Velvet Goldmine
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Although what you are about |
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Although what you are about to see is a work |
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Although what you are about |
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...it should nevertheless be |
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Histories, like ancient ruins, |
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While everything forgotten |
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...ever threatening to return. |
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Dublin 1854, birthplace of Oscar Wilde... |
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Lord'n heaven! |
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Madame Wilde! Richard! Come quickly! |
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I want to be a farmer. |
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I want to be a barrister. |
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I want to be a truck-driver. |
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I want to be... A pop-idol. |
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One hundred years later... |
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Get him, get him! |
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Leave him! |
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Childhood, adults always say, |
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But as long as he could |
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Until one mysterious day, when Jack would |
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...quite like him. |
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Singled out for a great gift. |
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And one day... |
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...the whole stinking world... |
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...would be theirs. |
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Hey! |
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Look! It's Jack Fairy. |
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Who's Jack Fairy? |
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"The streets of London are ablaze in |
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"... As the boys and girls |
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...craze pay tribute to their patron saint... " |
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"pop-star Brian Slade" |
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"... And his space-age rock |
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"Yeah, Brian Slade, he's just so different. I |
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"And 'Lipstick Traces', his last album was |
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"It's an album that's like, appealing |
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"A palpable whirl of anticipation can be |
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"... As fans await the final show |
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"Security around the performer is tightened |
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"... in which he admitted to premonitions |
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Turn it off! |
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"... Any of his enthusiastic |
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"... Some of whom have been queueing |
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Brian, the time! |
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Ladies and Gentlemen! |
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The Lyceum Theatre. |
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In cooperation with "Bijou Music"... |
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...is proud to present... |
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...straight back from their fantastically |
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Maxwell Demon and The Venus in Furs! |
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Singer Brian Slade shot on stage. |
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Put out the torches! Hide |
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For once, there was an unknown land... |
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...full of strange flowers and subtle perfums. |
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A land of which it is joy |
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A land where all things are perfect. |
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And poisonous. |
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"It appears today's youngsters |
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"... On the so-called sexual |
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"The long hair and the love-beads |
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"... Platform shoes... " |
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"... And a whole new taste for glamour, |
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"Is London not shocked?" |
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"London is improving. " |
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"Well, I think it's a disgrace. " |
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"Parading around all ponced-up |
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"Bloody hell! What will they think of next?" |
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"And heading up this flash stampede is |
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"whose stylish escapades have paved the way |
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"... From Curt Wild and The Flaming |
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"Thanks to Slade, today's youngsters |
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"So, you're saying you're bisexual?" |
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"Yeah. I like boys, I like girls. " |
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"They are all great. No |
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"Mr. BBC" |
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"Rock music has always been a |
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"And homosexuality has been |
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"At the moment, having a gay image is 'in'." |
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"You know, just like a few years |
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"... A long grey coat with a Led |
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"Everyone is into this scene, because it |
