00:55:25Yeah.
00:55:27We had English together in ninth grade.
00:55:29We made out at the 90s dance.
00:55:31Okay, well, I'm not going to ask about that
00:55:33because we were definitely going out then.
00:55:35But apparently, she's a total junkie now.
00:55:37She lives somewhere near here.
00:55:39She stole, like, $2,000 worth of jewelry from her mom.
00:55:43Really?
00:55:45I always thought she was cool.
00:55:47Being a junkie isn't cool.
00:55:49That's just your silly idea from watching Trainspotting.
00:55:53What do you know about it?
00:55:55Okay, why don't you call Brittany Connor
00:55:57and see if she can help you be more dark?
00:55:59Maybe she'll let you be a junkie with her.
00:56:01Maybe I'll do that.
00:56:03Good, but just do me a favor.
00:56:05If you fuck her, wear a condom
00:56:07because I don't want to get AIDS.
00:56:13Hey.
00:56:17Remember that buyer I was telling you about?
00:56:19Tony Burkhart?
00:56:21Yeah.
00:56:23Well, he loves your work.
00:56:25We have a meeting with Tony and his wife, Lena,
00:56:27at their apartment on Thursday.
00:56:29Meeting for what?
00:56:31I told you.
00:56:33They want someone to paint a mural for their apartment.
00:56:35They want me?
00:56:37They want to meet with you.
00:56:39And they're not talking to anyone else right now.
00:56:41Listen.
00:56:43The Burkharts are two of the most influential buyers
00:56:45in this city.
00:56:47Everyone's going to want you once you get this job.
00:56:55Okay.
00:57:17That's so awesome that you're an artist.
00:57:19Yeah.
00:57:21Doing what you love.
00:57:23You know something?
00:57:25It's like you go out into the world
00:57:27and nobody gives a shit.
00:57:29Right?
00:57:31Nobody gives a shit about anyone.
00:57:33That's why I got married.
00:57:35Can you fucking believe it?
00:57:39We were so fucking high,
00:57:41so we got married.
00:57:47It was in a church, too,
00:57:49because Breck was a choir boy.
00:57:53He was raped and abused as a child.
00:57:57But he's really smart and talented.
00:57:59He's been looking for a job.
00:58:01But...
00:58:03it's been tough.
00:58:07What does Breck do?
00:58:09I don't know, but you know what, Dan?
00:58:11It's been really nice
00:58:13to see you and all,
00:58:15but, you know,
00:58:17do you have any money?
00:58:19That's what I, uh,
00:58:21Wait a minute.
00:58:23I remember you now.
00:58:25Dan.
00:58:27You're the preppy guy
00:58:29I made out with at the dance.
00:58:31Yep, that was me.
00:58:33You tried to finger me
00:58:35and I wouldn't let you.
00:58:39No, I didn't.
00:58:41Are you sure?
00:58:43Yes.
00:58:47That was somebody.
00:58:51Yeah.
00:59:17Guys!
00:59:21This is Dan.
00:59:27He wants to buy us some drugs.
00:59:29You fucked him?
00:59:31No.
00:59:35I offered, but
00:59:37he wants to do drugs with us.
00:59:43What type of drugs do you think we do?
00:59:47I was thinking maybe some heroin.
00:59:49I'm okay.
00:59:51You're insane.
00:59:53Go away and be strange.
00:59:55I know
00:59:57you can't be my hero.
00:59:59I don't know
01:00:01any way
01:00:03why you can't make me stay
01:00:05in the dark place
01:00:07I feel.
01:00:11I'm insane.
01:00:13I'm insane.
01:00:17I tried to say
01:00:21but no one
01:00:23listened
01:00:25to me.
01:00:35Yeah.
01:00:37I don't know
01:00:44Yeah.
01:00:46Wait!
01:00:48Leslie!
01:00:50Where are you going?
01:00:52Home. This was a bad idea.
01:00:54Don't say that. I'm glad you came.
01:00:56Why? So I could see you with your tongue
01:00:58down some girl's throat?
01:00:59My tongue? No.
