vinyl junkie Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 RENE SHHHHHH. Later. (speaking to himself) "What is it about art, anyway......" Jean pauses. He turns around and surveys the room once more. A blink. Silence. We see the crowd in SLOW MOTION. Everyone's eyes are shut. RENE (O.S. CONT'D) .....that we give it so much importance? Artists are respected by the poor because what they do is an honest way to get out of the slum using one's sheer self as the medium. The money earned is proof pure and simple of the value of that individual....The Artist. INT/EXT---GALLERY---NIGHT The CAMERA rises higher and higher over the crowd and follows Jean as he makes his way toward the street. We begin to DISSOLVE into a MONTAGE of stills of ARTISTS: RENE (O.S.CONT'D) The picture a mother's son does in jail hangs on her wall as proof that beauty is possible even in the most wretched. And this is a much different idea than the fancier notion that art is a scam and a ripoff. But you could never explain to someone who uses God's gift to enslave that you have used God's gift to be free." EXT---STREET---NIGHT Jean enters a waiting limo. It pulls away from the curb. Rene finishes as the limo threads its way through the night-lit, twinkling city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greedy mars Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 is that from the bible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greedy mars Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 if so hit me up on aim junkieboy.... k1llmy53lfnow ok ? bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002 EXT----WEST BROADWAY---DAY Jean and Benny walk along. Benny's arms are full with boxes. Jean walks in front, eating yogurt. He's wearing his Titanic clogs. Benny tries to keep up. BASQUIAT (CONT'D) "My mom told me this.. Or was it a dream?" DISSOLVE: (FADE IN: John Cale's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah") INT--CELL--DAY A crude stone jail--almost medieval---fairy-tale like. A thick wooden plank suspended by chains for a bench. A candle on the wall. A small, crowned prince (the boy seen in the dream in intro.) looks longingly out the window at rolling green hills. Terraced hillsides, cedar trees, cottages, smoke wafting up from chimneys. Dirt streets. The prince smashes the window. He hits his head on the bars, gripping them tightly. EXT---MEDIEVAL VILLAGE'--DAY The villagers cease their activities as they listen to the SOUND. Looking up, they smile, as if warmed to their souls by some unearthly and intangible substance. They look heavenwards. CAMERA follows their collective gaze skywards. We shoot up, up, into the sky. BASQUIAT (O.S.) "There was this little prince with a magic crown. An evil warlock kidnapped him, locked him in a cell in a huge tower and took away his voice. There was a window made of bars. The prince would smash his head against the bars hoping that someone would hear the sound and find him. The crown made the most beautiful sound that anyone ever heard. You could hear the ringing for miles. It was so beautiful, that people wanted to grab the air. They never found the prince. He never got out of the room. But the sound he made filled everything up with beauty." BASQUIAT (O.S) "It's definitely time to get out of here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ted Wakowski Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 It's funny to see this, I was watching the movie today. "Forget Hawaii, let's go to Ireland. We'll stop at every pub and have a drink." Great final scene on the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002 as was i... i haven't been in a house in a couple weeks... and one of my favorite movies was on... it was rock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 that is my favorite movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ted Wakowski Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Yeah I enjoy that one a lot. There's an artist in me somewhere that's always fighting to break through the cynicism. People like Basquiat never seemed to succumb to that sort of paradigm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002 not nearly enough people have seen this movie... i fucking love it... and werd to what ted says... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 rent julian schnabel's "before night falls". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl junkie Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002 ^^^ good stuff... haven't seen that in a while tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Luv Roo Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Isn't it kind of wierd that Julien Schnabel produced that movie, and subsequently made himself look really good in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 schnabel definitely oozes artsy ego, but i don't recall what you mean...explain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dot. Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 the character that you're refering to 'milo' isn't supposed to be schnabel...it's supposed to be a mix of different artsy people who spent time w/ and got to know bas. while it comes off being schnabel, i think that's only natural considering the film was produced on a budget and he had 'most' of the props required to exact an 'artsy' character. i do like that milo looked like a thin young schnabel though...but why the fuck not...if it's your movie. -dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest professor poopatronic Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 "i don't like beer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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