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"But you just can't fake being gay, you know. |
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"... You're gonna have to |
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"... Most of these kids |
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"That line - 'Everyone's bisexual' - it's |
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"But personally I think it's meaningless. " |
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Meaning is not in things, but in between them |
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SLADE SHOOTING A HOAX! |
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"I knew i should create a |
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And he went out. |
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Ok, Lionel. That's it. Thanks. |
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I don't get it. |
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What don't you get? It was a |
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- Yeah, but why? |
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Arthur, any recollection? |
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Of what? |
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Of this Slade fellow. |
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Well, he's an early 70s glam-rock singer. |
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Told you we could count on |
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Yeah. |
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Count on me for what? |
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I thought I was on the Reynolds trip. |
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Well you are. |
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But the president isn't due until the 8th. |
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And I need a piece for the Weekender now. |
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Great. |
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Next week is the 10th year anniversary |
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I'd like you to find out what |
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"What ever happened to Brian Slade?" Ok? |
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Yeah, and naturally you want me for this, |
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Nah. No, no, no. I want |
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New York 1984 |
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"President Reynolds is urging |
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"to sign up in their local government |
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Because I remember. |
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Suddenly I was being paid to remember all the... |
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...things that money, the |
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...had made so certain I'd forget. |
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And for what? |
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Some meaningless prank, a decade old. |
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Why was is suddenly up |
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Clearly there was something. |
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Something from the past, spooking me back. |
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I didn't realise at the time... It was you. |
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"Thank you 'Trans-Electric' and 'CRA'." |
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"'Micro Atlanta' and 'Dupree' |
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"Thanks to president Reynold's |
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"... For making this prodcast |
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"Three billion viewers tuning in |
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"Yesterday upon the stair, I |
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"He wasn't there again today. |
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Ten years. |
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Ten years and the world had |
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...that the life I'd led in England |
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Someone else's story. Anyone's but mine. |
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"There were times, when it |
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"... That the whole of history was |
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"Not as he had lived it in |
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"... But as his imagination |
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"... As it had been in his |
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"He felt that he had known them all... |
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"those strange terrible figures that |
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"and made sin so marvelous and |
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"It seemed that in some mysterious |
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Can you lend us a couple of |
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You must be mental. |
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- Oh please, I swear I've got it. |
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Thanks! |
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- What's it for? |
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Give it here then. Let's have a look. |
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Bloody nora! Our kid's |
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- He's a fucking puff, that one. |
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That's naff. |
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You're disgusting. You know that? |
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I'm just going out for a bit. |
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"Today in London officials |
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...on the 5th of February |
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"... At London's Lyceum Theatre |
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"mounted by the singer's |
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"Manager Jerry Divine announced today that |
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"That it was intended |
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"Very unfortunate, very sad and |
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"... An artist's quest for artistic |