01:01:01She was just looking over some paintings.
01:01:03Give me a break. I saw you.
01:01:05It's true.
01:01:07She gave me a kiss goodbye, but it wasn't like tongue.
01:01:09It might have looked like tongue.
01:01:11Do you have your contacts in?
01:01:13I don't wear contacts. I've seen you with glasses.
01:01:15I wear reading glasses.
01:01:17What's in the box?
01:01:19Cookies.
01:01:21I made cookies for you.
01:01:23Now I feel really stupid.
01:01:25What the fuck am I doing here?
01:01:27No. Don't feel stupid.
01:01:31I love cookies. Don't be like that.
01:01:35You're so beautiful.
01:01:41I love you.
01:01:55Leslie.
01:02:03Dare to dream.
01:02:05Yeah.
01:02:07Except they don't want you to dream.
01:02:09They want you to sleep.
01:02:11Because if you're asleep and dreaming,
01:02:13you just can't do anything.
01:02:15So, yeah,
01:02:17dare to live your life
01:02:19dreaming about the life that you could have had.
01:02:21But once you realize
01:02:23that all your stupid little dreams aren't coming true,
01:02:25life is going to suck for you.
01:02:27So,
01:02:29dare to do that.
01:02:33It's supposed to be inspirational.
01:02:35A kitten's never going to catch a piece of yarn.
01:02:37Hello?
01:02:45Hello, everyone.
01:02:51You are?
01:02:53Dan.
01:02:55Dan.
01:02:57You look like a nice suburban white boy.
01:02:59Smells like ivory soap in here.
01:03:01It's not something I'm used to smelling at this address.
01:03:03Well,
01:03:05I find myself
01:03:07in a desperate room.
01:03:11Dan.
01:03:13Tell me about yourself.
01:03:15I'm an artist.
01:03:17What medium?
01:03:19I'm a painter.
01:03:21A painter?
01:03:23That's a noble profession.
01:03:25You ever dipped and dabbed before?
01:03:27What is that?
01:03:29Yeah, I thought so.
01:03:33All right.
01:03:37I'm going to set you up with a pearl.
01:03:39But Dan can only do half
01:03:41because this is good shit
01:03:43and we don't want him dying.
01:03:45Okay?
01:03:47Good.
01:03:49That'll fix you up.
01:03:51But I'm going to need 500 bucks.
01:03:53Is that okay with you, Dan?
01:03:55Because I assume you're the one who's treating?
01:03:57Now, Dan.
01:04:01I would like you
01:04:03to come over here
01:04:05and suck my cock.
01:04:09What?
01:04:11I want you to get on your knees
01:04:13and suck my cock.
01:04:15What?
01:04:17I want you to get on your knees
01:04:19and suck my cock.
01:04:21What?
01:04:23I want you to get on your knees
01:04:25and suck it.
01:04:29I don't.
01:04:31It's not that big of a deal.
01:04:33All these other guys have sucked my cock.
01:04:35The question is,
01:04:37how bad do you want it?
01:04:39I already know their answer.
01:04:41We've all done it. Freddy's done it a bunch.
01:04:43Come on, Dan.
01:04:45You could look at me while you do it.
01:04:47Come on, suck him off.
01:04:49Let's get this party started.
01:04:51I'm fucking dying.
01:04:53I'm gonna get out of here now.
01:04:55If you go and take this money,
01:04:57then we don't have a deal.
01:04:59Dutch, that's not fair.
01:05:01Yeah, what the fuck, Dutch? I'll suck you off.
01:05:03You can fuck me in the ass if you want.
01:05:05The fucker in the ass.
01:05:07A deal's a deal.
01:05:09I'm sorry I let you guys down.
01:05:15You know what?
01:05:17I think I can keep the money.
01:05:19But I suggest you leave.
01:05:21This place is gonna get very dark
01:05:23in the next few hours.
01:05:27I don't think it's something you want to see.
01:05:51I don't know why.
01:06:05I don't know why.
01:06:07I guess he likes you.
01:06:09But he asked me out.