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- Warum, denken Sie? |
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"I dunno. " |
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"I dunno. It got too big, I guess. |
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"I mean... He thought he fucking was |
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"And Maxwell Demon... |
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"Brian Slade sales plummet" |
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"Brian Slades U.K. Tour cancelled" |
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"Singer Brian Slade scheduled |
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"Singer Brian Slade charged |
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Brian Slade? Oh yes. |
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Quite well. Once upon a time. |
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So?... |
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So, what was he... what was he... Like? |
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Who's that? Brian? |
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Yeah. |
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Like nothing I'd ever seen before. |
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And in the end... Like nothing he appeared. |
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He was... Elegance, |
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His real name, in fact, was Thomas. |
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And his father owned a small tiling |
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But Brian never cared much for the suburbs. |
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As a young boy, he had the rare fortune of |
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A figure of some ill repute in the Slade |
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...in the entertainment field and |
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Brian's tender introduction |
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...would leave a dramatic impression. |
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So what are you? A mod or a rocker? |
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Six of one, half a dozen |
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Taking their cue from Little Richard, the |
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...were the first to wear |
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The first true Dandies of pop... |
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...and known to just about any indiscretion, |
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All right, lads? |
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Style... Always wins out in the end. |
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Cheers! |
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For Brian, the mods were |
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Or at least to London, |
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...at the Sombrero Club in Kensington, I |
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Everything, it seemed, started at the Sombrero. |
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And there, at the centre of it |
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...who's dramatic |
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...girl was a constant source |
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You all know me. Subtlety is my middle name. |
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Its as subtle as the piece of skin |
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Now whats is that called, does |
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No mans land! Oh gosh, my geesh, darling! |
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Now, ladies of and gentlemen, boys and girls. |
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And whomever else who may |
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It is my supreme pleasure... |
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...to introduce all you lovely |
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...to the Sombrero Clubs prettiest star... |
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...and my most shimmering hubby! |
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I give you Brian Slade! |
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Say, have a look at Miss Beautiful"! |
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- Have a look at the homosexual! |
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- Who is he? |
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- But not that scruffy, as I last recall. |
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He wont be home tonight. |
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So, I introduced myself. |
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Told him I was developing my own management |
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He introduced me to his wife, |
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...and before the week was out, |
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You see, Brian believed in the future. |
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He despised the hypocrisy of the |
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...and felt his music spoke far more |
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His revolution, he used to |
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But in 1970, rock audiences bred on... |
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Credence Clearwater and the Beatles... |
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...were not entirely sure what to make |
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Somehow he got it into his head |
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Dont ask me why. I mean, I thought it was |
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- Whos this geezer, then? - |
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Get the fuck off! Cut the shite! |
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- Bugger off, you woofter! |
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Darling? Darling, you were fabulous! |
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Every bit! I was beaming, |
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And they adored you! The whole lot |
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Transported? We went down |
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Brian, I tell you, I think it's |
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- And with the proper |
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What happened to Judy Garland? What happened |
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I know, I know, in a cabaret, |
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...show, I can see now, it's |
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The act was there, wasnt it? |
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Brian! |
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Lead singer and founder of the |
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CURT WILD! |
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Curt Wild, founder of the |
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...came from the aluminium |
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...where rock folklore claims |
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According to legend, when Curt was 13, he was |
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"servicing" his older brother... |
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...and promptly shipped off for |
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The doctors guaranteed the treatment |
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But all it did was make him bonkers... |
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They despised him. |
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Yeah. |
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But when you're abused like that... |
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I know. I just... I just wish it'd been me. |
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Wish I'd thought of it. |
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You will, luv. You will. |
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- Nice stuff. |
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Devine. Jerry Devine. Personal |
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Oh, well, thank you, but I |
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Not in my opinion. |
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The truth is you have talent. That's obvious. |
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But it doesn't really matter |
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What matters... is the legend |
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Today, you're a talented |
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- I can make you a star. |
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I will tell you, sir... |
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When you pin me. |
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I've never in all my life... |
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May the best man win. |
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Earlier tonight, on the popular chart show |
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...performed his hit single |
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...dressed in platform boots and |
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A spokesman for the show, known for |
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...says theyve been deluged |
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The next day every schoolgirl in |
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And I was out of a bleeding job. |
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And that, as they say, was that. |
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I would not hear another word from Brian - |
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...or any of them for that matter |
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Have you got any idea what ultimately |
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Last I heard hed returned |
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...this was three years ago? Four? |
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No, I'm sorry, I'm afraid |
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- Looks as though it may be unavoidable. |
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The ex, I'm afraid. |
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But then ever story needs |
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...and with Mandy you're |
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- Miss Slade? |
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Im Arthur Stuart, from the |
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Anyway, I've just got a few questions I |
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Do you mind if I sit down? |
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It's a free country. Sort of. |
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So, what are you having? |
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Scotch. Rocks. |
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Yeah, make that two. |
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Gee. You must be after |
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Well, it's a piece on Brian Slade. |
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- What, sort of a memory jog kind of thing? |
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Well it's been, ten years since |
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Oh, and what a fake it was. Tricking us all |
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His career, you mean? |
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I mean, have you got any idea what |
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Can't you just, run him through |
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No, not exactly. |
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Because, honestly darling... |
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I haven't spoken with Mr Slade in... |
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...seven years. At least. |
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- Wow. Yeah. At least. Smoke? |
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No, right after everything |
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And Brian, he just... |
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...became someone else. |
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But again, he always was. |
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That's 10 bob to you, mate. |
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It was New Year's Eve 1969, |
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...and everywhere you went there |
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...the feeling in the air |
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See, Jack Fairy had also come to |
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And in crowded clubs or hotel bars, |