01:06:11It's not a date, all right?
01:06:13This is what artists do.
01:06:15They have dinner with potential buyers.
01:06:17Okay.
01:06:19All right.
01:06:21I just had lunch with Anthony Burkhart.
01:06:23He told me that you said
01:06:25that I wasn't interested in doing the mural for him.
01:06:27Tony wanted someone new.
01:06:29I introduced you.
01:06:31You didn't think this would get back to me and Quinn?
01:06:33You're gonna sell him Quinn?
01:06:35He's talented.
01:06:37He's talented at fucking things up.
01:06:39He's talented at fucking women.
01:06:41Apparently he's fucked you.
01:06:45I think it might be better for the both of us
01:06:47if I stop working here.
01:07:07Do you know Herbert Draper?
01:07:09Uh, British.
01:07:11Victorian, right?
01:07:13Yeah. I really loved his work
01:07:15and the paintings that I've been doing recently
01:07:17are really influenced by him.
01:07:19Do you know Wilfred Moser?
01:07:21Uh, yeah, yeah.
01:07:23He's, uh, he's Swiss.
01:07:25Abstract, yeah.
01:07:27I saw a retrospective of his in Bern.
01:07:29Is this a test?
01:07:31Do we not have an art history quiz?
01:07:33I was just thinking that you've never seen my work,
01:07:35so how do you know if it's good?
01:07:37Well, Brett says it's good.
01:07:39I'm at this Brett's job.
01:07:41Well, Brett's good at his job.
01:07:45I want to talk about you.
01:07:47Yeah, it's not my favorite subject.
01:07:49Really?
01:07:51Yeah.
01:07:53Most artists love to talk about themselves.
01:07:55Yeah, I know. I hate it.
01:08:01I was actually hoping you'd take me to your studio
01:08:03and show me some of your work.
01:08:07My studio is my bedroom.
01:08:09Even better.
01:08:15Brett said that...
01:08:17Will you forget about Brett?
01:08:19Uh, yeah, I'm trying to.
01:08:25No, no, no.
01:08:27I'll put this on the company.
01:08:29I mean, we're talking business, right?
01:08:33Are we?
01:08:39Welcome.
01:08:45Done.
01:08:47Okay.
01:08:49Hold on, I need to take it.
01:08:51Hello?
01:08:53Hey, I've been texting you. How'd it go?
01:08:55It actually, it went really well.
01:08:57He's, um...
01:08:59He's actually here.
01:09:01He's what?
01:09:03Yeah, he came by to see the studio.
01:09:05Which is your bedroom?
01:09:07Yeah, but, um...
01:09:09It's not like I was going to do anything.
01:09:11Then what the fuck is he doing there?
01:09:13Listen to me, alright? It's really simple.
01:09:15You want to sell him something?
01:09:17You want to date him. You can't do both.
01:09:23I want to sell him something.
01:09:25Good.
01:09:27He's fucking awful at dating, alright?
01:09:29But he's really good at buying paintings.
01:09:31Got it.
01:09:37What's up?
01:09:39Uh, I think...
01:09:41I think I'm just going to walk you out.
01:09:43Seriously?
01:09:45Yeah.
01:09:47You'll call me tomorrow?
01:09:49Yeah, I'll, uh...
01:09:51I'll call Brett.
01:10:01I just have to come to terms that...
01:10:03I'm not good at this.
01:10:05I mean, even if my art is good,
01:10:07which I still don't know if it is,
01:10:09I am so bad at all this other shit,
01:10:11like all of this schmoozing,
01:10:13and pretending that I have this ego,
01:10:15and figuring out what to put on my Instagram.
01:10:17That stuff isn't important.
01:10:19Yes, it is.
01:10:21And I don't know what to do.
01:10:23Because I cannot keep working
01:10:25these shitty jobs for the rest of my life.
01:10:33Okay, what is going on with you two?
01:10:35I don't know what his problem is.
01:10:37You have to go talk to him. This is crazy.
01:10:39He won't talk to me.
01:10:43Here, I'm doing it for you.
01:10:51Yo.
01:10:53Quinn says he's sorry.
01:10:55Fuck him.
01:10:57I'm sick of him.
01:10:59Come on, he's your best friend.
01:11:01He's the worst friend ever.
01:11:03He is totally unreliable.
01:11:15What happened?
01:11:17He said that you're not a good friend
01:11:19because you're not reliable.
01:11:21You don't pick your friends because they're reliable,
01:11:23do you?
01:11:25What are we, accountants?
01:11:27He said we don't pick our friends
01:11:29because they're reliable.
01:11:31Because they're reliable, we're not accountants.
01:11:35He's just using this whole
01:11:37bohemian act as an excuse
01:11:39to be a total fucking asshole,
01:11:41like he always does.
01:11:43He's not buying that.
01:11:45Tell him that he's living in the past.
01:11:47He still has his high school girlfriend
01:11:49and he'll never move on in life until he breaks up with her
01:11:51and stops taking money from his parents.
01:11:53He's not going to like that.
01:11:55He needs to hear it.
01:11:57He said he needs to break up with his girlfriend
01:11:59and stop bringing me down.
01:12:03You tell him.
01:12:05Just because he's fucking my mother
01:12:07doesn't mean he knows anything
01:12:09about my life.
01:12:13He said something about you fucking his mother?
01:12:15Tell him we broke up.
01:12:17You broke up with his mother?
01:12:19Just tell him.
01:12:21He said that they broke up.
01:12:25Yeah?
01:12:27He said he couldn't let it
01:12:29get in the way of your friendship.
01:12:33He said that?
01:12:35His words.
01:12:39Fuck it.
01:12:41I'm over it anyway.
01:12:43I'm done with the whole mother thing.
01:12:45It was dumb.
01:12:47The whole idea.
01:12:49What happened?
01:12:51I just can't deal with it anymore.
01:12:53You always do this.
01:12:55I'm scared of actually doing something great.
01:12:57Your mom thinks it's because you never worked.
01:12:59You never worked?
01:13:01I didn't say I agreed with her.
01:13:03I'm just saying that those paintings were a great idea.
01:13:05And I know you.
01:13:07I know you even better
01:13:09now that I dated your mom.
01:13:11You have to finish those paintings.
01:13:13I don't think I can.
01:13:15What the fuck is wrong with you?
01:13:17And you too, Kelsey.
01:13:19What about me?
01:13:21Who said this shit was easy?
01:13:23It's because you had a bad day.
01:13:25So you haven't sold anything.
01:13:27Van Gogh sold one painting his entire life.
01:13:29Just one more than I have.
01:13:31And he killed himself.
01:13:33I'm not even dark enough to kill myself.
01:13:35Quit!
01:13:37Shit.
01:13:39You son of a bitch.
01:13:41What did I do?
01:13:43Claire. That's what you did.
01:13:45I didn't know she was your girlfriend.
01:13:47Why the fuck you didn't?
01:13:49Are you really mad at me about Claire?
01:13:51What about that blur effect you stole from me?
01:13:53Remember that?
01:13:55You know what I'm talking about.
01:13:57Tell me.
01:13:59What I never understood is, you stole it from me.
01:14:01So why were you always mad at me for doing it?
01:14:03I'm never gonna make a fucking dime.
01:14:05Get this asshole off of me.
01:14:07You're bruising my integrity.
01:14:09Ow!
01:14:11I'm sorry.
01:14:13You!
01:14:15Ow!
01:14:17You fucking mean it.
01:14:19He's not really mad about any of that stuff.
01:14:21He was mad about this one time in school
01:14:23when we got drunk and fooled around.
01:14:25You and Austin?
01:14:27Yeah.
01:14:29We were just drunk or something and it happened.
01:14:31It wasn't a big deal, or I didn't think it was,
01:14:33but then he wanted it to keep going.
01:14:35And I'm not gay.
01:14:37No, Austin's not gay either.
01:14:39Who knows, man.
01:14:41He had a girlfriend back then.
01:14:43Pretty one, too.
01:14:45Yeah, Jackie Hernandez.