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...rehearsed his future glory. |
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A cigarette tracing a ladder to the stars. |
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"Maricon, épicène, sexe douteux" |
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"Le Vice Anglais" (The English Vice) |
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I needn't mention how |
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...to the character of the rock star. |
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Jack, darling! |
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Jack was truly the first of his kind. A |
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But from the moment Brian Slade stepped into |
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It was his nature. |
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Do you jive? |
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So... I married him. |
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Times, places, people... |
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They're all speeding up. |
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So to cope with this evolutionary paranoia... |
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...strange people are chosen... |
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...who, through their art, can |
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It was the most stimulating and |
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"Thank you and welcome, pop |
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"I'm Davy Rocket and we have a |
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"dedicated to one of pop's |
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"and one who's been holding a |
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...charts for a startling record |
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"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you |
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"Or should I say... Maxwell Demon. " |
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The bloke at the front. |
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Brian, why the make-up? |
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Why? Because rock and roll's a prostitute! |
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The music is the mask, while I, in my |
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Brian, Brian! |
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Bloke in the suit there. |
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What about your fans? Aren't they |
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- And which wrong impression is that? |
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Well thank you, sir, and no, it |
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I should think that if people were |
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...the one to which you so eloquently refer... |
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...it would not be a wrong |
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That is me, that's me dad, that's me! |
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I mean, everybody knows |
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Any more questions? |
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Yeah, woman with the beret. |
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I was under the impression that you |
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I am married. Quite happily, in fact. |
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I just happen to like boys |
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And seeing as my wife feels pretty |
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I should think we've been able to |
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Alright, any more questions? |
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For the first time in Brian's life, |
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Did he realize what he'd actually done? |
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How could he have? I mean today, |
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But in 1972... it was more like dancing. |
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A Star is Born |
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Gay stunt at Slade show... |
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All that glitters |
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That man, sitting over |
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...is the biggest thing to come out of |
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Outside this country, no |
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You people, you're gonna change all that. |
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You guys, you're the |
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...to change Brian Slade, pop singer, into |
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Nothing fantastic about it. Why? |
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Because the secret of becoming a star... |
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...is knowing how to behave like one. |
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- Hey kids, let's put on a show! |
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Action! |
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Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Sort him out! |
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I know it's unprecedented, I |
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...if you want Brian Slade, those are the terms. |
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You may take them or leave them. |
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Yes? |
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- I'm Shannon Hazelbourne. |
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- I rang up about the position. |
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- Assistant Clerical Aid? |
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- Hurray! Zounds! |
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...your talents lie within the clerical art... |
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...but I was wondering, by chance if |
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No, never. |
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- Fantastic. I think that's everything. |
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Everybody! I'd like to introduce... |
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...you to our lovely new Wardrobe Mistress. |
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- Shannon. |