01:14:47You messed around with her, too.
01:14:49How'd you know about that?
01:14:51I thought everybody knew about that.
01:14:53You make it sound like I'm an asshole or something.
01:14:55I'm not.
01:14:57He started getting mean with me.
01:14:59The point is, I can paint circles around that guy.
01:15:01He thinks because he's got a fucking gallery behind him
01:15:03that he's Francis fucking Bacon.
01:15:05He's a fucking hack.
01:15:07He's really not that bad.
01:15:09Oh, fuck him.
01:15:11I'm going back to my studio.
01:15:13I'm gonna paint some shit that he won't even understand.
01:15:15This is a mess.
01:15:19I've been having a rough time.
01:15:23What is this?
01:15:25That's what I've been working on.
01:15:27Some nudes of my mother.
01:15:29Jesus.
01:15:31That's not you, is it?
01:15:33No.
01:15:35Look, man, I know you've been going through some stuff,
01:15:37you know,
01:15:39but you're putting it into the work.
01:15:41That's...
01:15:43I haven't even figured out how to do that yet.
01:15:47Dare to dream.
01:15:49I love this.
01:15:51I'm still...
01:15:53I'm figuring them out still.
01:15:55I gotta show these to Charles when you're done.
01:15:57You would do that?
01:15:59Yeah, man.
01:16:01You think he would hang them?
01:16:03It's a little dark for him,
01:16:05but I think that he can make a big deal about this.
01:16:07Really?
01:16:09It's dark?
01:16:21How much longer is this gonna take?
01:16:25Claire, look,
01:16:27we like the artist,
01:16:29but we set aside a lot of stuff for this today.
01:16:31I am so sorry, Tony.
01:16:33Um, he says it's on his way.
01:16:39Fuck.
01:16:51Where the fuck have you been?
01:16:55We were supposed to be at the Burkhart's
01:16:57four hours ago.
01:16:59Oh, yeah.
01:17:01What time is it?
01:17:03I was there.
01:17:05I kept calling you.
01:17:07I could come now.
01:17:09It's too late. You fucked it up.
01:17:11Seriously? I'm just a little late.
01:17:13It took me two weeks to get them to even agree to talk to you.
01:17:15Do you think that you're the only fucking artist in the city
01:17:17that wants to work with them?
01:17:19They work with artists, right? I mean, they know how we are.
01:17:21We show up late.
01:17:23What the fuck is wrong with you?
01:17:25I don't know what year you're living in,
01:17:27but artists work
01:17:29for a living these days,
01:17:31and they work really fucking hard
01:17:33if they want to make any money at it.
01:17:35I've been working all night.
01:17:37You have to see these paintings I'm doing.
01:17:39I did some really cool stuff.
01:17:53You don't like them.
01:17:55No, I don't like them.
01:17:57How could that surprise you?
01:18:01Maybe I finally did some work that scares you.
01:18:03Is that what you're trying to do?
01:18:05You always said
01:18:07that you liked my work, so...
01:18:09I always said I liked your work.
01:18:13You didn't?
01:18:15Why?
01:18:17Why would you lie about that?
01:18:19Because I love you. Because I'm your mother.
01:18:21You wanted me to be an artist.
01:18:23I wanted you to be happy.
01:18:25You were always such a sad kid, and then you took that art class
01:18:27in Mrs. Kudakova's sixth grade class,
01:18:29and it made you seem a little less unhappy.
01:18:31Yes, I encouraged you.
01:18:33You lied to me my whole life?
01:18:35You said that you liked my work!
01:18:37I always thought you'd get better.
01:18:39Nobody wanted you to get better more than I did.
01:18:41You never thought any of it was any good.
01:18:43It just seemed like you were trying too hard.
01:18:45Why didn't you tell me the truth
01:18:47and save me from the humiliation
01:18:49and torture that I put myself through
01:18:51to be good at this?
01:18:53You have your whole life to let the world beat you down.
01:18:55Why do you need to hear that from me?
01:18:57I'm sorry I wasn't good enough for you.
01:18:59No.
01:19:01That's good.
01:19:03I honestly don't think he'd like them either.
01:19:05Mom, these are going up in a few weeks
01:19:07at the Reynolds Gallery.
01:19:09They love them.
01:19:11Austin Gamby's presenting it.
01:19:13It's going to be a big deal.
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01:20:55Wow.
01:20:57I mean, I knew they were nudes, but...
01:20:59Yeah.
01:21:01Do you like them?
01:21:03I think they're really good.
01:21:05Provocative, obviously.
01:21:07I mean, you wanted them to be dark, right?
01:21:09Mom didn't warn you or anything?
01:21:11No.
01:21:13No, no, it's it's it's better this way. I just wish I could see them like you weren't my son
01:21:20She wasn't my wife
01:21:23Well, I hope they sell I got sex in them it's always good, right
01:21:44You're Dan's friend, right? Yeah. Hi Quinn. Hi. I'm his father. I know we met once the Pratt
01:21:52You're the one who took the pictures, right? My wife. No, no, I
01:21:59Mean did they tell you that? Yeah. Oh
01:22:06Yeah, I guess I did
01:22:10What do you what do you think of the paintings
01:22:14I
01:22:16Sorry, it's okay. I mean the paintings are good. I don't know. I'm still trying to process this
01:22:25That's good
01:22:28Maybe it'll give you a new way of looking at her. I think she looks great
01:22:36Can I buy you a drink it's free
01:22:43You
01:22:48Didn't tell him anything
01:22:51What was I going to do I
01:22:53Couldn't do it. I told him your friend came up
01:22:57we did the pictures and
01:23:00That was it. I
01:23:05Guess I could have made it all up, right? You probably could have yeah
01:23:10But I'm glad you didn't
01:23:21Hey
01:23:22What are you doing here?
01:23:24Well, this is the place to be
01:23:27Have you seen Brett? No, is he here? Yeah. Yeah, we came here together from his gallery. I
01:23:34Just brought your painting
01:23:36You just bought one, you know
01:23:39honestly, I didn't think it would live up to whatever I'd imagined it to be but
01:23:44Brett was right. I love it. I'm gonna put it next to my verbal
01:23:49Really? Yeah, that's awesome. You should come and check on it sometime. Yeah like that
01:23:57Hey, sweetie
01:23:59Chloe
01:24:00Do you know Kelsey Frick? Of course, we were in school together. You don't mention that
01:24:04No, why would I
01:24:07Hey Chloe, we're engaged
01:24:10Did he tell you as it's a bit of a whirlwind?
01:24:25Wait, wait Kelsey. Are you serious? I mean Chloe Brown
01:24:29I've expected a model or an architect anybody except her fucking vagina
01:24:34her vagina
01:24:36But I I think her vagina is okay
01:24:40No
01:24:41No, that's exactly it. There's nothing that you don't know about it. It's exactly what you'd expect it to be. Look Kelsey
01:24:46I don't really understand what you're talking about, but I I don't really want my vaginas to be complicated
01:24:52Not like my heart
01:25:04Oh
01:25:08Hey tell you the news yeah bought it
01:25:25Charles just sold the last painting. Are you kidding me? No, you wanted to tell you himself, but he's still working out the deal. Oh
01:25:34Shit I think I see Ramon over at the bar you go. I'll go find you great
01:25:47This is such a big deal
01:25:50Look how much attention you're getting
01:25:53They all sold. Oh my god, that's amazing. I'm so excited for you
01:25:58Yeah, of course. I love you
01:26:01I
01:26:03Love you, too
01:26:10Wait Greg will see us. He did see us
01:26:21Come on babe, let's get out of here. This place is full of freaks
01:26:31Are you okay? Oh did a dumper?
01:26:38You good
01:26:41Kelsey I heard you sold a painting heard that word gets around. Come on. Let's go get a drink
01:26:54Yeah, it's okay I'll catch up with you guys
01:26:57You sure yeah, it's cool
01:27:27I
01:27:57Oh
01:28:27Oh
01:28:57Oh
01:29:27You