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Excellent! Yes, Mr Weinberg! |
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Thank you very much indeed, sir. Cheers! |
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- Extraordinary! |
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So tell me, Master Demon... Who |
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...in America? |
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- Ah, bravo! Jerry! Garbo, Brian, |
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- Very sorry chickee. He's dead. |
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Brian? Who? |
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Curt Wild. I want to meet Curt Wild. |
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And meet Curt Wild we did. |
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- Mr Wild? -Yeah? - I'm Rodney from |
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...from England who just wanted |
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I just wanted to say... |
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I think your music is tops. |
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Smashing... Top of... Jolly... Shit. |
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Sorry, darling. |
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Now at that time, Curt Wild was |
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...of course, and urged Devine |
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And so if, in that probability, |
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...in which Brian would serve on some |
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...as... we're taking our |
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...possibly as producer on that project. |
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How might that scenario, |
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...how might that scenario |
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What Jerry's trying to say is do you |
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Oh, yeah. Cool. |
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- Very good! |
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You must tell us. What do you need? |
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Everything. |
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See, heroin was my mainman. But now I'm on |
01:01:29 |
You come here and say you wanna |
01:01:37 |
You could be my mainman. |
01:01:42 |
It was pretty clear what was |
01:01:46 |
But for the world to think |
01:01:49 |
That was Jerry's particular genius. |
01:01:55 |
Right away he started promoting the two of |
01:02:02 |
A Tracy and Hepburn for the 70s. |
01:03:44 |
My career was on the skids, mate. |
01:03:46 |
And you fished me out of the muck. |
01:03:51 |
It was nothing, chum. I wanted to help you... |
01:03:54 |
...make more of that far out sound. I |
01:04:06 |
You don't have to say it, mate. |
01:04:55 |
Every great century that produces art |
01:05:01 |
...and the work that seems the most |
01:05:05 |
...is always the result of the |
01:05:09 |
I am not really myself except |
01:05:16 |
...at the heart of rich districts... |
01:05:18 |
...or amid the sumptuous |
01:05:22 |
...an army of servants and |
01:05:27 |
What is true about music is true about |
01:05:33 |
...because it expresses nothing. |
01:05:36 |
The first duty in life is to assume a post. |
01:05:40 |
What the second duty is |
01:05:56 |
The Aesthete Gives |
01:06:00 |
Replete with Pointed Epigram |
01:06:04 |
...while Explaining His |
01:06:09 |
Brian, Brian! |
01:06:12 |
Maxwell Demon is the story of a space |
01:06:16 |
...only to be destroyed by his own success. |
01:06:19 |
Are you saying this is your |
01:06:24 |
Man is least himself, when |
01:06:28 |
- Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth! |
01:06:33 |
Is it your belief that |
01:06:37 |
Ha! Nothing makes one so vain |
01:06:48 |
Hey! Coming through! Coming through! |
01:06:55 |
- Coming through. Careful now! There you go. |
01:06:58 |
Are the rumours true that say you and Curt |
01:07:03 |
Oh, yes! Quite soon we actually |
01:07:19 |
Excuse me, fellas, while I raise a |
01:07:27 |
And they tell you it's not natural! |
01:07:46 |
The world is changed because |
01:07:50 |
The curves of your lips rewrite history. |
01:11:12 |
This is too much! |
01:11:14 |
Jim! What are you gonna do? Jim! |
01:12:02 |
Could you conceivably turn down that |
01:12:12 |
You bring shame to this house. You |
01:12:19 |
Its a shameful, filthy thing youre doing... |
01:12:24 |
Do you hear me? Stand up! |
01:13:08 |
It's funny how beautiful people look |
01:13:35 |
Really Shannon, its no problem, honestly. |
01:13:38 |
Im not fussed about it, Im quite open about it. |
01:13:47 |
Really luv. |
01:13:51 |
You shouldnt let it upset you |
01:13:56 |
...fully capable of shagging |
01:13:59 |
...exceedingly partial to the practice. |
01:14:04 |
Now, just because someone seea, you know... |
01:14:06 |
...two naked people asleep in bed together... |
01:14:09 |
...it doesnt necessarily |
01:14:24 |
It does, however, make |
01:14:29 |
But youre a sweet, sensitive |
01:14:34 |
Brian would be absolutely |
01:14:37 |
Dont you ever dare tell Brian! |
01:14:41 |
Swear to me youll never say a word. Ever. |
01:14:49 |
I swear. |
01:14:57 |
Jesus! |
01:15:32 |
Sudden change in plans. |
01:15:38 |
Back by Hammersmith. |
01:15:42 |
B. |
01:15:46 |
That was it. |
01:15:52 |
Look Im sorry. I wish I could help you |
01:16:01 |
...dont think I have |
01:16:07 |
See... I think you do actually. |
01:16:11 |
Oh yeah? And what makes you think so? |
01:16:19 |
Well that smile, for one thing. |
01:16:23 |
Well, smiles lie. |
01:16:29 |
Exactly. |
01:16:36 |
Listen. Once, of course, it |
01:16:43 |
We were all... Living our dreams. |
01:16:51 |
But you see all that went away. |
01:16:56 |
All of it. |
01:17:00 |
With Curt. |
01:17:02 |
And not even the real Curt. I mean, it was |
01:17:10 |
...image. Which, of course, nobody |
01:17:15 |
I mean Maxwell Demon, Curt |
01:17:23 |
Somewhere along the way, Brian |
01:17:57 |
- Shit! |
01:17:59 |
Should I stop it? |
01:18:14 |
- Hes gonna hit the bridge a half-verse |
01:18:17 |
Alright. Cut it. |
01:18:23 |
What? What? Is there a problem? |
01:18:29 |
- Again. |
01:18:32 |
- Sorry, Curt, but it appears... |
01:18:35 |
Curt, we only ask that when |
01:18:38 |
...you simply inform us in advance, so |
01:18:42 |
What the fuck are you talking about man? |
01:18:46 |
I didnt make any fucking changes! |
01:18:55 |
Brian? |
01:19:01 |
Fucking mother fucker! Mother |
01:19:05 |
Fuck you! Fuck you, mother fucker! Fuck you! |
01:19:10 |
Eton! Eton, please! |
01:19:15 |
Brian, Im sorry to be the |
01:19:17 |
...but what started off as an |
01:19:19 |
...has quite frankly descended into a |
01:19:23 |
- I mean, youve already spent forty |
01:19:26 |
Whatever! Thirty-six hours studio |
01:19:32 |
Brian, you seem to forget, |
01:19:34 |
I think your time is worth |
01:19:37 |
Fucking space-queen on |
01:19:40 |
And all your fucking |
01:19:47 |
Perhaps its time for another |
01:19:53 |
Give us a stretch. |
01:20:03 |
Jerry? |
01:20:10 |
I cant risk extending his contract, Brian. |
01:20:14 |
I think its quite clear why. |
01:20:32 |
Piss off! Go on then! Back to |
01:20:36 |
Your bloody shock |
01:21:52 |
Out! |
01:21:54 |
Well, Brian. Im afraid that is |
01:21:58 |
You are contractually bound to finish |
01:22:03 |
Jerry, I'm telling you, it's just |
01:22:05 |
Brian! I realize youre |
01:22:08 |
...but youve just gotta hang on in |
01:22:13 |
You hang on in there. |
01:22:15 |
And then you can do what you want. OK? |
01:23:33 |
Brian Slade shooting declared a hoax... |
01:23:38 |
Down with Slade! |
01:25:00 |
I dont believe that there is |
01:25:03 |
- Were in a bit of a decadent spiral, arent we? |
01:25:09 |
- Big Brother, baby. All the way. |
01:25:14 |
- Situations to subjects. |
01:25:19 |
- Exceptions to types. |
01:25:27 |
Well Im... Im just looking |
01:26:16 |
So for one entire day, I |
01:26:22 |
That the whole thing is real. |
01:26:26 |
All his paranoias proven horribly true. |
01:26:30 |
- You mean, no one told you? |
01:26:37 |
Why? |
01:26:39 |
Forgot. |
01:26:45 |
Jesus! |
01:26:46 |
I mean... I knew it was over. I just... |
01:26:53 |
...didn't know it was |
01:27:19 |
- Mandy. |
01:27:28 |
No, thanks. |
01:27:39 |
These are the papers. |
01:27:42 |
I believe theyre in order. |
01:28:00 |
So you won't forget. |
01:28:03 |
- I already have. |
01:28:11 |
Fuck you, Brian! Did you ever, for one bloody... |
01:28:14 |
...second in your life, want |
01:28:20 |
No. |
01:28:27 |
Your problem is... |
01:28:30 |
...you get what you want |
01:28:35 |
Worlds, Mandy, are built out of suffering. |
01:28:38 |
There is suffering at the birth of |
01:28:42 |
You live in terror of |
01:28:45 |
Women defend themselves by attacking, just as |
01:28:53 |
I lost my girlhood, true. But it was for you. |
01:29:05 |
What in God's name is going on up |
01:29:09 |
- Brian, Im really sorry about... |
01:29:12 |
Mandy was just leaving. |
01:29:18 |
Mandy, if youd be so kind as to follow me... |
01:29:20 |
Let go of me. Im perfectly |
01:29:28 |
I really dont want to have to call someone. |
01:29:34 |
Call someone? |
01:29:40 |
I am his wife, for fucks sake! |
01:29:47 |
Fuck the lot of you! |
01:29:54 |
Was that the last time you saw him? |
01:29:57 |
No. |
01:30:04 |
I saw him again. Briefly, a |
01:30:08 |
He was performing? |
01:30:12 |
No. Curt was actually performing. |
01:30:17 |
He and Jack Fairy had just |
01:30:19 |
...and Curt was in London playing some gigs. |
01:30:22 |
And Brian was there, for a second. |
01:30:30 |
Which concert? |
01:30:38 |
It was like a tribute. Sort of |
01:30:44 |
To save your wild, wild lives. |
01:30:50 |
To cease your sad demise. Tonight, we toast! |
01:31:58 |
Is this working? Cos I want it blue-er. |
01:32:04 |
I dont think you should bother. I think I |
01:32:09 |
Arthur, come on, give us a hand with this. |
01:32:17 |
Stop moving about, Im doing me eyeliner. |
01:34:06 |
"... And due to the overwhelming |
01:34:09 |
...additional shows added whenever |
01:34:12 |
"Regrettably, Mr Stone only |
01:34:15 |
questions this morning as he |
01:34:45 |
Lou! Lou! |
01:34:53 |
- Im sorry, Arthur. Im late. - Lou! |
01:34:55 |
- Something quite big. I think |
01:34:57 |
Ah, that storys been dropped. |
01:35:00 |
- What? Why? |
01:35:03 |
But that's it! |
01:35:06 |
What did they say to you? Lou! |
01:35:14 |
Hi, yeah. My name is Arthur |
01:35:18 |
I was given this number and told |
01:35:25 |
- Listen... (whispers) |
01:35:31 |
Listen, I dont know who the |
01:35:33 |
...but Curt Wild is not available |
01:35:36 |
...or anyone else an interview |
01:35:40 |
I'm sorry. I was told... |
01:40:13 |
- That was really beautiful. |
01:40:22 |
- Did you see him? |
01:40:48 |
Its only now, looking back... |
01:40:51 |
...that I see how you patched through |
01:40:58 |
...in waves. |
01:41:03 |
Come closer. |
01:41:09 |
Dont be frightened. |
01:41:12 |
Whats your name? Your |
01:41:20 |
- Dont be nervous. Are you high? |
01:41:31 |
He was waiting for me. |
01:41:36 |
...and slipped away and now, suddenly... |
01:41:49 |
Hey! |
01:41:55 |
Make a wish! |
01:42:35 |
Hey! |
01:42:52 |
Make a wish! And see |
01:43:01 |
A tangle of garlands in your hair. Of |
01:43:09 |
Softly, he said: |
01:43:12 |
I will mangle your mind. |
01:46:08 |
Tommy! Tommy! Where did you get the |
01:46:12 |
To tell you the truth its |
01:46:16 |
The whole thing takes six full size rigs |
01:46:20 |
What can I say? I think big! |
01:46:23 |
Tommy! Whats your opinion on the work |
01:46:28 |
Excellent. Excellent. I think |
01:46:30 |
Hes a tremendous leader, a tremendous |
01:46:34 |
Tommy! What's your response |
01:46:37 |
...connecting you with bisexual |
01:46:41 |
...who staged his own assassination |
01:46:44 |
...that Mr Stone has time for |
01:46:50 |
Out! Get out! |
01:46:55 |
"... Stone is promoting |
01:46:57 |
"People Rockin People", to |
01:47:22 |
Beer, please. |
01:47:33 |
Excuse me? Sir? Are you |
01:47:43 |
No. Im just a journalist. |
01:47:48 |
Perhaps youd like my... |
01:47:56 |
Thanks sir. |
01:48:30 |
You're Curt Wild. |
01:48:34 |
Yeah. Who the hell are you? |
01:48:39 |
Im a journalist. From the Herald. |
01:48:46 |
You were at the concert? |
01:48:51 |
Its just funny, cause... I was |
01:48:57 |
About a story I was doing, |
01:49:03 |
Brian Slade? |
01:49:08 |
I was trying to find out |
01:49:09 |
- Look... |
01:49:14 |
...such a mystery. |
01:49:18 |
Look, man, I dont know who youve been |
01:49:21 |
What? |
01:49:26 |
What? |
01:49:29 |
Listen! A real artist creates beautiful things |
01:49:35 |
- Is that what you did? |
01:49:40 |
We set out to change the world. |
01:49:44 |
Ended up just changing ourselves. |
01:49:48 |
What's wrong with that? |
01:49:52 |
Nothing. |
01:49:55 |
If you dont look at the world. |
01:50:08 |
Well, I guess in the end |
01:50:20 |
- Thats quite a pin you got there. |
01:50:25 |
Is it old? |
01:50:27 |
Possibly. It belonged to Oscar Wilde. |
01:50:32 |
Or so I was told by the |
01:50:36 |
A friend of mine. Kinda |
01:50:44 |
I forget where we were. We were on a trip. |
01:50:48 |
But he said to me, "Curt... |
01:50:51 |
"... A mans life is his image. " |
01:51:06 |
- Here. Why dont you hang on to it? |
01:51:10 |
Sure. Why not? |
01:51:12 |
Ive had it too long anyway. Go ahead. |
01:51:19 |
For your image. |
01:51:26 |
Really. I couldnt. But thanks. |
01:51:42 |
God, I love this song. |
01:51:47 |
- Anyway. |
01:51:53 |
- See ya around. |
01:52:25 |
He called it a freedom. |
01:52:31 |
A freedom you can allow yourself. |
01:52:37 |
Or not. |